# Wriothesley — Privy Seal character guide

> Wriothesley in Privy Seal by Ford Madox Ford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Wriothesley

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Cromwell's grave, bearded secretary, who urges the divorce of Anne of Cleves with a heart's-blood reluctance as Protestant hopes collapse across Europe.

## Relationships

### [Thomas Cromwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/characters/thomas_cromwell)

_professional_

Thomas Cromwell and Wriothesley are colleagues and allies in the king's service, working together on political machinations.

### [Thomas Cromwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/characters/thomas_cromwell)

_professional_

Thomas Cromwell and Wriothesley are colleagues and allies in the king's service, working together on political machinations.

### [Thomas Cromwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/characters/thomas_cromwell)

_professional_

Thomas Cromwell and Wriothesley are colleagues and allies in the king's service, working together on political machinations.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/iv)

Argues for maintaining Cromwell's position and reports his failure to get news from the Cleves envoy in Paris.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/vi)

Rebuked by Cromwell for speaking 'stiff-necked folly' to Katharine and for boasting of Protestant swords.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/vii)

Knight, warned by Cromwell to restrain his fellows from speaking treason and heresy.

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