Likewise, we do not have any explanation for why Cromwell left the service of the Greys; but that may not be the right question to ask, for the answer is provided by his entering Wolsey’s employment. What Wolsey wanted, he got. What did he want from Thomas Cromwell, apart from a decent jobbing lawyer, when there were swarms of them to choose from? The answer is the Cardinal’s legacy project: a monstrous tomb for himself, outclassing the tombs of kings, plus a pair of memorial colleges at Ipswich and Oxford.
