[4] He was Lieutenant-General of the English army sent to invade France in 1512, where he was present at the Battle of the Spurs and captured Thérouanne in August 1513.

He was later present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold,[4] commanded the army sent to control the border of Scotland, and was given many other high political positions at court.

[1] When the rebellion in the north broke out in October 1536, Shrewsbury promptly raised forces on his own authority, and 'his courage and fidelity on this occasion perhaps saved Henry's crown.

It was Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, who opened negotiations with the insurgents at Doncaster, where Robert Aske had assembled between thirty and forty thousand men.

He broke with the tradition of his family and decided to make Sheffield his home, living in the castle built by Lord Furnivall.

Lady Anne was at court as one of Katherine of Aragon's ladies-in-waiting at the beginning of Henry VIII's reign.

They had two children:[7] The Earl of Shrewsbury is depicted by Gavin O'Connor in the Showtime series The Tudors.

He is a minor character in H. F. M. Prescott's novel The Man on a Donkey, which tells the story of the Pilgrimage of Grace.