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Há 5 dias · They had ten children, but Oliver, the fifth child, was the only boy to survive infancy. [9] Cromwell's paternal grandfather, Sir Henry Williams, was one of the two wealthiest landowners in Huntingdonshire .
Há 5 dias · In the summer of 1656 both Richard and Henry, Oliver’s sons, became fathers of sons, both named Oliver. Little suggests that the combination of these developments enabled Cromwell senior to begin thinking in dynastic terms.
Há 4 dias · The M.P.s elected to the second Protectorate parliament were Thomas Pury, the son of the alderman and former M.P., and the puritan alderman James Stephens. Stephens was re-elected to Richard Cromwell's parliament, along with Alderman Lawrence Singleton.
Há 3 dias · “The great want is money, which puts us to the wall in all our business.” So wrote the politician John Thurloe to Henry Cromwell, fourth son of Oliver, in March 1658. By its closing years, the English Commonwealth, only 12 years removed from civil wars that had left around 200,000 dead, was drowning in debt. At one point the army in Ireland found itself nine months in arrears of pay, and ...
Há 4 dias · Which being ended, the heralds, by loud sound of trumpet, proclaimed his Highness Oliver Cromwell, Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging; commanding and requiring all persons to yield him due obedience.
Há 2 dias · In addition, however, to these surmises is the curious fact of the bodies of Cromwell and Ireton having been brought in carts, on the night previous to their exposure on the gibbet, to the Red Lion Inn, Holborn, from which Red Lion Square derives its name, where they rested during the night.
Há 4 dias · Moreover, much like his mentor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey – the son of an Ipswich butcher – Cromwell’s descent was as spectacular and dramatic as his climb. For both men, historians have tried to untangle how much influence they had over Henry VIII and whether they were the puppet-masters or the puppets in the monarch’s affairs ...
