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18 de mar. de 2024 · Oliver St. John born about 1598; called to the Bar as a member of Lincoln's Inn, 1626; M.P. for Totnes, 1640; Solicitor-General, January 1640-1; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1648, and afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the Upper Bench. He died December 31st, 1673. His first wife, Johanna Altham, was aunt to Oliver Cromwell and to John Hampden.
19 de mar. de 2024 · Closing the Theatres. Under Queen Elizabeth I, Puritans did not make a lot of headway. As they became better organized, their influence in Parliament grew until, by the 1630s, they dominated the country's political discourse. Under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, the Puritans challenged the power of the monarchy.
14 de mar. de 2024 · Oliver Cromwell - Still Notorious, But Why? The Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland took place over 370 years ago. Despite the passage of time the man who led that conquest remains one of the most reviled figures in Irish history. In this podcast I look at why he, above others, is so reviled in Ireland.
6 de mar. de 2024 · 1599-1658. An English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth. After the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Cromwell dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England, conquered Ireland and Scotland, and ruled as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658.
11 de mar. de 2024 · Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015. Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002. Nicholas Rodger, The Command of the Ocean: a Naval History of Britain, Volume 2, 1649-1815, 2004. Ian Roy, 'Prince Rupert', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
6 de mar. de 2024 · Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) is one of the most controversial figures in British (if not world) history. A modest farmer, he rose through his radical religious beliefs and military skills to become Britain’s Lord Protector. Ruling over a republic, Cromwell was the only non-royal ever to rule the country. strong beliefs
20 de mar. de 2024 · Oliver Cromwell’s Lord Chief Justice was Lord John Lisle. Lord John Lisle sentenced King Charles to death. He was beheaded on Lisle’s orders. It has been said the Whitakers descend from Lord John and Lady Alicia Lisle. I do not know if this is true or not; however Lady Alicia Lisle’s will lists a daughter Margaret who married a Mr. Whitaker.