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Mother of Oliver Cromwell Elizabeth Cromwell was born Elizabeth Steward. She was the daughter of William Stewart, who had inherited from his uncle, the Prior of Ely, leases of abbey lands in the early days of the Reformation. The leases passed to Elizabeth's childless brother Thomas and, in 1636, to her son Oliver. In she married Robert Cromwell, grandson of Thomas Cromwell's sister.
Robert died in 1617 and his property passed to his only surviving son, Oliver. Years later, Cromwell recalled that he had been ‘by birth a gentleman, living in neither any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity’. Until 1631, Cromwell continued to live in Huntingdon, supporting his widowed mother, several unmarried sisters and, in due ...
Robert Cromwell (d 1617) was one of the younger sons of Sir Henry; he married Elizabeth, daughter of William Steward (d 1594). Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth had ten children (three sons and seven daughters). Their eldest son was called Henry, presumably in honour of Robert’s own father, but he died soon after birth in 1595.
Robert died in 1617 and his property passed to his only surviving son, Oliver. Years later, Cromwell recalled that he had been ‘by birth a gentleman, living in neither any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity’.
Oliver Cromwell and the Regicides. by Dr Patrick Little. Synopsis by Serrie Meakins. Dr Little considers the careers of Thomas Harrison, John Okey and Sir Henry Vane – what the Good Old Cause meant to them and the significance of their friendship with Oliver Cromwell. All three saw the Good Old Cause as a rallying cry – the idea that the ...
Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to his death in 1658. Cromwell was born to Robert Cromwell (d. 1617) and Elizabeth Steward (d. 1654) in Huntington on 25 April 1599. In 1616 he attended Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and departed the college in 1617 after the death of ...
17 de fev. de 2011 · Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution edited by John Morrill (Longman, 1990) The Lord Protector by Robert Paul (Heinemann, 1955) Oliver Cromwell by John Buchan (1934)
