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The Cromwell family is an English aristocratic family. Aristocratic members of the family descend from Thomas Cromwell , 1st Earl of Essex, and Oliver Cromwell , the Lord Protector . The line of Oliver Cromwell descends from Richard Williams (alias Cromwell), son of Thomas Cromwell's sister Katherine and her husband Morgan Williams.
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a politician.
Thomas Cromwell, Baron Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
When Thomas Cromwell was created Earl of Essex on 17 April 1540, his son, Gregory had assumed the courtesy title of Lord Cromwell [153] from his father's secondary title, Lord Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (of Wimbledon in the County of Surrey). Gregory Cromwell was never created Baron Cromwell (of Wimbledon in the County of Surrey) in his own ...
In this role, he handled Cromwell's household business and was also involved in drafting and writing his correspondence. By 1529 he had become one of Cromwell's most trusted friends and was appointed an executor of his will. [14] Between 1525 and 1529, his name appeared in Cromwell's correspondence in connection with the suppression of monasteries.
Richard Cromwell (4 October 1626 – 12 July 1712) was an English statesman who served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1658 to 1659. He was the son of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell .
Cromwell's head remained on a spike above Westminster Hall until at least 1684, not counting a temporary removal for roof maintenance in 1681. [3] Although no firm evidence has been established for the whereabouts of the head from 1684 to 1710, [4] the circumstances in which Cromwell's head came into private ownership are rumoured to be tied with a great storm towards the end of James II's ...
Richard Williams was born about 1510 [2] in the parish of Llanishen, Glamorganshire. [3] [4] He was the eldest son of Morgan (ap William) Williams, an aspiring Welsh lawyer [5] [6] (and a paternal descendant of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, prince of Powys [7]), who was possibly the same Morgan Williams later recorded as a brewer at Putney, Greenwich and elsewhere. [1]