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1 day ago · 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 the history of the British Isles.
1 day ago · Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [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.
3 days ago · The Death, Funeral Order, and Procession, of His Highness the most Serene and most Illustrious Oliver Cromwell, late Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging.
19 hours ago · Elizabeth Rede, elected 1524, resigned 1536 Margaret Vernon, appointed 1536, (fn. 59) the last abbess (fn. 60) The seal (fn. 61) of the abbey (fifteenth century) is a pointed oval measuring 2⅝ by 1¼ inches, representing the Virgin, with crown and nimbus, seated in a canopied niche with tabernacle work at the sides, holding the Child on the right knee and a sceptre in the left hand.
Jul 7, 2024 · This accusation about Cromwell’s sexual mores—though bearing no relation to fact—was a common plank of English Royalist anti-Cromwellian propaganda: for instance, Act 4 of The Famous Tragedy of King Charles I (1649) sees first Hugh Peters act as pander, and then Cromwell seduce Mrs Lambert to an extramarital affair, despite Mrs Lambert’s perspicacious query of Peters, ‘doth your ...
3 days ago · Lord Sandys to Cromwell. Perceives by his letter that he did not know of the Deputy of Calais being at Guysnes Castle to demand the woods stored for its defence and that he advises lord Sandys to let him have it.
5 days ago · Cromwell was the longest-lived British head of state for 3 centuries, until Elizabeth II displaced him at 85 years, 9 months and 9 days in January 2012. Early years and family. Cromwell was born in Huntingdon on 4 October 1626, the third son of Oliver Cromwell and his wife Elizabeth. Little is known about his childhood.
