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Sir Richard Williams ( c. 1510 – 20 October 1544), also known as Sir Richard Cromwell, was a Welsh soldier and courtier in the reign of Henry VIII who knighted him on 2 May 1540. [1] [a] He was a maternal nephew of Thomas Cromwell, profiting from the Dissolution of the Monasteries in which he took an active part.
Richard Williams was the nephew of Thomas Cromwell. His father, a brewer of obscure origin who married Cromwell’s sister Catherine, was living at Putney in 1495 and at Greenwich in 1517. Leland thought that the family came from Llanishen near Cardiff, and an Elizabethan herald produced a Welsh pedigree 15 generations long.
Dec 17, 2022 · Richard Williams alias Cromwell, was born around 1510 in the parish of Llanishen, Glamorgan, to Morgan Williams and Katherine Cromwell, daughter to Walter Cromwell and the elder sister of Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell.
Their son Richard Williams went to live in the household of his uncle Thomas, becoming his protégé. Even after Thomas Cromwell fell from power, Richard continued to prosper at court, gaining a knighthood and lands in Huntingdonshire.
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In important grants from the crown to Sir Richard (29 and 31, Henry VIII.) the grantee's name appears in both forms, 'Cromwell alias Williams, and 'Williams alias Cromwell.'
Sir Richard Williams Alias Cromwell. On March 4th 1540 Ramsey Abbey along with the sum of £4,663 4s 2d was granted to Sir Richard Williams, alias Cromwell, in consideration of his good service, for a fee of £29.16s. Ramsey Abbey was then simply turned into a quarry, the lead from the roofs being melted down into fodders and ingots for sale to ...
