A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Huntingdon ...: Accompanied with Biographical Notices of Eminent and Learned Men to Whom this County Has Given Birth ... |
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... Cromwell , alias Williams , great grandfather to the Protector Oliver Cromwell , and at that time one of the King's chief favorites . His son , Sir Henry Cromwell , bequeathed it to his second son , Robert Cromwell , Esq . the father of ...
... Cromwell , alias Williams , great grandfather to the Protector Oliver Cromwell , and at that time one of the King's chief favorites . His son , Sir Henry Cromwell , bequeathed it to his second son , Robert Cromwell , Esq . the father of ...
Page 352
... Cromwells of Hinchinbrook , & c . from whom descended the Protector Oliver Cromwell , were buried here ; yet not any memorials of them are to be found , excepting the respective entries in the Register . Mr. Noble intimates , that they ...
... Cromwells of Hinchinbrook , & c . from whom descended the Protector Oliver Cromwell , were buried here ; yet not any memorials of them are to be found , excepting the respective entries in the Register . Mr. Noble intimates , that they ...
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... Cromwells of Hinchinbrook , & c . from whom descended the Protector Oliver Cromwell , were buried here ; yet not any memorials of them are to be found , excepting the respective entries in the Register . Mr. Noble intimates , that they ...
... Cromwells of Hinchinbrook , & c . from whom descended the Protector Oliver Cromwell , were buried here ; yet not any memorials of them are to be found , excepting the respective entries in the Register . Mr. Noble intimates , that they ...
Page 357
... OLIVER CROMWELL , who , though prevented by considerations of policy from assuming the regal title , enjoyed all the essentials of sovereignty , and ruled over this country with regal power . He was born in the Parish of St. John , on ...
... OLIVER CROMWELL , who , though prevented by considerations of policy from assuming the regal title , enjoyed all the essentials of sovereignty , and ruled over this country with regal power . He was born in the Parish of St. John , on ...
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... CROMWELL , eldest son of Mor- gan Williams , Esq . and great - grandfather to Oliver , was born in the Parish of Llanishen , in Glamorganshire . * He was introduced by his uncle , the Earl of Essex , to the notice of Henry the Eighth ...
... CROMWELL , eldest son of Mor- gan Williams , Esq . and great - grandfather to Oliver , was born in the Parish of Llanishen , in Glamorganshire . * He was introduced by his uncle , the Earl of Essex , to the notice of Henry the Eighth ...
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Page 375 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Page 421 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 371 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his...
Page 425 - A Declaration of the free and well-affected People of England now in Arms ' (or shortly to be in Arms) ' against the tyrant Oliver Cromwell...
Page 422 - FORASMUCH as, upon the dissolution of the late Parliament, it became necessary, that the peace, safety and good government of this Commonwealth should be provided for : And in order thereunto, divers Persons fearing God, and of approved Fidelity and Honesty, are, by myself with the advice of my Council of Officers, nominated...
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Page 371 - House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his...
Page 374 - ... that if the Remonstrance had been rejected he would have sold all he had the next morning, and never have seen England / more ; and he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution.
Page 379 - I did tell him, you must get men of a spirit. And take it not ill what I say (I know you will not) of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else I am sure you will be beaten still ; I told him so, I did truly.
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