Oliver Cromwell is a man I don't know much about. Infact I had never heard of him before until I was looking up Tudor facts and people and I came across his name. So I took a few hours and did a little research. In my opinon, Oliver Cromwell, (finish the rest of the intro).
Oliver Cromwell was born on the 25th of April in 1599 at the Cromwell house in Huntington to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward. His Grandfather, Sir Henry Williams, was one of the most wealthy families in England. Oliver decended from Katherine Cromwell, sister to Sir Thomas Cromwell. Sir Thomas was a minster for the King Henry VIII of England, and was also beheaded by him later on. Making him Olivers three times great uncle. By the time Rober Cromwell got his inheritance, which was gained when Thomas took over closed ministeries during the reformation, it was reduced down to a home in Huntingdon, generating an income of us up to £300 a year. Then, was considered the bottom amount for a gentalman. He was recorded of saying, "I was by birth gentleman, living neither in considerable height, nor yet in obscurity".
He attended school at Huntingdon Grammer School, where he later went on to attend at Sidney Sussex Collage and Cambridge which were strongly in Puritans ethos. After his father passed away he immediately left his studieswithout recieving a diploma in June of 1617. It is believed that he returened due to his seven unmarried sisters and now widowed mother.
On the 22nd of August in 1620 at St. Giles-without-cripplegate in London, Oliver married Elizabeth Bourchier. A daughter of Sir James Bouchier, a letter merchant who owened lands in Essex, where he was connected to gentry Puritan families. The marriage brought Oliver inton contact with Oliver St. John along with strong members of the merchant communities as well as the influence of Earls of Warwick and Holland. This would play a role in Olivers military carriers.
There is no evidence that tells what religion he fallowed and wither or not the Puritans had any influnce on him. There is however, evidence that he would go through a personal crisis. He would recieve treatment for valde melancolicus, now commonly known as depression. In 1630, he ended up in an arguement with fellow gentry from Huntingdon. A year later, in 1631, he ended up selling most of his properties in Huntingdon most likely a result of from the arguement a year before. It obviously devistated Oliver, both he and his brother kept a handful of chickens and sheep. They would collect eggs and wool to live off of. In 1636 he inherited various properites in Ely, along with a job as tithe Collector for Ely Cathedral, where his income was raised an extra £300–400 a year. By the end of the 1630's he was back to being acknowledged as gentry and treated as one again. It would be then that he would dedicate himself the Puritans.
In 1645 of June, he and the New Model Army smashed the Kings major army. He led his troops sucsessfully at the Battle of Naseby. In June of 1647, the troops under Cornet George Joyce caputred the king from Parliments imprisonment. Oliver was eager to find what conditions the King would negotiate. Several drafts were drawn up. This would be the cause for the Second Civil War. In December of 1648 members of parliment who were on the side of negotiating with the King were prevented to attend. by troop soldiers, headed Colonel Thomas Pride, which would be known as "Pride's Purge".
Overall he would have a good life and would fight along many troops in many battles. He would take part in creating the Common Wealth. In the end he was said to suffer from malaria and urinary track infections. The combinations of both illnesses and the beliefe he was being mistreated by his former docters, then along with the death of one of his nine children, a daughter named Elizabeth, is believed to have been the cause of his death. He passed away on the 3rd of September 1658 at the age fifty-nine, at Whitehall.
On January 30th 1661 his body was exhumed and he was then subjected to ritual of a posthumous execution, along with many other men from the time when they captured the former king.
Oliver Cromwell was born on the 25th of April in 1599 at the Cromwell house in Huntington to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward. His Grandfather, Sir Henry Williams, was one of the most wealthy families in England. Oliver decended from Katherine Cromwell, sister to Sir Thomas Cromwell. Sir Thomas was a minster for the King Henry VIII of England, and was also beheaded by him later on. Making him Olivers three times great uncle. By the time Rober Cromwell got his inheritance, which was gained when Thomas took over closed ministeries during the reformation, it was reduced down to a home in Huntingdon, generating an income of us up to £300 a year. Then, was considered the bottom amount for a gentalman. He was recorded of saying, "I was by birth gentleman, living neither in considerable height, nor yet in obscurity".
He attended school at Huntingdon Grammer School, where he later went on to attend at Sidney Sussex Collage and Cambridge which were strongly in Puritans ethos. After his father passed away he immediately left his studieswithout recieving a diploma in June of 1617. It is believed that he returened due to his seven unmarried sisters and now widowed mother.
On the 22nd of August in 1620 at St. Giles-without-cripplegate in London, Oliver married Elizabeth Bourchier. A daughter of Sir James Bouchier, a letter merchant who owened lands in Essex, where he was connected to gentry Puritan families. The marriage brought Oliver inton contact with Oliver St. John along with strong members of the merchant communities as well as the influence of Earls of Warwick and Holland. This would play a role in Olivers military carriers.
There is no evidence that tells what religion he fallowed and wither or not the Puritans had any influnce on him. There is however, evidence that he would go through a personal crisis. He would recieve treatment for valde melancolicus, now commonly known as depression. In 1630, he ended up in an arguement with fellow gentry from Huntingdon. A year later, in 1631, he ended up selling most of his properties in Huntingdon most likely a result of from the arguement a year before. It obviously devistated Oliver, both he and his brother kept a handful of chickens and sheep. They would collect eggs and wool to live off of. In 1636 he inherited various properites in Ely, along with a job as tithe Collector for Ely Cathedral, where his income was raised an extra £300–400 a year. By the end of the 1630's he was back to being acknowledged as gentry and treated as one again. It would be then that he would dedicate himself the Puritans.
In 1645 of June, he and the New Model Army smashed the Kings major army. He led his troops sucsessfully at the Battle of Naseby. In June of 1647, the troops under Cornet George Joyce caputred the king from Parliments imprisonment. Oliver was eager to find what conditions the King would negotiate. Several drafts were drawn up. This would be the cause for the Second Civil War. In December of 1648 members of parliment who were on the side of negotiating with the King were prevented to attend. by troop soldiers, headed Colonel Thomas Pride, which would be known as "Pride's Purge".
Overall he would have a good life and would fight along many troops in many battles. He would take part in creating the Common Wealth. In the end he was said to suffer from malaria and urinary track infections. The combinations of both illnesses and the beliefe he was being mistreated by his former docters, then along with the death of one of his nine children, a daughter named Elizabeth, is believed to have been the cause of his death. He passed away on the 3rd of September 1658 at the age fifty-nine, at Whitehall.
On January 30th 1661 his body was exhumed and he was then subjected to ritual of a posthumous execution, along with many other men from the time when they captured the former king.