Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Oliver Cromwell
Standard Name: Cromwell, Oliver
Used Form: Lord Protector
Connections
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Cultural formation | Kate O'Brien | |
Dedications | Mary Cary | She named three dedicatees of this volume, all eminent anti-monarchical women: Elizabeth Cromwell
(wife of Oliver
), Bridget Ireton
(Elizabeth's daughter, and wife of Henry Ireton
), and Margaret Rolle
(wife of Henry Rolle
)... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Cooper | Her mother, born Bridget Claypoole or Claypole
, was the only child of two second marriages: her father had formerly been married to one of Oliver Cromwell
's daughters. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under John Claypole |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Major | There were two fairly prominent contemporary Major families. One, living in Hampshire, included Dorothy Major, who married a son of Oliver Cromwell
. The other lived in Blackfriars Road, London. Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago. 183 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Damaris Masham | Her mother, born Damaris Cradock, was a widow with several children from her first marriage (three sons and a daughter—who was also, confusingly, called Damaris) when she married DM
's father. From her second marriage... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Williams | JW
's ancestor Henry Williams
of Ysgafell in Montgomeryshire was a Baptist preacher and a member of the Welsh puritan Vavasor Powell
's Independent Church. In 1655 he signed Powell's Word for God, a... |
Literary responses | Emma Robinson | The Athenæum's reviewer, Henry Fothergill Chorley
, wrote that after Mary Russell Mitford
's characterization of Cromwell
in her Charles the First, we know not who has conceived of the great General better... |
Literary responses | Anna Trapnel | Before the printing of AT
's vain prophecies Trapnel, Anna. “Introduction”. The Cry of a Stone, edited by Hilary Hinds, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, p. xiii - xlvii. xviii Trapnel, Anna. “Introduction”. The Cry of a Stone, edited by Hilary Hinds, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, p. xiii - xlvii. xvii |
Literary responses | Elizabeth Major | Joseph Caryl
, the Cromwell
government's official censor and perhaps EM
's minister, added a commendatory note to his licence to signify his approval of her views. Among her few modern critics, Patricia Demers
has... |
Literary Setting | Caryl Churchill | The play takes place in the period immediately following Charles I
's defeat by Cromwell
, when for a short time . . . anything seemed possible. Churchill, Caryl. Light Shining in Buckinghamshire. Pluto Press. prelims |
Occupation | Anne Halkett | At Kinross, Anne Murray (later AH
) spent two days practising medicine. Halkett, Anne, and Ann, Lady Fanshawe. “Note on the Text; A Chronology of Anne, Lady Halkett”. The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, edited by John Loftis, Clarendon Press, pp. 3-7. 6 |
politics | John Dryden | This was work in keeping with his family's political position. Attending Westminster School only a stone's throw from a whole succession of exciting and disturbing national events must surely have awakened Dryden's historical and political... |
politics | Anna Trapnel | AT
, staying at an ordinary or tavern in Whitehall, London, for the trial of Vavasor Powell
, fell into an eleven-day, twelve-night trance in which she prophesied against Cromwell
. Powell, a Welshman... |
politics | Anna Trapnel | At this date, when religious rebirth was a political statement, AT
's conversion and her visions signified an interest in politics and a drive to concern herself, even obliquely, in shaping national events. After fasting... |
politics | Margaret Fell | In organising the Fund she was interested in promoting social cohesion among Quakers as well as relieving hardship. Kunze, Bonnelyn Young. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism. Macmillan. 87 |
Timeline
23 October 1641: Many Protestants (but perhaps not so many...
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23 October 1641
Many Protestants (but perhaps not so many as reported) were killed in a Rebellion or massacre in Ulster.
2 June 1644: The Battle of Marston Moor near York was...
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2 June 1644
The Battle of Marston Moor near York was fought: a singularly bloody affair, and the largest battle of the English Civil War.
April 1645: Cromwell formed his New Model Army, the first...
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April 1645
Cromwell
formed his New Model Army
, the first approximation to a modern, disciplined, professional fighting body.
14 June 1645: Cromwell's New Model Army scored its first...
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14 June 1645
Cromwell
's New Model Army
scored its first signal victory, at the battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire. This defeat for Charles I
was a step towards his surrender in May 1646 and the end...
14 June 1645: Cromwell's New Model Army scored its first...
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14 June 1645
Cromwell
's New Model Army
scored its first signal victory, at the battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire. This defeat for Charles I
was a step towards his surrender in May 1646 and the end...
From Summer 1645: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army gradually...
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From Summer 1645
June to 11 November 1647: Charles I was held captive in his palace...
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June to 11 November 1647
3 June 1647: Charles I passed into the custody of Cromwell's...
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3 June 1647
6 August 1647: Cromwell's New Model Army marched on London...
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6 August 1647
15 November 1647: After the Putney Debates the Levellers planned...
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15 November 1647
After the Putney Debates the Levellers
planned another meeting with the New Model Army
at Ware in Hertfordshire. Cromwell
, however, intervened.
5 January 1649: An English widow named Johanna Cartwright,...
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5 January 1649
An English widow named Johanna Cartwright
, resident in Amsterdam with her son Ebenezer
, presented to General Sir Thomas Fairfax
a pamphlet whose lengthy title begins The Petition of the Jewes.
27 January 1649: Ann or Anne Fairfax (wife of the former parliamentary...
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27 January 1649
Ann or Anne Fairfax
(wife of the former parliamentary commander Sir Thomas Fairfax
) made her second verbal intervention in the trial of Charles I
.
15 August 1649: English troops under Oliver Cromwell landed...
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15 August 1649
English troops under Oliver Cromwell
landed at Ringsend outside Dublin with the aim of putting down the rebellion which had lasted in Ireland from October 1641.
11 September 1649: Irish Catholics were massacred by Cromwell's...
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11 September 1649
Irish Catholics
were massacred by Cromwell
's army after they captured the town of Drogheda in Ireland from royalist Sir Arthur Aston .
1651: Manasseh ben Israel wrote from Amsterdam...
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1651
Manasseh ben Israel
wrote from Amsterdam to Oliver Cromwell
to request legal admission for the Jews to England: he argued that this would help to bring about the birth of the Messiah.
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