In the second, Oliver Cromwell used the army to abolish Parliament and to rule as dictator. Under British practice, the King was not only the commander in chief; he also asserted the right to ...

The majority of Scots declared that Charles I’s son, Charles II, was the king. In 1650, Cromwell led an army to invade Scotland to put down this uprising. He won control of Edinburgh ...

Elton, professor of history at the University of Cambridge, upended the field with this book, proclaiming Thomas Cromwell “the most remarkable revolutionary in English history.” Elton argued that ...

Elizabeth Cromwell, his mother 1654, Jane Desborough, his sister 1656... These were removed in 1661 followed by a list of officers of his army and council were also buried there and then removed. Only ...