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Sir Henry Williams (1537 – 6 January 1604), also known as Sir Henry Cromwell, was a knight of the shire for Huntingdonshire during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was the grandfather of the Protector , Oliver Cromwell .
Locally Cromwell was known as ‘The Golden Knight’ because he threw coins from his coach to the people in the streets as he moved from Hinchingbrooke or Cromwell House in Huntingdon to Ramsey for the summer months, and he was one of 12 ‘knights of great possessions’ suggested for baronies in 1588.
Sir Henry Williams (1524 – 6 January 1604), also known as Sir Henry Cromwell, was a knight of the shire (MP) for Huntingdonshire during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was the grandfather of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell.
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- Lady Joan Warren, Susan Weeks
- Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
21 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Henry Cromwell of Hinchinbrook; Surnamed the "Golden Knight" Knighted by Queen Elizabeth is 1563; Oliver Cromwell By Frederic Harrison; http://tinyurl.com/2uk8hy3 “The Patrician Vol 1” by John Burke pub 1846 London and digitized by Google with the project members.
- Huntingdon, England
- Joan Cromwell, Susan Weeks
- England
- January 7, 1604
11 de abr. de 2015 · Biography. Henry Cromwell was born in Middlesex, England. Sir Henry Cromwell was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles. Henry Cromwell was born about 1537 [1]. He was the first child of Sir Richard Cromwell alias Williams and Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Murfyn, a former Lord Mayor of London.
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- January 6, 1604
Henry (the Golden Knight) (SIR - Sheriff of Huntingdonshire -Grandfather of Oliver CROMWEL) CROMWELL 1524-1604 With Joan WARREN 1524-1584. Roger Williams CROMWELL 1530-1583 Married in 1551, Newland, Gloucestershire, England, to Dorothy BAYNHAM 1530- Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts.
On account of his profuse liberality and magnificence Sir Henry Cromwell was known in his day as the Golden Knight, and it is related of him that in his progresses from Hinchingbrooke to Ramsey Abbey, his summer residence, he threw money out of his coach to the people who collected to see him pass.
