CROMWELL, alias WILLIAMS, Henry (c.1537-1604), of Hinchingbrooke and Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1537, 1st s. of alias Williams" class="crossvolume">Sir Richard Cromwell alias Williams of Hinchingbrooke by Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Murfyn; bro. of Francis Cromwell alias Williams . educ. ?Queens’, Camb.; L. Inn 1557. m. (1) Joan (d.1584), da. of Sir Ralph Warren, ld. mayor of London, sis. and h. of her bro. Richard Warren of Claybury, Essex, 6s. inc. Oliver, Richard and Robert Cromwell, and Henry Cromwell, 5da.; (2) Susan Weeks (d.1592), s.p.; at least 2da. illegit. suc. fa. 1544. Kntd. 1564.E150/93/2; Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii). 80; VCH Hunts. ii. 68-9.

Offices Held

J.p. Hunts. from c. 1569, q. by 1574; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1565 – 66, 1571 – 72, 1580 – 81, 1592 – 93; commr. musters, Hunts. by c. 1570; warden of Waybridge and Sapley forests 1580; custos rot. Hunts. 1581.Cam. Misc. ix(3), p. 29; Lansd. 21, f. 50; CSP dom. 1547–80, p. 648; Cal. Feet of Fines Hunts. ed. Turner (Camb. Antiq. Soc. Pubs. oct. ser. xxxvii), 176; SP12/155/72–4.

Parlimentarian

CROMWELL, alias WILLIAMS, Henry (c.1537-1604), of Hinchingbrooke and Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.

Main residences: Hinchingbrooke; Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.

WILLIAMS

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CROMWELL ALIAS WILLIAMS, Henry (c.1537-1604)

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Oxford 1644

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