Family and Education
b. by 1512, s. of Morgan Williams of Putney, Surr., and Greenwich, Kent by Catherine, da. of Walter Cromwell of Putney. m. by 8 Mar. 1534, Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Murfyn of London, 2s. Francis and Henry. Kntd. 2 May 1540.Date of birth estimated from first office. Harl. 890, f. 38; Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii), 79-80; VCH Hunts. ii. 67-69; LP Hen. VIII, vi; Wriothesley’s Chron. i (Cam. Soc. n.s. xi), 117-18.
Offices Held
Servant of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset by 1529 – 30; member, household of Thomas Cromwell 1530; jt. keeper, Marwell park, Hants 1533; keeper, Orwell park, Cambs. 1534; jt. (with Thomas Cromwell) constable, Berkeley castle, Glos. 1535 – 40, sole 1540 – d.; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1536 – 37, 1541 – 41; j.p. Cambs., Hunts. 1538 – d.; gent. privy chamber by 1539 – d.; commr. array, Hunts. 1542-numerous minor offices.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: London and Stepney, Mdx. and Hinchingbroke, Hunts.
WILLIAMS
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
CROMWELL, Richard (by 1512-44)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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