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  1. Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell, was of Welsh descent, the eldest son and heir of Sir Richard Williams ( c. 1510 –1544) and Frances ( c. 1520 – c. 1543 ), daughter of Thomas Murfyn. [2] His grandfather, Morgan ap William, was the son of a man named William, and also used the name Williams, but his father abandoned the Welsh patronymic ...

  2. Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution. Cromwell was one of the most powerful proponents ...

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  4. Apr 21, 2024 · Death: January 07, 1604 (67-68) Hinchingbrooke House, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire (Present Cambridgeshire), England. Place of Burial: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. Immediate Family: Son of Richard Williams, alias Cromwell and Frances Cromwell. Husband of Joan Cromwell and Susan Weeks.

  5. Of Welsh descent, the Cromwell or Williams family had only recently become important in Huntingdonshire, owing their rise from the lowly status of Putney innkeepers to their relationship with the statesman Thomas Cromwell †, whose name they adopted. Sir Richard, father of Henry the 1563 Member, became rich through speculating in monastic ...