B15518-Cromwell

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Name of the family:

Cromwell

Blason:

Sa. a lion ramp. ar., being the coat of Williams.

Crest(s):

A demi lion ramp. ar. holding in the dexter paw a gem ring or.

Motto:

Mors meta laborum; also, Pax quaeritur bello.

Info about the family:

Hinchinbrooke, co. Huntingdon. Morgan Williams, of Welsh descent, had a son Sir Richard Williams, Knt., who at the desire of Henry VIII. and in consequence of some family connection with Cromwell, Earl of Essex, assumed the name of Cromwell. Sir Richard Williams, alias Cromwell, was great grandfather of Oliver Cromwell the Protector, whose last male descendant, Oliver Cromwell, Esq., of Cheshunt Park, d. 1821, leaving an only dau. Elizabeth Oliveria, m. 1831, Thomas Artemidorus Russell, Esq.

Comment (Additional info):

Vincent, in his Collections for Huntingdonshire, College of Arms, London, appends this note: " Sir Richard " Cromwell" (great grandfather of Oliver Cromwell) "in " the pedigree of Oliver Cromwell, of ever damned memory, " is said to be sonne of Morgam Williams, son of Wm. " Morgan, of Newchurche, in the countie of Glamorgan " (one of the Privy Chamber to H. 7) son of Howell, son of " Madock, son of Alan, son of Owen, Lord of Kibyor, son of " Cadogan, son of Blethyn, of Kinwyn, Prince of Powys."

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246

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