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... town of Huntingdon Robert Cromwell , second son of Sir Henry Cromwell , the possessor of the neighbouring mansion of Hinchin- brook , even then a distinguished residence , now the seat of the Earls of Sandwich . Sir Henry , styled from ...
... town of Huntingdon Robert Cromwell , second son of Sir Henry Cromwell , the possessor of the neighbouring mansion of Hinchin- brook , even then a distinguished residence , now the seat of the Earls of Sandwich . Sir Henry , styled from ...
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... town . In this house , the site of which , at least , if not the iden- tical building , tradition can still point out , he resided with his wife , whom he is supposed to have married in 1591. She was the widow of William Lynne , Esq ...
... town . In this house , the site of which , at least , if not the iden- tical building , tradition can still point out , he resided with his wife , whom he is supposed to have married in 1591. She was the widow of William Lynne , Esq ...
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... town , conjointly with Dr. Beard and Robert Bernard , Esq . On the 7th of May , 1631 , he sold his property in and near Hunting- don for the sum of 18007. , his uncle , styled Sir Oliver Cromwell , alias Williams , and his mother ...
... town , conjointly with Dr. Beard and Robert Bernard , Esq . On the 7th of May , 1631 , he sold his property in and near Hunting- don for the sum of 18007. , his uncle , styled Sir Oliver Cromwell , alias Williams , and his mother ...
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... town , which stands upon the north- east or left bank of the Ouse , the river here being carried by a bend to the south - east out of its general northerly course . Here he resided for about four years and a half . The parish clerk of ...
... town , which stands upon the north- east or left bank of the Ouse , the river here being carried by a bend to the south - east out of its general northerly course . Here he resided for about four years and a half . The parish clerk of ...
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... town . " There is also a letter of Cromwell's , dated from St. Ives , the 11th of January , 1635 ( or 1636 , as we should now reckon ) , which Harris gives from the original in the British Museum , although such original is no longer to ...
... town . " There is also a letter of Cromwell's , dated from St. Ives , the 11th of January , 1635 ( or 1636 , as we should now reckon ) , which Harris gives from the original in the British Museum , although such original is no longer to ...
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