The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
nELIcS or oLirrR cHouwfnt.


IL Is n generally accepted TACT tnnt Ming
Edward III. and the Black Prince once honored
a Hampden with a visit, and that while the
Prince and his host were exercising themselves
in icats of chivalry a quarrel arose. in which
the Prince received Il blow In the face. an in
dignity which Occasioncd him and his royal
father TO quit the place in great wrath and to
seize on some valuable mauprs belonging to
his host. Il proceeding quite in harmony with
tn" usages of that period. Sir Bernard
Burke. Ulster King Of Arms. commenting
on that. says that conjecture, in default of
proof, Immediately iiNcs on it as the proba-
bile origin Ut the bloody nose said to have been
given by Young Cromwell to Charles |. Now
the Cromwelle Of ilinchinbrook. as compared
to the IIampdens of Great %Iiamndrn, were Of
higher consideration previous TO the great rec
bcllion than after their great Oliver had pro-
tected the Commonwealth They camc from
Wales aud bore the surname of Williams.
The first who took that If cromwcll was Sir
Richard Williams. and he did SO as nephew of
Thomas Cromwell. Earl of ESSEX. called by old
Fuller the mauIer Of inconsistencies" Sir
Richard enjoyed the favor of Henry VIII, and
his son. Sir Henry Cromwell designated. from
his libcrality and opulcncc. THE Golden
Knight" rcmodcllcd HinchinbrooK and there
entertained Queen Elizabeth. ono of Sir
Hcury'e daughters was the mother Of John
Hampdcn and one Of his sons was TIA" father of
the Lord Protector. Sir Hcnry's eldest son.
Sir Oliver Cromwell. was SO Impoverished by
his cXrrtions in the Kings cause during
the civil war that he was Obliged to
sell llinchinbrook to the Montagucs. after
wari Earls of sandwich. Sir divers sons
suffered for their loyalty in the form Of debt
AMI difficulties. and this. the elder branch Of
the huntingdon trOmwcllS, expired in 1873.
divers posterity was prolonged more consric-
upuslV thrDuuh Henry (rput VOL his Snr,ul
son. but this branch also came to great pc
cuniarv distress. Henry. the Protectors grand
son. wrote to his aunt, Lady Faurpnbrrg:
Our family is low and some are willing it
should be- kept So: Vet | know we are
Il far anci"ntcr family than many others.
Sir Oliver Cromwell. nv grandfnthrr's
uncle and golfathor's estate that was.
is now let for above { 10000 Il year
Not long after this the writer's distress
was SO great that he retitioncd the Lord
Lieutenant Of Ireland to give him some en-
ployment, but prayed to be excused from going
over with his EXcellencv, as he WAS in want of
the ncccssarirs o! Il gentleman to appear in the
Niccroy's suite. ono %! his sous. Thomas
Cromwell. carried on the business OF a grocer
on snow Hill. London. and diriin l14S. Oliver.
next IL succcssion. was an attorney and ciork
to 81. Thomas's Hospital. and with this attor-
nry lSon ol the grocer. who died in 1921. the
male line OF the. Lord Protectors family rN-
pred; The last Cromwell had an only daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Ollvcriu Cromwell. who married
u Mr., Russell in 1901
OF other descendants Of the Protector through
Henry Cromwell; two females marrird,,on" a
shVemakrra at Soham. a town near Cambridge,
wh",was u fellow servant in the family in which
sh" hCrsrIf lived. Others We're reduced to ~
sank into the lowest class Of society. one.
after SEEING her husband die in the workhonso
leaving two daughters. SO far goes the story
regarding the, decent of tn" once splendid
But history is full 81 surprises. Where now.
or when. the race Of Cromwcils was r"vivil"i.
vcrtitle, that after tire" hundred years from
the birth, Of III" great oliver lin"aI drSc"nd-
qn, hqs been diTir4Nyrrrd in the person, Of tn"
E"N. T. trnmWel RuSh, rector ui liOruhuttun,
Somerset. England. This gentleman hu, much
T. say of great value To the world ut large. and
he possesses many remarkable. CronwrIlian
relics, in fine preservation and with apparently
uuimprachall" histories. Tn" mrr" "nuwrr-
alton Of II portion will be convincing An
Of the word. but claimed to be an accumulation
from mrmG.re,9 Of M family. Al orjeinSl oil
commenced by Nan liyrk and Nuishrl lv
Walker, one of hi, punii-. lisa striking object
ing likeness. The receipt. signed ~ Walker,
n" painter. is ~ tn" possession IF v. Bush.
original portraits OF each succeeding genera
ton loTn to and including the laSt 1ltr,r
AHdcH to these. there is u PORTRAIT Of
Elizabeth Cromwell the Protectors wife. Ivy
Sir SIR rTiSr Lelyi Thy r%or,r4I,s of ii:sharl
and ratsr wonder about the different
coHrs" eyepp!s would have taken had Henry.
tcctor, Richard looks what he really proved
hims"li veal NnriilattnG. timid ami ,14ict-
and irrc" maIignity. of his fathers cn"min-.
M NH Wor RI g iR9y E k%E, in rheI kn Gy IT, m1ns,erMi
hnndsum". but i was NOR" the beauty Of a grl
than Of II man. Henry. On ia" contrary. had an
air OF irm command, almost OF St"rnurS>. with
ulEntA hl character IN every IG1tIVs Itt,
however. ordained thatiClHTc~ H. should be-
favored through Richard taking his fath"r's
"SISrosaI 10 it was VA 1%cE Il fr"sil" %'T nnimI.
trait is that Of Thomas Cromwell. i,arl
Of EsscX:a small rictur" hy Iplb in in nunii
genuine are tn" hiGh-rrownei. oaI-brImnr
hat the very one Which IrGmwnlI Wore og the
diers to tax" away the ,hnlh!". 80 meaning the
mace tn" y.nGratri rmhlrp ofauthority DAT
from the crown. and, -;raug" tp tell. that ii.u-
tlrnl~fragn"nt was, not 20 very long ago. offered
Commonwealth prrioI. The other relics pos
sc-scd by Mr.. Bush comprise Crpmweirs SIR
Iups. OF brass, very belu'!iu,y chased. his now
der horn, uuIt" hrti~tiGtlly mlaid aud with the
Protectors name engraved on It: III, gators. a
lr|nst piece. 4 back piece. ten sword, to1o
with CromwelI'S nnmr on it and e,m" helmets.
one Of these hMlm"tS' T. IS said; wa thai
curious things are in II fin" state ol prnarrNa-
tign. A., is also IA cast oi Crpmwclls face.
taken after death. only thrr' w,r" ru,ni,'
and that whi'h Mr.. Bush possesses show, liz,
larlal alterations brought about by the Pro-
t"CturS last li!ua~S, tn" heard having "v.LrufIv
heea allowed to grow slightly AMI physical CO..
lal-" showing plainly On The features. H. all
dttion tn the thing namni Mr. Bush has books
and manuscripts, including lrnmwril- fam ~
HiNlr amt the clerk book OF the uriOry %
tari~bruok. ThislaSt uamrdis UNIQUE, as rhrrc
j. noCOpy in III" British Museum Throo ufthn
letters arc in trumwclI~ handwriting, win
signatures App"nh'd, y med "in" chest. Il nu-n
OF SOAPS and perfumes tth, ulur- sin prrruu-
tlhlo', the cs"utch"Ou carried a. his funeral "a
quilt very beautifully worked ard many o.hur
articles. all tho prrI"rtS al the PROTECTOR. nIh ,
the Who'll" r'mHrkabiy lnt"rrriiuE. Mr. iiu-n
was solicited Ia exhibit them AT tho south
h"nslngtuu Museum, bun declined to De- -.
ON" can lAlrIy "stiI!iate what manner ut man
doubt truthiuliH enough, although iudirrd hy u
%rnVGliSt, Sir lhliip Warwick. who was .urro-
tarv to Charles |, and member of the long pa--
lamont, also hnihoro i u discourse uu Coz
rnm"u and m of the King" RMS r.,
III" curious MOTIF" he gave az Cromw"Il- per
sonal appearances: His HuImr"l was very
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