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was buried In Huntingdon on June ~. 1919.
For a time Oliver stayed In his native town.
apparently helping his mother In the man
agement Of his estate and In the settlement
Of hi. fathers affairs. Then he went TO Lon
don 10 acquire the smattering OF tho common
law which every country gentleman then needed.
and which one whose position marked him
out az a future Justice OF the Peace and Member
OF Parliament could not do without. He
betook himself says a contemporary bog
rapher. TO the study Of law In Ltncolns Inn
that nothing might DO wanting TO make him
a complete gentleman and a good common
wealthsman." Though hts name does not ap-
psar In the books Of that society. tho act u
accepted by the author OF this volume as sum-
GENTLY well attested.
Three years after his fathers death Oliver
Cromwell. being then 81 years old. married.
on Aug. "a. 1920. at ST. Giless Church. Cripple
gate. Elizabeth Bourchier. She was the daugh-
ter OF Sir James Bourchier. q city merchant
living on Tower Hin and owning property
at Felstead In Essex, IL Is probable that Crom-
wells wife brought him a considerable dowry.
for the day after his marriage he contracted,
under penalty OF et.oOo. TO settle upon her
a. her %jointure the parsonage house OF Hartford
In Huntingdonshire. with it's glebe land and
tithes Elizabeth Cromwell was n year older
than her husband. and. according to tradition,
was a notable housewife In spite OF Royal
ist lampooners. abe was. II her portrait may
bs trusted. neither uncomely nor undlgnifed
In person. Her affection for her husband
was sincere and lasting MY life Is but half
a life In your absence" she writes TO him In
1850. when they had been married thirty years
. .-.tl .kilx 49, Crapn-an IN anQUnr
10 a complaint about not writing. that In
many of thy letters thou writest TO me that
I should not be unmindful Of thee and thy
little onss. Truly II l love YOU not too we'll.
I think I err not on the other hand much.
Thou art dearer to me than any creature Let
that SUFFICE After his marriage Cromwell
settled down at Huntingdon and occupied
himself In farming the lands he had inherited
from hi. father, Two-thLrds Of the income
Of Robert Cromwell's estate had been left
by him to his widow for the term Of twenty
one years. In order to provide for the main
tenance Of the daughters. so that divers
means during the early years Of his married life
must have been rather narrow. 1t was under
stood. however, that he was destined to be
the heir Of his mothers brother. Sir Thomas
Steward, and in 1923. another uncle, Sir Rioh-
I IL IA tNtN AitAl' - rAh'oaA
Huntingdon. Ere long II became evident that
oliver had earned the good opinion Of his
nelghbors, for, in February. 1923. he was elected
TO represent his native town In the third Par
lament called by Charles !. The choice may
have been due partly to the position Of his
family and It's long connection with tho Dor
ough, but also in part to Cromwell's personal
| character and reputation. since the local in
| fuence OF the Cromwell family. thanks TO the
reckless extravagance OF lite head. was already
on the wane In 1897 the future Protectors
uncle, Sir Oliver Cromwell, had been obliged.
In order 70 pay his debts. 10 sell Hinchinbrook
TO Sir Sidney Montague. and had retired to
Ramsey. He had represented tho county
in eight Pariiaments. but he sat for II no more.
and the Montagues were henceforth the lead
| ing family in Huntinedonshira
IL.
Cromwells entry upon the stage Of English
| politics took place at the moment when the
| quarrel between Charles /. and his Parliaments
| became nm irreparable breach. Charles's third
Parliament met on March II, 1923. Its pro-
ceedings opened with a debate on the grew
ances Of the nation, and almost the first speech
Cromwell heard in the House Of Commons
| must nave Deen fsHOt ; appeai W is ptotheI
Members TO remember the magnitude OF the
issue before them. Upon this dispute" said
the spokesman OF tho Commons. mot alone our
goods and lands are engaged. but all that We
call ours. Those rights. those privileges that
made our fathers freemen are In question.
II they be not now the more carefully preser we'd.
they will render US 70 posterlty less free. less
worthy than our fathers" The House voted
49, Utn. u,N,lIso hut MAZDA THAR urapt do
pendent on the redress OF grievances. Then
followed the drawing up OF the Petition OF
Right declaring arbitrary imprisonment and
taxation without the consent Of Parliament
henoeforth illegal, and at last the Commons.
by the threat Of impeachins the Duke OF Buck
ingham a second time. wrunS the acceptance
OF their Petition from the King. In the interval
between the first and second session of the
third Parliament Buckingham died by the
hand OF an assassin. but his death did not put
an end to the quarrel. The beginning OF the
second session in January. 1929. was marked
not only by a new dispute about taxation, but
also by an cutlery against the High Church
clergy and the ecclesiastical policy Of the King.
II was not only OF sermons In favor Of absolute
monarchy or Of innovations in ritual that the
Puritan leaders complained. The dispute about
ceremonies had developed into a dispute about
doctrine also. II was during these religious
controversies that Cromwell first took part In
tho debate. OF the Commons. Inheriting the
traditions OF a family that owed everything
TO the Reformation. trained by a Puritan school,
master and at a Puritan college. he could take
only one side. and he raised his voice TO swell
the attack upon the friends OF Popery in the
Church. The House, IL seems. was discussing
some charges against DR.. nellie, the Bishop OF