New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
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half centuries which have elapsed since the body
of Cromwell was exhumed frCm lis tomb N
Henry Wis chapel in Westminster Abbey
1t was the Samuel Russell. bv The bye al,
sold the head of his famous ancestor to TIA
Snowman who. before losing his money sougs-
permission 70 assume the name of Cromwell IN
lieu Of that of Russell. not only by reason q
his descent from the Protector. but also owing
to the fact that he was married % the osly
daughter and heiress of Thomas Cromwell 0t
Chestnut. the last male representative Of the
family To which the Protector had belonged
George III. however. would not hear Of this
being done. and vetoed the application OF sam
ueI Russell with the words, NO. nO-no mora
CrOmwells.' 1t j. peculiar fact that although
almost a thousand persons can establish their
descent from the Protector, and are proud TO DO
so. among them the Marquis Of Ripon Lords
Chichester. Clarendon, Morley Lytton. Wal
singham. Darnley and Avebury, as well as the
late Charles Stewart Parueu and Sir George
WombweI. vet there is no living representative
Of his family that bears his name.
Among the other heads separated from theit
bodies is that of Colonel Townlsy whose head.
after his execution on Tower Hill for his par.
ticpation in the Jacobite rebellion Of 174J. was
spiked on old Temple Bar. at the entrance q
the city. subsequently recovered by his relatives
and preserved under the altar Of the chapel q
TOwnley Hall. until the sale Of the hall I be-
| lieve that IT is now i'm the custody OF his de-
| scendant, Lady O'Hagan.
The private chapel Of Ockweu Manor, the his
| toric residence OF sir Edward and Lady BarrE
near Naideuhead. contains the head Of 1s
original owner and builder Of the maHL
namely. Sir Henry Norreys who. suspected q
an intrigue with Queen Anne BoIeyn. was con-
signed 10 the scaffold on Tower HID by her
Blue Beard husband. King Henry VIII Sr
Henry's body is buried in the tower.
The head of King James ~ of Scotland. vho
, fell at FIodden. is preserved. IncIosed in lead
in the vaults of St Michaels Church. Wood
street in the city Of London. within the sound
OF the roar Of Cheapside. Lord Dacre had ths
body brought from FToddeu Field. embalmei
and wrapped in lead and taken 20 the nonas-
terry Of Sheen. at Richmond. sheen came into
possession of the Duke of suffolk at the time
Of the Reformation. and the c9-pse, still in the
Ieaden shroud. was thrown into the waste room.
among old timber and other rubbish. where
''workmen there. fo- their foolish pleasure.
hewed off the head" according 90 the chronicIs
and 'Launcelot Hunt. master Claz;er 70 Queen
Elizabeth. noting a sweet SAVIOR coming from
the head ~ reason Of the spices and unguents
with which it had been eIuJsimed. brought Il
TO London. To his house in Wood street but in
the end caused the sexton oE the neghborins
church. st. NIichaels. 20 take it and preservs i
In the vault" where it remains % this day No
one knows what became of the body.
What is believed to be the head Of Card-14
Richelieu is preserved in the chapel Of the Sa-
bOnne at Paris. in a glass case. and i
claimed that it was al that could Re rescasa
when the remains Of the Cardinal we're ton
from their tomb at the time of the great Kew
luton and hurled into the sewers But though
its appearance is in keeping with the portrsl-s
of this most famous perSonitication Of mOnarcn-
absolutism. there are people who contest Is
authenticity: and some insist that the Esdi
head of the Cardinal is in the hands Of a pI-
vate collector. like that of the Soudanese Aah1-
which, after the battle of Omdurman and inc
destruction Of his tomb. was removed from Is
body. packed in empty kerosene can ana
dispatched to England. EX-ATTACHh