Talk:Richard Cromwell

message: The sentence "He retired to obscurity, going into exile on the Continent under the soubriquet of 'John Clarke', but returning in 1680 to live out the remainder of his life in Britain" must have been written by a Briton. For the rest of us, there exist more than one "Continent." Could you possibly name it or clarify? (I would have changed it, but wasn't sure--I assume you mean continental Europe, but some might assume North America, since people were headed that way in some numbers around that time.)
Thank you!
:I'm pretty sure it would have been continental Europe (often called "The Continent" in Britain) and have made the appropriate changes. - Zagrebo 21:48, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "continent?" 

message: "Richard was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, thus distinguishing him as the only English head of state to have graduated from a university."
I'm sorry, but I believe many subsequent English heads of state have college educations, unless this is some custom that this yank has never heard of66.72.215.225 18:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone explain this? 

message: I'm not sure where I read this, so I haven't added it to the article. It has to do with some tour guide showing a now elderly and forgottten Richard round the House of Lords and pointing out the monarch's throne, only to be met with a: 'Yes I know....I used to sit there...', which somewhat took the tour guide aback....Colin4C 20:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anecdote I heard about Richard 

message: Was his wife really surnamed 'Maijor' or is that a spelling mistake for 'Major'? Colin4C 20:27, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just thinking that there is something odd in the orthography of that name, and the combination of the 'i' and 'j' which I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it's to do with the fact that in Latin script an 'i' and a 'j' were interchangeable and designated by the same letter: 'i' or 'I'. Thus Julius Caesar = IULIUS CAESAR. Maybe 'Maijor' represents a 17th century orthographic/phonetic version of 'Major' or a Latinisation of the same... Dunno..... Colin4C 09:06, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Error? 

message: I have changed the edited the main article to say that Richard Cromwell left England for mainland Europe alone. He sadly, never saw his wife again. Pepys' account of Richard in exile, are pretty much all there is to go on. He was in effect a victim of circumstances. A simple man, who overspent his allowance and had no mind for the politics of the day. He was the first Englishman to own a Grandfather clock, a telling fact really.
:Your change is inconsistant with the article about his country estate in Hampshire, Hursley, which says RC and his wife Dorothy travelled together to France and then around Europe. Darmot and gilad (talk) 23:42, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors 

message: The ancestors box seems to say that Oliver Cromwell, linked to the New Model Army leader and Richard Cromwell's father, is Richard's son. This can't be right; was this article's subject's son also named Oliver? Mm40 (talk) 12:04, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You're reading the tree incorrectly. The ancestors go left to right, so the box starts with Richard, and then his two parents (Oliver and wife). The box then shows the four grandparents. Hope that helps. Best,  PeterSymonds (talk) 21:19, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ancestral error 

message: the beginning date of reign is wrong, by alot.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.205.236.96 (talk) 23:11, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Reign 

message: Substituted at 04:20, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: The list of his children appears to put his daughter Elizabeth in the wrong order (ahead of her older brother), unless she was actually born in 1640 instead of 1650; I don't know which error has been made. If anyone has a source, can they fix this please? Richard75 (talk) 11:20, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elizabeth Cromwell 

message: This is dubious:
:the system under the Instrument of Government whereby representation of rotten boroughs was cut in favour of county towns
The Instrument of Government did cut rotten boroughs, but the only county town added was Durham. Additional members went to the county constituencies, not to boroughs which happened to be county towns. jnestorius(talk) 05:45, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think there's any doubt you are essentially right. The only change required is from 'county towns' to 'counties', and add in your reference. (The current version is unreferenced.) Are you going to do it? GarethAd (talk) 12:45, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

text: I have now made the change. As it is only rather incidentally relevant to Richard himself, I have not referenced it, but references are available in Instrument of Government, particularly the table which makes it clear that a majority of seats are now for counties. This refers to https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1653intrumentgovt.asp, in which the constituencies are fully listed. GarethAd (talk) 16:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious 

message: Am I alone in finding the placement of this subsection clumsy? I think it would be better if it were at the end of the article's content, or simply a paragraph. Matuko (talk) 14:41, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, ; I quite agree with you. As you suggested, a simple paragraph without a section heading would suffice. Thank you for pointing this out.With kind regards;Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 16:36, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates as Protector subsection