We're often asked if there was any connection between Thomas and Oliver Cromwell (many people even confuse the confuse the two). The answer is yes - the two were related. This thread will explain how with a quick guide to the #CromwellFamily #WolfHall #Tudors #17thCentury 1/7
Thomas Cromwell was chief minister to #HenryVIII 1532-40. His sister Katherine Cromwell had married Morgan Williams, a Welsh lawyer. Their son Richard (c.1502-44) became a protege of Thomas, serving as a commissioner in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and as a soldier. 2/7

One of our followers asked last week about the different English Parliaments in the 1640s/50s - it can get very confusing, so here's a simple(ish) guide to the different ones - also follow our friends at @HistParl for more information too! 😀
#17thCentury #Parliament Thread 1/10 Charles I dismissed Parliament in 1629, ruling without it for 11 years. Embroiled in the Bishop's Wars with Scotland he recalled Parliament in February 1640. Members used it to air their grievances, so Charles dismissed it after 3 weeks - so becoming the 'Short Parliament'. 2/10

In today's #PMQs @DavidDavisMP invoked Leo Amery MP's quote of Cromwell's dismissal of the Rump Parliament in 1653 against Chamberlain in 1940: "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!" 1/8 Amery was in turn probably misquoting Cromwell - what exactly he said is unknown, but a more likely (and fiery) version is (over several tweets): "It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue..." 2/8

We're delighted to now have tickets on sale for our Winter Lecture Series, which this year will be held online. We're very grateful to have a great range of speakers and subjects talk on different aspects of #17thCentury history! 😀Thread 1/6 On Wednesday 13 January historian @_paullay will be talking about 'Providence Lost: Cromwell's Western Design', the story of Cromwell's disastrous attempt to seize Spain's Caribbean territories and its impacts - more details at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/providence-l… Thread 2/6

Right, fortified by a glass of wine, we're geared up to provide a #CromwellCommentary on the movie Cromwell, now starting on @BBCFOUR... You can tell it's meant to be the #17thCentury Fens. It's soggy...

Oliver #Cromwell is popularly believed to have been the leader of the Parliamentary cause, the 'Roundheads', during the #EnglishCivilWar. But was this really the case - has his importance for much of this period been exaggerated? Follow this thread to find out! #17thCentury 1/8 At the start of the Civil War #Cromwell was in modern terms a 'backbench MP', a very minor figure in the House of Commons. The leaders there for the Parliamentary cause were the likes of John Pym and John Hampden; the Earls of Essex & Manchester led in the House of Lords. 2/8

We're often asked if there was any connection between Thomas #Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell (many people even confuse the confuse the two). The answer is yes - the two men were related. This thread will explain how with a quick guide to the #CromwellFamily #Tudors #17thCentury 1/7 Thomas Cromwell was chief minister to #HenryVIII 1532-40. His sister Katherine Cromwell had married Morgan Williams, a Welsh lawyer. Their son Richard (c.1502-44) became a protege of Thomas, serving as a commissioner in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and as a soldier. 2/7