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4 unusual facts about Baron Cromwell


Baron Cromwell

The second creation came in 1375 when Ralph de Cromwell was summoned by writ to Parliament as Lord Cromwell.

Elizabeth Southwell, Lady Cromwell

When her father died in 1687, she claimed his title of Baron Cromwell of Oakham, although his Earldom and Viscountship became extinct; she was ranked with the Peeresses at the funeral of Queen Mary II and the coronation of Queen Anne, but her claim appears to have been a mistake.

The Barony of Cromwell has a patent, granted in 1540 to Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell of Oakham (and his heirs male), son of Henry VIII's Minister Thomas Cromwell, after his father's fall and execution.

Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell

Cromwell died in August, 1398, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Ralph.



see also

Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell

Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (died 27 August 1398), Tattershall in Lincolnshire, was an English peer.