tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post754106314768781370..comments2024-03-28T15:16:29.965-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Mary Jane - Queen Elizabeth I and the Cromwell familyLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-21437784305538336572011-04-20T13:04:43.968-05:002011-04-20T13:04:43.968-05:00Henry Cromwell was extremely wealthy and the leadi...Henry Cromwell was extremely wealthy and the leading gentleman in Huntingdonshire, and that in itself explains Elizabeth's visits. I'm not aware that she had much contact with Cromwell's sons; Cromwell does not seem to have spent much time at court. You could look in P. W. Hasler (ed.), _The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558-1603_ on Cromwell; also J. E. Neale, _The Elizabethan House of Commons_. This book http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0R5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA44&dq=green+huntingdonshire+cromwell+armada&hl=en&ei=7R6vTauHKIPrgQeAqMjsCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false is a published version of Henry Cromwell's records of the Armada crisis, when he led the county's defences. Note esp. p. 25.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-24692966430236705042011-04-11T10:44:11.340-05:002011-04-11T10:44:11.340-05:00I've been thinking about your query. Have you ...I've been thinking about your query. Have you looked in 42. Nichols, John, Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, in three volumes, Nichols & Sons, London (1823)? This is one of the definitive sources for Elizabeth's progress.<br /><br />You also might want to look at Cole, Mary Hill, The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Ceremony, University of Massachussetts Press, Amherst (1999). She has an appendix listing the various progresses and stops. <br /><br />I haven't come across the Cromwells in Elizabeth's court but my focus is pretty narrow. I am wondering if the family were patronized by someone within the Chamberlain's office or the Privy or Bed Chamber. It may be that the family was known by a court family and selected as a stop on that basis.kbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840188159816630368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-21137444295126287562011-04-10T20:58:50.671-05:002011-04-10T20:58:50.671-05:00Hi Mary Jane,
I am VERY interested in your work on...Hi Mary Jane,<br />I am VERY interested in your work on Thomas West. I work on the Carey/Knollys family. Thomas married Anne Knollys. If it is OK with you, may I ask Lara to connect us via email so that we may trade notes?kbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840188159816630368noreply@blogger.com