There's a reasonable amount of confusion in the comments between Thomas and Oliver Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell (1485 - 1540), who this article is about, was a re

There's a reasonable amount of confusion in the comments between Thomas and Oliver Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell (1485 - 1540), who this article is about, was a relatively cosmopolitan man and chief minister to Henry VIII before being beheaded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (1599 - 1658) was a puritan Christian anti-monarchist who had Charles I executed after the English Civil War and ruled as Lord Protector afterwards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell (I am not a historian and encourage you to read the Wikipedia articles rather than relying on my very brief summaries!)