The English
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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector The man who became Lord Protector was nephew to the Sir Oliver Cromwell who owned Hinchingbrooke.It is said that as a child he was taken by a pet monkey and carried to the roof of Hinchingbrooke. It is also said that he met the young Charles at Hinchingbrooke and gave him a bloody nose.
There is one story about Cromwell and his Roundheads which you may not realise you know. The nursery rhyme Goosey goosey gander, This refers to "goose-stepping" Roundheads who would search houses for Royalists. Anyone who refused to accept Puritan ways was arrested and thrown in jail. This painting from the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon shows Cromwell on horseback. The old St Pauls Cathedral (later burned down in the Great Fire) is in the background.
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