Richard Williams
Welsh soldier and courtier (c.1510-1544) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 34
Sir Richard Williams, also known as Sir Richard Cromwell, was a Welsh soldier and courtier in the reign of Henry VIII who knighted him on 2 May 1540. He was a maternal nephew of Thomas Cromwell, profiting from the Dissolution of the Monasteries in which he took an active part.
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He was the patrilineal great-grandfather of Oliver Cromwell.