| Topic: | Re:Re: Oliver Cromwell and Chiswick | |
| Posted by: | David Giles | |
| Date/Time: | 07/09/11 19:30:00 |
| There is indeed very good evidence to suggest that the body of Oliver Cromwell is in fact buried under St Nicholas' Church, Church Street, Chiswick along with his two daughters, Mary, Countess Fauconberg, and Lady Frances Russell. This evidence has been suppressed in the past centuries for fear that St Nicholas may become place of pilgrimage for Republicans, Roundheads or Levellers. Mary, Countess Fauconberg, in fact donated most of the bells currently in use in the belltower of St Nicholas' Church. Let it never be said that Oliver Crowell's daughter didn't enjoy the music of the bells. There is no doubt that Oliver Cromwell spent a considerable amount of time in Chiswick where his son in law, the Earl of Fauconberg, was Lord of the Manor of Sutton Court. It is believed that his favourite hostelry was the Bull's Head (whose sign and name of course was free of such Royalist implications such as the Bell and Crown !) on Strand on The Green. St Nicholas' Church is open for Mass at 1030 every Sunday morning although undoubtably Oliver would not approve. |