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The Letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell by Thomas Carlyle (title page to 1904 edition edited by S C Lomas). Click to view complete text.<\/p><\/div>The collected letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell have appeared in many different editions and versions since they were first published in 1845 by Thomas Carlyle. Carlyle\u2019s fascination with Cromwell grew out of his interest in the concept of heroes and hero worship and he set out in the early 1840s to write a biography of Cromwell. The challenge proved too great and he deliberately destroyed his manuscript. He decided that the best alternative was to produce an edition of Cromwell\u2019s own words and that is what he produced.<\/p>\n

There are a total of 205 letters<\/a> and 19 speeches<\/a> reproduced here.<\/p>\n

The work very quickly went through three editions. It proved to be very popular and helped to shape the image and profile of Cromwell in the second half of the 19th century. The work was to a large extent replaced as a source in 1937 by William Cortez Abbott\u2019s edition of the Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell but Abbott lacked by his own admission Carlyle\u2019s \u2018arresting style\u2019 in the linking narrative text and interpretation. <\/p>\n

A new scholarly edition of the letters and speeches is now in course of preparation by a team of leading academic experts and will be published in due course and will set a new benchmark for textual accuracy. In the meantime the letters and speeches available here, taken from the 2nd edition of Carlyle of 1846 and initially transcribed by Cambridgeshire Software House in 1999, provide a flavour of Oliver Cromwell\u2019s own words.<\/p>\n

The Cromwell Museum and the Cromwell Association are grateful to CSH for permission to use their transcriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Letters of Oliver Cromwell 1635 to 1657<\/caption>\n
Letter
No.<\/th>\n		Date<\/th>\nRecipient<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/a><\/td>\n11th January 1635<\/td>\nMr Storie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/a><\/td>\n13th October 1638<\/td>\nCousin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/a><\/td>\nFebruary 1640<\/td>\nMr Willingham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/a><\/td>\n23rd January 1642<\/td>\nMr Barnard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/a><\/td>\n23rd March 1642<\/td>\nMayor of Colchester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/a><\/td>\n10th January 1643<\/td>\nMr Hitch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/a><\/td>\n10th March 1643<\/td>\nMr Hitch & Major Gen Crawford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/a><\/td>\n10th April 1643<\/td>\nSir John Burgoyne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/a><\/td>\n17th April 1643<\/td>\nRobert Barnard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/a><\/td>\n3rd May 1643<\/td>\nCommittee at Lincoln<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/a><\/td>\n13th May 1643<\/td>\nGrantham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/a><\/td>\n28th May 1643<\/td>\nMayor of Colchester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/a><\/td>\n31st July 1643<\/td>\nCommittee of the Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/a><\/td>\n5th August 1643<\/td>\nfrom Francis Willoughby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/a><\/td>\n6th August 1643<\/td>\nCommittee of the Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/a><\/td>\n11th September 1643<\/td>\nBoston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/a><\/td>\n5th July 1644<\/td>\nValentine Walton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/a><\/td>\n1st September 1644<\/td>\nCommittee for Isle of Ely<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/a><\/td>\n5th\/6th September 1644<\/td>\nColonel Valentine Walton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/a><\/td>\n9th April 1645<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/a><\/td>\n25th April 1645<\/td>\nCommittee of Both Kingdoms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/a><\/td>\n29th April 1645<\/td>\nGovernor of the Garrison in Farringdon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/a><\/td>\n4th June 1645<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/a><\/td>\n14th June 1645<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/a><\/td>\n4th august 1645<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/a><\/td>\n14th September 1645<\/td>\nHonourable William Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/a><\/td>\n6th October 1645<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/a><\/td>\n14th October 1645<\/td>\nHonourable William Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/a><\/td>\n14th October 1645<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/a><\/td>\n17th October 1645<\/td>\nHonourable William Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/a><\/td>\n11th March 1646<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/a><\/td>\n19th March 1646<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/a><\/td>\n27th July 1646<\/td>\nThomas Knyvett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/a><\/td>\n31st July 1646<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/a><\/td>\n10th August 1646<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/a><\/td>\n26th August 1646<\/td>\nJohn Rushworth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/a><\/td>\n6th October 1646<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/a><\/td>\n25th October 1646<\/td>\nBridget Ireton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/a><\/td>\n21st December 1646<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/a><\/td>\n3rd January 1647<\/td>\nColonel Robert Hammond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/a><\/td>\n25th February 1647<\/td>\nColonel Richard Norton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/a><\/td>\n7th March 1647<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/a><\/td>\n10th June 1647<\/td>\nLord Mayor of Royston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/a><\/td>\n1st September 1647<\/td>\nLord of York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/a><\/td>\n14th September 1647<\/td>\nColonel Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/a><\/td>\n13th October 1647<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/a><\/td>\n22nd October 1647<\/td>\nSir Thomas Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/a><\/td>\n11th November 1647<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/a><\/td>\nNovember 1647<\/td>\nColonel Whalley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/a><\/td>\n1st February 1648<\/td>\nMr Robinson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/a><\/td>\n12th February 1648<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/a><\/td>\n26th February 1648<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/a><\/td>\n8th March 1648<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/a><\/td>\n14th March 1648<\/td>\nDr Love<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/a><\/td>\n14th March 1648<\/td>\nto Richard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/a><\/td>\n28th March 1648<\/td>\nRichard Norton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/a><\/td>\n3rd April 1648<\/td>\nRichard Norton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/a><\/td>\n6th April 1648<\/td>\nColonel Hammond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/a><\/td>\n18th April 1648<\/td>\nColonel Kenrick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/a><\/td>\n14th June 1648<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/a><\/td>\n17th June 1648<\/td>\nMajor Thomas Saunders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/a><\/td>\n28th June 1648<\/td>\nLord Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/a><\/td>\n11th July 1648<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/a><\/td>\n17th August 1648<\/td>\nHonourable Committee of Lancashire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/a><\/td>\n20th August 1648<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/a><\/td>\n20th August 1648<\/td>\nCommittee at York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/a><\/td>\n23rd August 1648<\/td>\nCommittee at York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/a><\/td>\n1st September 1648<\/td>\nOliver St John<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/a><\/td>\n2nd September 1648<\/td>\nLord Wharton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/a><\/td>\n11th September 1648<\/td>\nLord Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/a><\/td>\n15th September 1648<\/td>\nGovernor of Berwick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/a><\/td>\n16th September 1648<\/td>\nLord Marquis of Argyle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/a><\/td>\n16th September 1648<\/td>\nCommittee of Estates for the Kingdom of Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/a><\/td>\n18th September 1648<\/td>\nEarl of Loudon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/a><\/td>\n21st September 1648<\/td>\nCommittee of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/a><\/td>\n2nd October 1648<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/a><\/td>\n2nd October 1648<\/td>\nLord Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/a><\/td>\n5th October 1648<\/td>\nCommittee of Estates for the Kingdom of Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/a><\/td>\n8th October 1648<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/a><\/td>\n9th October 1648<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n
81<\/a><\/td>\n9th November 1648<\/td>\nGovernor of Pontefract Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/a><\/td>\n15th November 1648<\/td>\nCommittee of Lords and Commons sitting at Derby House<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/a><\/td>\n20th November 1648<\/td>\nRobert Jenner and John Ashe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/a><\/td>\n20th November 1648<\/td>\nLord General Fairfax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/a><\/td>\n25th November 1648<\/td>\nThomas St Nicholas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/a><\/td>\n25th November 1648<\/td>\nColonel Robert Hammond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/a><\/td>\n18th December 1648<\/td>\nMaster and fellows of Trinity Hall in Cambridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/a><\/td>\n1st January 1649<\/td>\nLord Wharton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/a><\/td>\n15th February 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/a><\/td>\n24th February 1649<\/td>\nGovernor of Cahir Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/a><\/td>\n5th March 1649<\/td>\nJohn Bradshaw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/a><\/td>\n22nd March 1649<\/td>\nGovernor of Kilkenny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/a><\/td>\n25th March 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/a><\/td>\n30th March 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/a><\/td>\n6th April 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/a><\/td>\n15 April 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/a><\/td>\n15th April 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/a><\/td>\n9th July 1649<\/td>\nSir James Harrington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/a><\/td>\n10th July 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/a><\/td>\n19th July 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/a><\/td>\n13th August 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/a><\/td>\n13th August 1649<\/td>\nDorothy Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/a><\/td>\n22nd August 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/a><\/td>\n12th September 1649<\/td>\nChief Officer commanding in Dundalk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/a><\/td>\n16th September 1649<\/td>\nJohn Bradshaw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/a><\/td>\n17th September 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/a><\/td>\n27th September 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/a><\/td>\n14th October 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/a><\/td>\n17th October 1649<\/td>\nCommander in Chief of Ross<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/a><\/td>\n19th October 1649<\/td>\nGovernor of Ross<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/a><\/td>\n25th October 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/a><\/td>\n13th November 1649<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/a><\/td>\n14th November 1649<\/td>\nThomas Scott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/a><\/td>\n14th November 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/a><\/td>\nNovember 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/a><\/td>\n19th December 1649<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/a><\/td>\n17th January 1650<\/td>\nDavid Lesley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/a><\/td>\n17th January 1650<\/td>\nCommittee of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/a><\/td>\n4th February 1650<\/td>\nCommittee of the Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/a><\/td>\n14th February 1650<\/td>\nDr Greenwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/a><\/td>\n11th March 1650<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/a><\/td>\n24th March 1650<\/td>\nLord President of the Council of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
123<\/a><\/td>\n2nd April 1650<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/a><\/td>\n2nd April 1650<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/a><\/td>\n2nd April 1650<\/td>\nRichard Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/a><\/td>\n20th June 1650<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/a><\/td>\n17th July 1650<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
128<\/a><\/td>\n30th July 1650<\/td>\nLord President of the Council of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/a><\/td>\n3rd August 1650<\/td>\nGeneral Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/a><\/td>\n14th August 1650<\/td>\nDavid Lesley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131<\/a><\/td>\n30th August 1650<\/td>\nCouncil of State in Whitehall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
132<\/a><\/td>\n2nd September 1650<\/td>\nSir Arthur Haselrig<\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1650<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1650<\/td>\nSir Arthur Haselrig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1650<\/td>\nLord President of the Council of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1650<\/td>\nElizabeth Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
137<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1650<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1650<\/td>\nHenry Ireton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
139<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1650<\/td>\nLord Wharton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/a><\/td>\n9th September 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of the Castle of Edinburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141<\/a><\/td>\n12th September 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of Edinburgh Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
142<\/a><\/td>\n25th September 1650<\/td>\nLord President of the Council of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
143<\/a><\/td>\n9th October 1650<\/td>\nCommittee of Estates of Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
144<\/a><\/td>\n25th October 1650<\/td>\nColonel Strahan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
145<\/a><\/td>\n18th November 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of Borthwick Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
146<\/a><\/td>\n4th December 1650<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
147<\/a><\/td>\n12th December 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of Edinburgh Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
148<\/a><\/td>\n12th December 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of the Castle of Edinburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
149<\/a><\/td>\n12th December 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of the Castle of Edinburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/a><\/td>\n13th December 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of Edinburgh Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/a><\/td>\n14th December 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of Edinburgh Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
152<\/a><\/td>\n18th December 1650<\/td>\nGovernor of Edinburgh Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/a><\/td>\n24th December 1650<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/a><\/td>\n25th December 1650<\/td>\nColonel Hacker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
155<\/a><\/td>\n27th December 1650<\/td>\nElizabeth Cromwell to her Husband the Lord General at Edinburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/a><\/td>\n12th April 1651<\/td>\nElizabeth Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/a><\/td>\n12th April 1651<\/td>\nArchibald Johnston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/a><\/td>\n3rd May 1651<\/td>\nElizabeth Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/a><\/td>\n3rd June 1651<\/td>\nLord President of the Council of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160<\/a><\/td>\n21st July 1651<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/a><\/td>\n24th July 1651<\/td>\nLord President of the Council of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
162<\/a><\/td>\n26th July 1651<\/td>\nLord President of the Council of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
163<\/a><\/td>\n28th July 1651<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
164<\/a><\/td>\n29th July 1651<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
165<\/a><\/td>\n4th august 1651<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
166<\/a><\/td>\n27th August 1651<\/td>\nLord Wharton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
167<\/a><\/td>\n3rd September 1651<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
168<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1651<\/td>\nWilliam Lenthall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
169<\/a><\/td>\n2nd October 1651<\/td>\nPastor in Boston New England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
170<\/a><\/td>\n30th July 1652<\/td>\nMr Hungerford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
171<\/a><\/td>\n10th December 1652<\/td>\nAnthony Hungerford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
172<\/a><\/td>\n1652<\/td>\nLieutenant General Fleetwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
173<\/a><\/td>\n23rd April 1653<\/td>\nMr Parker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/a><\/td>\n22nd August 1653<\/td>\nLieutenant General Fleetwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
175<\/a><\/td>\nOctober 1653<\/td>\nCommittee Regulating Customs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
176<\/a><\/td>\n16th November 1653<\/td>\nHenry Weston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
177<\/a><\/td>\n4th May 1654<\/td>\nRichard Mayor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
178<\/a><\/td>\n16th May 1654<\/td>\nLord Fleetwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
179<\/a><\/td>\n16th May 1654<\/td>\nColonel Alured<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
180<\/a><\/td>\n5th July 1654<\/td>\nSir Thomas Rymer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
181<\/a><\/td>\n12th January 1654<\/td>\nRichard Bennet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
182<\/a><\/td>\n20th January 1654<\/td>\nCaptain Unton Crook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
183<\/a><\/td>\n13th June 1655<\/td>\nGeneral Blake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
184<\/a><\/td>\n22nd June 1655<\/td>\nLord Fleetwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
185<\/a><\/td>\n28th July 1655<\/td>\nMr Thurloe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
186<\/a><\/td>\n30th July 1655<\/td>\nGeneral of the Fleet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
187<\/a><\/td>\n13th September 1655<\/td>\nGeneral Blake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
188<\/a><\/td>\n26th September 1655<\/td>\nCommissioners of Maryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
189<\/a><\/td>\nOctober 1655<\/td>\nVice Admiral Goodson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
190<\/a><\/td>\nOctober 1655<\/td>\nDaniel Serle Governor Barbados<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
191<\/a><\/td>\n21st November 1655<\/td>\nHenry Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
192<\/a><\/td>\n28th April 1656<\/td>\nGenerals Blake and Montague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
193<\/a><\/td>\n6th May 1656<\/td>\nGenerals Blake and Montague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
194<\/a><\/td>\n9th May 1656<\/td>\nCommittee of City of London for Gresham College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
195<\/a><\/td>\n29th May 1656<\/td>\nRichard Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
196<\/a><\/td>\n26th August 1656<\/td>\nHenry Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
197<\/a><\/td>\n28th August 1656<\/td>\nGenerals Blake and Montague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
198<\/a><\/td>\n18th December 1656<\/td>\nMayor of Newcastle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
199<\/a><\/td>\n26th December 1656<\/td>\nCardinal Mazarin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/a><\/td>\n10th June 1657<\/td>\nGeneral Blake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
201<\/a><\/td>\n11th August 1657<\/td>\nGeneral Montague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
202<\/a><\/td>\n27th August 1657<\/td>\nJohn Dunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
203<\/a><\/td>\n30th August 1657<\/td>\nGeneral Montague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
204<\/a><\/td>\n31st August 1657<\/td>\nSir William Lockhart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
205<\/a><\/td>\nNot known<\/td>\nLouis King of France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Speeches of Oliver Cromwell 1653 – 1657<\/caption>\n
Speech No.<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/a><\/td>\n14th July 1653<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/a><\/td>\n22nd January 1654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/a><\/td>\n22nd January 1654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/a><\/td>\n4th September 1654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/a><\/td>\n12th September 1654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/a><\/td>\n23rd January 1656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/a><\/td>\n17th September 1656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/a><\/td>\n20th January 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/a><\/td>\n25th January 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/a><\/td>\n4th February 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/a><\/td>\n31st March 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/a><\/td>\n3rd April 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/a><\/td>\n8th April 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/a><\/td>\n11th April 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/a><\/td>\n13th April 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/a><\/td>\n20th April 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/a><\/td>\n21st April 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/a><\/td>\n 8th May 1657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/a><\/td>\n9th June 1657<\/td>\n<\/p>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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