The VENGEFUL Execution Of Oliver Cromwell - The Lord Protector
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2021
- One of the most divisive figures in British History is Oliver Cromwell. Some see him as a hero who was the leading figure behind King Charles I's defeat during the English Civil War and subsequently the King's execution. Some believed it was right for Cromwell to force through the King's killing, however others deem Cromwell to have been a villain. In Ireland he would massacre and slaughter many innocent people, and for this he is still seen as a polarising figure today.
Cromwell was offered the Crown of England, however would turn this down continuing as the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth following the abolition of the monarchy. Cromwell would die 5 years into the role, but when Charles II was invited to become King, he would strike vengeance on all of those who signed the death warrant of his father Charles I. Cromwell and many other leading figures in the regicide would be dead during this time, but Charles II ordered Cromwell to be posthumously executed.
So his body was dug up from Westminster Abbey, and dragged through the streets. His body would have been decomposing and it would have been an incredibly scary sight to have witnessed. The decaying body of Oliver Cromwell was taken to Tyburn and then hanged in chains for hours in front of a crowd, before it was beheaded with 8 swings of the axe. His head was then placed on a spike, however his head would fall off this spike years later. Then it would change hands and even appear in a London Freak Show, and the subject of Cromwell's Head and Body has puzzled historians for years.
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Seems to me a posthumous execution was worse for the executioners than the guest of honor.
At least there’s no chance of failure.
Though eight chops of the axe suggests it certainly wasn’t simple.
@@borismuller86 it suggests that a purposely blunted axe was used. An executioner with a sharp axe was supposed to be able to sever the head from the body in one blow, two at the most. It was considered the most painless (!) form of execution at the time. Living bodies are much more dense than an old corpse!
That was one of my first thoughts haha
Haha yeah exactly
Pity we don’t have people with brains then do we. You cannot executed a dead person. End of story. Another millennial that needs a medal for turning up? Hey.
I went to a Christmas dinner at Sidney Sussex college a few years ago. Cromwell's portrait hangs in the dining hall. I thought it amusing that the college had put a Christmas tree next to the portrait, as Cromwell had banned Christmas during the Protectorate.
True - his reputation has been so rehabilitated in the last hundred years that many, if not most, think he was just pro-democracy and a man of the people rather than the tyrant he was.
@@jackspring7709 If he had not died, it is plausible that he would have become Emperor Oliver I, given that he had been gradually adopting other trappings of regal power, both in his manner of dress and in titles he assumed, which he justified on the grounds that the English were predisposed to monarchy, and it was the most practical way to maintain control.
Ironic to say the least!
@@Ubu987 He would have proved more tyranical than a king.
@@Ubu987 True. In fact I posted one of his own quotes about a month ago - and this is it: "Why should the person in whom the supreme authority resides be any less a King simply because his title is spelled P-r-o-t-e-c-t-o-r?" So there you have it - the old tyrant even admitted it himself.
Ollie was not commander of the NMA until after the Civil War, he was Lieutenant General of the Cavalry, that is second in command. Sir Thomas Fairfax was Captain General of the NMA.
Oliver Cromwell did not take over the command of the New Model Army till 1650 when Sir Thomas Fairfax resigned his commision. The Civil War ended in 1651. He did not in fact get his Commision as Lt. Gen. of Cavalry till 11 days after the NMA was formed, even then he was Sir Thomas's second choice, Batholomew Vermoyden being his first choice.
Sir Thomas fairfax, use to live in one of my fields, only half a mile away from where I am writing this. I would love to see a video about him on here.
@@desthomas8747 Well done!!
@@GH-tk2ln You can always make the video yourself. I live in the city that closed it's gates against Charles the first. Not proud of that really. I also reconstructed the Beverley Gate (drawing) for the city council. My reconstruction was shown on the Gate for some years. I am proud of that!
An interesting book is 'Lawson Lies Still on the Thames' by Gill Blanchard, the story of Vice Admiral John Lawson, a staunch republican. After Cromwells's death and the ensuing chaos he aided the restoration of Charles 2nd although it was against all his principles but he could see no other way out. He is mentioned in Pepy's diary.
The movie "Cromwell" starring Richard Harris can be watched for free on RUclips...very good movie
Thanks! I'm definitely interested. 👍
I went to film school and as much as I know, this one film has eluded me. Thank you for the recommendation
@@vahgeuvje10 besides Richard Harris, the film also includes Sir Alec Guinness, more known for Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, as Charles I.
@@rwboa22 I’m trying to find it as we speak. All amazing actors on top of their game
@@rwboa22 those 2 sure loved to gamble high roller style , don’t take my word for it look it up.
Isn't it amazing that throughout school, these uncomfortable historical events were not taught...
Actually, these kinds of things were taught until the 70s and 80s. Those of us in elementary school in the 60s can confirm it. "Oliver Cromwell's Head" was an example of how silly retribution can be.
I have a school history book which dates from 1901 complete with ink stains! One illustration shows decapitated heads on spikes! I was taught in the 60's and can remember some grim aspects of those times in my history lessons. In later years things went more fluffy for younger ears!
The Making of the United Kingdom, English Civil War, is still on the National Curriculum. My wife and I went into Seconday Schools to portray the ECW, this has stopped because of the Covid 19, we even used to go into Primary Schools as Local History.
I was taught this in the 70s. It's nowadays that they don't teach true history.
@@doriannewton8440 Agree, when we did our Historical Experiences, mainly for Year 8's, we found the best time for us to go in was before any of the teachers had started on the subject, if we went in after they had started or even finished it their lessons that they had been fed the wrong facts. For instance the war was the King versus Oliver Cromwell. The curriculum is the main problem and asks the wrong questions.
The more I learn about humans, the more I love my dog.
My cat
@@PInk77W1 same
@@jonathanblacksher9719 LoL. I love dogs, just too much work.
Absolutely!
You and me both!
Here in Ireland the name of Oliver Cromwell is utterly reviled to this day. Almost 400 years after his time here, his reign of terror, murder and plundering is regarded as one of our darkest times.
Same for the Scottish the man was a brute!
A self-righteous P.O.S, Bastard.....
...... O.K. I've put in my two p.
Not to the Northern Ireland people
@@trevorharper5390 droughata was a protestant town when Cromwell came to Ireland and that didn't stop him from massicoring them.
@@Minime163 True: he was an equal despiser of all Irish, regardless of their religion.
Ask an Irishman what he thought of Cromwell. And look up his adventures in Ireland, in case you wonder.
I think your out of order, Cromwell was nothing but kind hearted towards Ireland and I am really surprised there isn't any statues of him in Dublin
I pray to st Oliver patron saint of genocide every night before I go to sleep.
This man was ruthless and a butcher of the irish people.
@@logangallagher7050 What . You are some kind of deluded, to put it mildly.
@@patrickregan3302 I don't think I'm deluded, unless there is statues up of him already but I'm not aware of any.
An episode in history that I didn’t know about. Thank you for your video.
Glad you have now mentioned the Regicides, albeit briefly :)
Although your channel is morbid, it’s damned fascinating and very well done. Keep up the good work.
Cromwell is burning in the deepest pits of hell as we speak for his crimes against all people of the British isles. May his legacy be defamed forever
It always amazes me how George Monck managed to play both sides and never lost his head.
In any period knowing just when to change sides is the greatest political skill.
Just like politicians of today!
@@freebeerfordworkers good quote
@@freebeerfordworkers wouldn’t they be considered a traitor by one side and not to be trusted by the other? Not having some political skills?
Thanks again untoldpast always interesting. 👍😀
Thanks Simon
A friend of my dad's owned a building that Cromwell was imprisoned in for a short time. It's since become a pub, but the paintings on the wall that he was either made to do, or did of his own volition, can still be seen behind a glass screen on the walls of the pub today.
Where's this pub at?
Oliver Cromwell was never imprisoned, have you got the wrong Cromwell ?
@@desthomas8747 he obviously means Thomas!
His cottage in Oxford is 10 mins from my house the pub was the bricklayers as I knew but before that?????
Very strange but interesting, thanks for the video, 👍👍.
its interesting how the paintings of Cromwell show him with warts and balding unlike most kings queens
He specifically asked to be painted " warts and all", and this is the origin of that common phrase.
Yes That is True! anything to bring him down.
@@Celticcross688 Sorry but Freeborn John is bang on. There's a drama with Jim Carter playing him and i think he says it in the production.
@Twitch Entropy It was a beauty wart to draw attention to a facial feature that Ollie believed was especially alluring.
If you want to see it there is a Wax Death Mask of Cromwell in Gallery 46 Medieval Gallery in the British Museum.
I know because I worked there for 31 years and as you say Warts and all.
In an aside in the presiding Gallery 47 there is a Chalk Death Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte. 😋
The horrors he inflicted on the Irish and especially Catholic priests and the destruction of our churches places this criminal very high on the most reviled list of persecutors of the Irish. He unceremoniously butchered the priests, nuns and monks in every town in Ireland and burned down our churches. What an evil man he was.
I think if the Irish had not joined Charles killing Englishmen although Cromwell despised Catholics only on Religious grounds , he may not of ventured across the Irish Sea. But partly religion, the bigger message was " Do not form an Army and bring it England "
Another intriguing video nice 👍
Good job as always!🤔💯
Very interesting. Didn't know that. Thank you.
I didn't know either.
Wow! A lot of views! Congrats my dude
Fascinating..well researched, and presented. x
Great channel, and a great video!👍
History can be scary
So can the present, bud..
Future is giggling to itself
Humanity is scary.
I agree mate! Thanks for your comment!
Oh dear, scary. That, I give you, is the problem of UK today. Run and hide from a flu virus.
I like your vids, good stuff, and a sub,,,
Yet another great, informative video. Thank you untold past ☺️
Excellent and very informative.
Thank you :)
Finally: I'd been waiting for someone to cover the (posthumous) execution of Cromwell and his men. People today don't realise how hated he was back then: Also, peculiarly - he was royalty in everything but name, as he put it himself: "Why should the person in whom the supreme authority resides be any less a King simply because his title is spelled P-r-o-t-e-c-t-o-r?" Also there have been claims that he wasn't so much anti-monarchy as he was a puppet of European bankers who wanted to see britain's sovereignty, through it's king, to be removed. Cromwell banned Christmas celebrations, dancing, football, feasting, women's make-up and dresses that were too colourful. In fact he was a tyrant and a dictator.
and same like Mussolini,he got hanged after his Death
@@plotarmour1471I don't think that Cromwell was puppet of European bankers, as there were enough English ones. Moreover, you should research the role of the Enclosure Acts under the Tudors and Stuart Kings except for Charles I, who was trying to halt the process, possibly upsetting landowners appealing the to Parliamentary Commissioners to get access to more land. Both dynasties upto Charles' reign had used land grants to secure support and to ensure loyalty. But in Charles' reign, the importance of the profits from wool production were key to the English economy at home and abroad, as England was the major exporter of wool in Western Europe. Removing Charles ensured that the process went ahead, and more land would be made available to be turned over to large scale wool production. So, as many of the Wool Merchants in the City of London would have been bankers too, they would have had a vested interest in how the conflict between Parliament and the monarchy progressed.
@@BigHenFor He was a puppet of European bankers, regardless of how many English ones there were.
Any evidence to support your claim that he was a puppet of the European Bankers ?
@@DC_92 Eustace Mullins chronicles the entire history of these families and the many puppets they've used over the centuries: - all of his source material was meticulously derived from public records located at the Library Of Congress: Cromwell was bought and paid for by the Dutch East India Company, which was, in turn, owned by the rothschild family: the Dutch East India company has a very interesting history itself, which you can research yourself, but if you do feel inclined, you could find all the info you need in Eustace Mullins' 'The Federal reserve and its Secrets' and 'The Curse of Canaan'. I encourage you to do your own research and draw your one conclusions.
That wasn't an execution it was a desecration of hate.
It was to a certain extent, but it was even more a symbolical political message: when Charles II restaured monarchy he also had Charles I unburied and his head sown back to its trunk as if to say "the king (the head) returns to the nation (the body).
He was a bigot. Deal with it.
@paulflynn6169 he was a tyrant absolutely
Excellent historical fact based video....
Great video
We know all to well about Cromwell here in Ireland he was cruel and barbaric towards the Catholics just because he was a puritan
Thank for saying Catholics and not just Irish.
So many people simplify Cromwell by saying he was racist against the Irish.
(Which is ridiculous since irish people aren’t human so you can’t be racist to them, xenophobic yes, but not racist. Maybe after a few more million years of evolution it’ll be different, they might have made the wheel by then)
All jokes of course, I’m Irish on all branches of the family tree, and not like centuries back. More like grandparents-parents, some loyalist and some republican, some north and some south, some catholic vs some Protestantsand some just hungry and wanted a quieter life in Scotland.
So many people simplify things saying he was English and was racist against the Irish…..like more modern bigotry I can imagine.
It wasn’t kingdoms vs kingdoms over flags or over-ruler ship.
It was Catholics against Protestants, popes vs king, latin bibles vs English bibles and tradition vs reformation.
I was raised Catholic and have no real faith, but I value tradition and it seems like a king is less corrupt than a pope.
Unless it’s Prince Andrew vs pipe Benedict XVI
@@jimmy2k4o >a king is less corrupt than a pope
Both are fine. Nobodies forcing you to choose either. Your pathetic Judaic divide and conquer isn't very convincing.
So you’re forgetting the massacre of English Protestants in 1641 - By the Irish ??
What he did to your lot was simply REVENGE. Divine revenge at that. 👌🏻
based
@@jimmy2k4o Nobody cares about you.
It may be difficult for foreigners to understand but the influence of Cromwell is alive in England today.
Well said. Protestant and Parliamentarian. That is what we are
The English richly deserve their lot.
@@zenonlopezwallace568 That's a very racist childish comment
If you mean a healthy Parliamentary Government then yes, absolutely! The Royalists would have you believe that the Crown is the source of all law, goodness and charity. Well we Americans told that faction to kiss our arses in 1776.
@@christianfreedom-seeker934 I deliberately made my comment open to interpretation, and I agree with yours. Royalists can think what they like; their power has been waning for 900 years! My family are congregationalists, the backbone of the New Model Army. I feel a great deal of sympathy for the American revolution and entertain myself by noting how much more common my family surnames are in America than England. Two nations not just divided by a common language but also very different histories and geography. God bless America!
Hello, I have just subscribed to your channel. Looking forward to seeing your videos. From Co Cork Ireland.
Vengeful?? Obviously you skipped the part about what all he did in his take over of the crown 👑!! Lol reap what you sow
Fuck “the crown”
They were all savages then!
He rejected the crown, he was an ordinary man who loved God and his word his only interest in power was to rid his country of popery and the corruption and depravity that it always brings.
@@darrmont We need him now !!
@@darrmont He was nothing of the sort: he was a tyrant who then became a defacto monarch himself: here's one of his own quotes: "Why should the person in whom the supreme authority resides be any less a King simply because his title is spelled P-r-o-t-e-c-t-o-r?" By the way: he was in fact a puppet of European banking families: his brief was to destroy British sovereignty through the removal of Britain's king: and if you want to understand real depravity, just do a little research on what he did in Ireland.
My Stuart ancestors were given the choice of forfeiting all property, money and titles or dying. Most chose to forfeit everything and come to the colonies, sparking another ember of hatred for the Commonwealth/Crown. So in part, we can thank Cromwell for sowing seeds for the fight for American Independence.
What connection did Cromwell have with France ?!?
Quite right!
@@johnsaunders2109 None, as far as I know.
Then the Puritans came to the Colonies too 😂😂😂
@@johnsaunders2109French helped Stuarts to return to the throne but failed.
Bloody Cromwell is lucky with what he got. If there was true justice he would have been cornered by the Irish populace and torn apart.
The Irish were catholic and supported and aided catholic attempts to takeover or invade England. They were seen as a dangerous enemy due to their geographical closeness to England and constant plotting. England was always being plotted against or attacked by Scottland and Ireland who would attack in unison with the French ensuring England was attacked on all fronts. Cromwell did what was unfortunately common when at war in those days which was brutal and designed to stop enemies from being able to mount any attacks again.
The Irish populace? He stood about 3 ft higher than the tallest ones, and could have sent them running over each other with an accidental wave of his arms from a stretchy yawn.
@@shanefelkel9966Yeah, yeah. Pretend your SAS didn't negotiate with "terrorists" Nigel.
they probably deserved it, but I wouldn't know, I never met anyone who was alive back then.
Just wanted to say hats off to you man. Just finished you’re forgotten l castles of England. You have a very well framed and spoken videos. Coming from someone whose been to stonehenge and other famous places in England, you make me feel like I’m on a route going round these places.
Thanks Patrick for your kind words :) I'll be visiting many more castles soon as lockdown eases! I've also been to stonehenge and have filmed there, however need to think of a good video to make on it!
Well, I am English, but until now I did not realise that this horrific event took place!
@@TheUntoldPast near stone henge you have woodhenge. www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/woodhenge/ not sure if this is something youd like to look at.
@@TheUntoldPast or something like this... *It didn’t take long to put two and two together. When engineers went to design these underground railroads, the story goes, they tried to avoid plague pits - either because they didn’t want to disturb the dead, or because the bodies were packed too thickly to bore through.* from here www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160906-plague-pits-the-london-underground-and-crossrail
yeah.. i love history..ha
@@AJellySnakeRebel YES to both suggestions! So much brilliant stuff has been worked out by archaeology at those sites!
Great 👍 video.
Ireland will NEVER FORGIVE
Give it time, you will.
Cromwell did nothing wrong and acted wholly within the rules of engagement. The mass slaughter of protestant and Anglican residents with the full support and encouragement of the Catholic Church was the reason and cause of it all
@@roydw11 shut up and stop criticising the nazi's you bunch of hypocrites
@@Minime163 Always playing the victim does not change the truth or history. The Catholic Church is the biggest mass murderer in history. Cromwell was totally justified in his actions. Brushing over the main truths of history to make the aggressor seem the victim doesn't wash anymore.
@@roydw11 Cromwell murdered Irish Protestants as well as Catholics
The severed heads of the executed would have been displayed on London Bridge, not Tower Bridge, as you said. Tower Bridge was opened in 1894 more than 200 years later. Cromwell's head was displayed, on a pole, outside Westminster Hall until 1685 by the way.
Thankyou for a very informative video. I’m not sure what people thought could be gained by doing such extremities to dead bodies, but I guess it was the mindset at the time. 🥇
Mindless behavior although symbolic as was the train car of June 22 , 1940. Such spirits !! And of the first rank : no respect for the dead . Also Achilles dragging the dead body of Hector back to camp.
Heads up for this channel
Oliver Cromwell was the man who changed the course of British History.
His "New Model Army" changed land warfare and helped turn the English military into the best fighting force of the world till the early 20th century.
Yes indeed.
chiron
Not only that but he set the UK on the road to being a parliamentary democracy. His statue stands outside Parliament, deservedly so.
@@Tridhos constitutional republic actually ! he also created the bill of rights ! also the UK is a constitutional democracy not a parliamentary democracy - see Miller vs secatery of state 2017
Yeah was very unfortunate for a lot of other countries this bollox existed all right. He was some bastard the atrocities he commited in my country. The hitler of his time
Yeah attacking lesser advanced nations with little means to defend themselves and taking them over isn't exactly like WW2 is it.
And nothing of value was lost.
Thank you.
Interesting video as usual. I may have missed who it was doing the exhumation and beheading and did Charles II know of it and approve? Would be good to know!
he called Charles 1st a tyrant and monarchy tyrants charlie boy just proved him right with that gruesome act the Irish backed Charles and were slaughtered for it proving them right British history never what it appears to be
Every country has its issues. Take a look at the Americans and how they screamed blue murder when South Africa had apartheid. Yet, what have they done with the native Indians? However, Great Britain has much to be proud of. Many of the facts about Cromwell were altered by those in the monarchy and those with the power. In southern England Cromwell is hated by many. Yet up north, he is admired by many. I was taught in New Zealand before I returned to the UK. I had one teacher who hated Cromwell and released all his opinion against him. Yet two years later at high school, my history teacher taught things differently as she admired him. Charles the first promised to do things right with the Roundheads. Yet behind Cromwell's back, he was amassing a new army to eliminate Cromwell and all of his followers. That was why Charles was executed.
Very true and then some. No one delves into how OC allowed the coin-clippers back in, resulting in the civil war as a price. Charles was probably a rogue, Cromwell more satanic.
Your content is always fascinating and I am always glad that I never lived in such barbaric times.
Great times - today is more barbaric!
Cromwell put the stepping stones down for modern parliamentary democracy..he put in place Puritan principles but people knew what he was ...he beat everyone in life and even the french didn’t want to mess with him . They only beat him after he’d died
Cromwell also conducted a brutal war in Ireland that killed half a million civilians, confiscated over half of all Irish Catholic owned land and instituted penal laws against Catholics which made them into second class citizens, severely lowered Irish Catholic quality of life and were partly responsible for the Irish Great Famine 200 years later.
We still aren't past those stepping stones in England !!
@@anonymousanonymous31 The NMA conducted operations, in accordance with accepted rules of war, of that time. The fact that you still believe and regurgitate this stuff, testifies to the effectiveness of the propaganda produced by subsequent generations and has little to do with the facts. I would suggest you educate yourself, with the actual events, but recognise that this will do little to promote your entrenched narrative, so I won’t waste my time.
Extraordinary video ……..
They certainly did things in style in those days. . . . .!!
Cromwell was a monster.
I am very aware of these events and yet the savagery of historical events like this truly is fascinating and never fail to shock me in their brutality 🕵🏾♂️
To think that people really DID that.
The most savage event to me is the trivia of the execution / murder of the ex-imperial Russian tsar and his family at the hands of some Soviets.
It is an entirely mad situation that is just grim because it is so well documented.
@@Arcaryon blood lust has always been popular with humans ?☠️
@@rowdyyates4273 With some humans. Probably not all and also not all the time.
@@Arcaryon really? 🥱
Cromwell's posthumous execution is almost as bizarre as his religious beliefs.
Too bad Edward, who through petty vindictiveness, was telling his Nazi toads how to defeat Britain during the War by carpet bombing London hopefully causing the British government to fall, the Nazis. I highly recommend all the books with titles such as Britain's Traitor King, or the Nazi King of Britain (or something like that) because even after he became the Nazi dupe he went back to Britain and would not even get off the boat because Wallis Simpson was not given a HRH title. So while he was setting in the Governor General of Bermuda position during the War, the American FBI had Edward under investigation for espionage working for the Germans, and told MI5, who did not do anything because they felt it might cause a major backlash in the U.K. and he was making millions of dollars in currency speculation and the FBI wanted to arrest him as a Nazi agent. Browse through all the books on Britains Nazi King. Even in the 70's when he did go home for some official state funeral, Queen Elizabeth and her mother treated him like a leper. Later after his death Queen Elizabeth visited Wallis Simpson in Paris and that was cordial but a cool reception.
He was a good Christian man. His beliefs were not "bizarre" in any real sense. There was a lot of Royalist lies told about Cromwell and his good administration of the UK. Sort of like how the Democrats went out of their way to libel and smear President Trump.
@@christianfreedom-seeker934 His hatred of Irish Catholics was maniacal and murderous. Hardly a good Christian man.
History repeats itself . They all want power for themselves not the country they serve
All religious beliefs are bizarre
Considering his murderous, cruel, puritanical beliefs and actions, I can not feel any sorrow for his punishment.
All of it was LIES told by the Mad King (and his moron, inbred supporters) who ordered Cromwell's body dug up. A sane person does not violate the sanctity of a Christian burial. The real villain here was the "restored" King.
Totally agree
Reminds me of that one time when they put a dead pope's corpse on trial for heresy
That pope's name was Formosus.
How did he plead?
@@borismuller86 not guilty
@@borismuller86 very quietly.
Or hanged a monkey for espionage in Hartlepool (allegedly) lol
Speechless
One of the reasons this happened is because Cromwells people did this to dead royals.
If you go to Exeter Catherdral, left hand side, walk to the end and look right at the plaque of Catherine of Aragon whom was buried, then exhumed by locals to avoid the awful acts. Cromwells men came and damaged the Cathedral. She was the reburied and the Cathedral fixed.
Never let it be said that the British monarchy isn't forgiving, petty, or vindictive.
The man murdered his king and was guilty of treason. The only sadness about it is that this couldn't have been done to him while he lived.
Yes great comment.
@@fearlessfosdick160 Silly Sod! Grow up !
@@shaunfisher9292 Hope you're being sarcastic ! If not, seek help !!
@@johnsaunders2109 Treason is against the Law... Cromwell rose up against King Charles I. The King was found guilty of treason. Treason? Against who? Himself? During those times, the King was the highest authority. Nobody else.
Yes, bizarre behaviour! The guy was not pleasant and was obviously past caring what happened to his corpse after his death. Probably more disturbing for the people involved with the desecration. Hopefully they were all wearing approved masks! Great video as usual.
Haha..I don’t think H&S were around to really give a toss then...
"Have you any last words?"
"No, all well carry on."
I don't get it, why would anyone care about someone dead. Seems to me just a good way to make yourself look bad.
Wow again man, loved it, great info and great narrative. You and Hollywood graveyard are my two favorite programs on youtube.
Can you do a piece on the man in Grey? A ghost in England that haunts a theater. That's a very interesting topic for me.
Thanks buddy.
TOWER BRIDGE?????? Built 1886-1894? He must have been pretty well dried out by then.
Wow! That just shows how vengeful people can be. I always learn something new watching your videos.
Thanks Steven!
Cromwell is considered a true villain by the majority of the population of Ireland (and Scotland too, I believe). How his body was treated after death was probably thought of as a "What goes around, comes around" moment by Irish people at the time. Religious zealots such as Cromwell, King Charles the First and his son King James have never done the countries they ran any lasting good. Give me Charles' first son, the more hedonistic but more reasonable and likeable Charles the Second any day.
He caused a crisis too. Read your history a bit more carefully. He was also a closet Catholic and was planning to bring the Vatican back into power in England. He had to go!
You left out England and Wales, who i assure you also saw him as a villain. He had a man hung drawn and quartered in the town where my sister lives. Just for being a Quaker. Not much room for interpretation, he was a very bad man.
Gezzz I did not know this. The first model ship I ever built from scratch was the, Oliver Cromwell. That was about 35 years ago. I did not know who Oliver was, it was a nice design.
I am always astonished that the man who called for genocide in Ireland has his statue erected on the grounds of the British Houses of Parliament.
Tells you everything about the brits
@Kyle P.V what ??
Your suprised after the way the mask slipped after Brexit and I'm not talking about the covid19 mask.
@Kyle P.V I love how you crowd but your historical athrosities down to the greater good while at the same time denouncing Nazi athrosities.
Funny, the pictures of him alive are very flattering! I've seen his death mask many times and he did look quite monstrous (big head, lots of warts).. There's a civil war battlefield a stone's throw from my house, played there a lot as a boy. The information boards there say it was a Royalist Fort, and only 6 survived the battle.
Yes, "executing" a long dead fellow is about as vengeful as it gets!!
Good video, thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
Informative video.
Thanks for making it.
I like that final image of Cromwell at the end.
Who is the artist ?
So many blows to sever a decaying head ?
That is a blunt axe or one tough customer.
Or a sadistic King Charles II bent on revenge...
Damn!! I was at white hall and there wasn't any information on this.
There will be at the Banqueting House
It was Charles the 2nd that had the disdain ... Not anyone else??
I like the idea.
Not long after Charles II became king, members of the Cromwell Family turned up in the Maryland Colony.
The Maryland Colony was founded by Lord Baltimore, an unrepentant Roman Catholic.
Many people fled England when when Cromwell was ruler. The original plan was for the mayflower to go to the Netherlands, but it was occupied by catholic Spain so they went to America instead.
A good Catholic in heaven. Thank goodness those pesky puritans are gone. LONG LIVE THE PAPACY
And other colonies as well .
One of the Maryland Cromwell's married one of my ancestral relatives.
There is a crypt in St Nicholas’ Church, Chiswick. Both Cromwell’s daughters are there. When in the late 1800`s restoration work was carried out. The Vicar found that an additional coffin was there. Fearing that it was Oliver Cromwell’s he bricked up the crypt, because Cromwell was hated in some quarters and to stop tourists. It was suspected that his body was brought to the Church after his body was just dumped in a ditch. Its block off even to this day. Just a story? My school mates father was a grave digger, and he found over 300 in a plague pit near to the Church. He always maintained that Cromwell’s body was in the crypt and he was sworn not to mention it if approached in his capacity as the grave digger.
There is a small park/cemetery near King's Cross in London that has a vault with the name Elizabeth Cromwell who was Cromwell's daughter in law.
@@raymondcantlay9875 if they ever find Cromwell body it should have a dignified funeral like Richard the Third.
Sounds about right. England needs to hear the truth about Cromwell but so much Royalist lies have been blindly accepted as truth by the British.
When I was at school in the 1950s we were taught a folk song which went: "Oliver Cromwell is buried and dead - hey-ho, buried and dead; There grew an old apple tree over his head - hey ho, over his head". I can't remember much more of it. Can anyone of my ancient vintage remember the verses, and indeed the political slant that probably goes with it? Ed Sheeran eat your heart out. They don't write lyrics like that these days!
Google "There grew an old apple tree over his head".
But I think the average Englishman under the reign of Charles II would have just thought much like we do now; “...Woot? Digg’n up an o’ deed bloke an dragg’n em thru the ruddy streets?? That’s just bloom’n daft!!!”
Probably not in that 19th century cockney Victorian era accent though...lol. 😉😜
@@charlesmaximus9161 - - lol..., is that what that was? I figured somewhere, sometime in the Empire SOMEbody had to talk like that.... lol
And then he'd perhaps retire to a public house and joyfully engage in a discourse with his chums which might evoke the gastronomic wonders of turnips, especially the very large ones.
@@SofaKingShit - - ...couldn’t have said it better myself! Lol
Most of the Red Wall idiots would attend a public execution !
Yes!!
We need to do this with today’s criminals.
To their Dead Body's ?
I nominate Trump
You can control people talking but you can never control people thinking
This would make an epic historical movie
Enlightening bit of history not taught at school.
Fascinating. I knew he was dug up and shamed but I never knew his head went on some sort of pass the parcel caper.
The revenge delivered by Charles the 1st son Charles the 2nd after the restoration.
@@christophera556 there's a rumour that his body was substituted on the eve of the execution, and re buried at where his daughter lived then somewhere in North Yorkshire I believe a there is a grave but the family will not allow it to be disturbed, I read about it in the book, James Herriot's Yorkshire
@@johnfrancis2215 I thought James herriots books were all about his life as a vet
@@Minime163 James Herriot's Yorkshire is a book taking you around his favourite places in Yorkshire
This was a body mutilation not an execution.
Exciting stuff, poor Cromwell. a GRISLY end
Wow 😳
We've been to where Cromwell was born and where he went to school in Huntington.
When I was in England on holiday, I wanted to see and get info on Cromwell and his new army, but it seemed to be a taboo subject
The truth is always taboo to those who recognise their complicit guilt.
Try asking the Irish.
No, it's not taboo. However, he was a tyrant that all but abolished parliament and oversaw a puritan tyranny. I was taught all about the civil war at school, although I can't remember his posthumous execution. Rather bizarre. Then again, no more bizarre than believing a cotton mask will protect you from a virus 😂
@@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459 try an N95 mask.
@@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459 "What is history, but a fable agreed upon" - Napoleon.
Wow! Cromwell really lost his head over all of this!
I don't really know much about Oliver himself.
but I know his head goes gets up to some crazy shenanigans.
Fascinating , id love to hear your take on the Khazarian mafia.
The Nameless War by Archibald Ramsey goes into great detail about the secret hand shaping events and revolutions around the world.
@@user-gk8vb6dl9l the Catholic Jesuit Order controls the Khazars.
"It's good to be the King!"
Charles I:
sick!
That was great, you should do a video of Cromwell in Ireland, it's hard to think of anyone who had more of an impact on Irish history than cromwell
Cromwell was a butcher Ireland. He took land away from the Catholic landowners and offered to send them to "hell or to Connaught"- so a quick death, or a slow one of below-subsistence farming in rocky soil.
@@patflynn7075 I dont think he was that popular in england either he caused a civil war that wiped out half the population of the country, its only socialists that like him lol
the champagne sipping socialists that read the guardian 🤣
I hate the way the Irish call Cromwell English ,but not the King that they fought for. As if Cromwell didn’t cause utter hell in England.
@@si4632 The English absolutley hated him: although it's been glossed over in history his treatment of English opponents wasn't much less barbaric: in fact after he died his generals were rounded up and many of them were hung, drawn and quartered, too - I don't know how many of them were involved in the massacres in Ireland but I'm sure most, if not all. of them were. How different Anglo-Irish relations would have been if the Irish had known that the English hated him just as much - so much so that this was the fate they put in store for him and his generals.
Protector of Ireland,pffft.
Perhaps the same way an abattoir "protects" cattle...
A good try, except Cromwell did not lead the New Model Army and defeat Charles. Those honours belong to Sir Thomas Fairfax, who lead the New Model Army with Cromwell as commander of horse. Fairfax bows out and retires once the trial ofCharles takes place. He refuses to sign the death warrant for Charles.
I think Fairfax's wife was equally vocal in her opposition to the decision to execute Charles. Fascinating history. All history needs to be taught dispassionately, ie just the facts, to provide a well rounded education. If people have the facts they can do their own research if they want more. So easy these days.
Hopefully it was nice weather.
One incorrect statement. Heads were displayed on London Bridge, NOT Tower Bridge, which was not built then.