What was the family background to Oliver Cromwell? Was he related to Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's chief minister? Should he really be called Oliver Williams rather than Cromwell? Was Cromwell abducted by a monkey as a baby? These and other questions are answered in this video by the Cromwell Museum's Curator, Stuart Orme, which looks at the Cromwell family.
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