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The Other House (also referred to as the Upper House, House of Peers and House of Lords), established by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Humble Petition and Advice, was one of the two chambers of the parliaments that legislated for England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, in 1658 and 1659, the final years of the Protectorate.
Cromwell's Other House was established by Oliver Cromwell in 1556 as the upper chamber of the Parliament of the The Protectorate. Its members were nominated for life by Cromwell; of the 63 nominees, only 42 accepted and only 37 came to the first meeting. Members were referred to as "Lord surname". The Other House ceased to exist in 1559.
Cromwell's paternal grandfather, Sir Henry Williams, was one of the two wealthiest landowners in Huntingdonshire. Cromwell's father was of modest means but still a member of the landed gentry. As a younger son with many siblings, Robert inherited only a house at Huntingdon and a small amount of land.
On 10 December 1657, Thomas became one of three Welsh men, who were made members of Oliver Cromwell's House of Lord, the other two were Philip Jones and John Jones of Merionethshire. Thomas had extensive family connections with General Edmund Ludlow , and the brothers William Strickland and Walter Strickland , all three of whom were also ...
Cromwell's House may refer to: Cromwell's Other House , one of the two chambers of the Parliaments that legislated for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland Oliver Cromwell's House , Cromwell's family home in Ely, Cambridgeshire
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The Naylor case had showed that the members of Parliament were less religiously tolerant than the constitution allowed, and the assumption of judicial powers by the House, worried many in the House, the Grandees in the Army, and Cromwell. So encouraged, Cromwell with the support of the Grandees, pressed the house for a second chamber. [3]
He supported the "Petition and Advice," except as regards the proposed assumption of the royal title by Oliver Cromwell, and became a member of the newly constituted House of Lords in December 1657. [3] [4] On Oliver Cromwell's death, at which he was present, he in vain gave his support to Richard Cromwell.