High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Richard Williams

1509 - 1544  (35 years)

• Name	Richard Williams  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
  Birth	1509	Glamorgan, Wales   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Kinfolk of Note	Grandfather of Oliver Cromwell
  Name	alias Cromwell
  Occupation	Richard was brought into the court of King Henry VIII by an alliance with Thomas Cromwell, the great favourite of Henry
  Religion	During the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Sir Richard was appointed one of the Visitors of the religious houses;[8] his zeal in the cause of both the sovereign and the minister, met with an ample reward
  _MILT	He eminently distinguished himself by his military skill (jousting) and gallantry. General of the infantry in France
  Death	20 Oct 1544	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I23174	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Morgan Williams,   b. 1465, Glamorgan, Wales d. 1494, Derbyshire, England (Age 29 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katherine Cromwell,   b. 1477, Putney, Surrey, England d. Abt 1517, England (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1494	Putney Vale, Surrey, England   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F3620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Murfyn,   b. 1499, London, England d. 20 Feb 1533, Stepney, Middlesex, England (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1518	London, England   [4]
  Children	1. Golden Knight Sir Henry Williams,   b. 1520, Huntingdonshire, England d. 6 Jan 1603, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 83 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F8951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1509 - Glamorgan, Wales Marriage - 1518 - London, England Death - 20 Oct 1544 - Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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