Paternal Family Tree: Williams aka Cromwell
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bourchier 1598-1665
On 22nd August 1620 [her father] Oliver Cromwell [aged 21] and [her mother] Elizabeth Bourchier [aged 22] were married.
In 1638 Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell was born to Oliver Cromwell [aged 38] and Elizabeth Bourchier [aged 40].
On 28th July 1643 the Parliamentary arms commanded by [her father] Oliver Cromwell [aged 44] and the Royalist army commanded by Charles Cavendish [aged 23] fought at the Battle of Gainsborough at North Scarle.
Charles Cavendish was killed by James Berry. He was buried at Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire [Map].
On 4th August 1643 the Royalist Newdigate Poyntz [aged 34] died probably from wounds received at the battle.
Between 3rd September 1649 and 11th September 1649, Drogheda [Map], under the command of the Royalist Arthur Aston [aged 59], was besieged by the Parliamentary army commanded by [her father] Oliver Cromwell [aged 50].
On 11th September 1649 Oliver Cromwell had a letter delivered to Sir Arthur Aston, which proposed his Aston's surrender; Aston refused.
At 5:00 PM Cromwell ordered simultaneous assaults on the southern and eastern breaches in the walls of Drogheda.
At the southern breach, the defenders counterattacked. The death of their commander, Colonel Wall, caused them to fall back, allowing further Parliamentary reinforcements to be funnelled into the breach. In the fighting at the walls some 150 Parliamentarian troops, including Colonel Castle, were killed.
After the death of Colonel Wall with more and more Parliamentary soldiers streaming into the breaches, the Royalist resistance at the walls collapsed.
In Cromwell's words, "In the heat of the action, I forbade them [his soldiers] to spare any that were in arms in the town...and, that night they put to the sword about two thousand men".
The execution of Royalists constinued as and when they were discovered.
Around one hundred Royalists were discovered in St Peter's Church - Cromwell ordered the church and those inside to be burned.
Arthur Aston was killed.
On 16th December 1653 [her father] Oliver Cromwell [aged 54] was appointed Lord Protector.
In 1654 William Lockhart of Lee [aged 33] and Robina Sewster [aged 24] were married. She being a niece of [her father] Oliver Cromwell [aged 54].
Around 1655 Peter Lely [aged 36]. Portrait of Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 17].
On 11th November 1657 Robert Rich [aged 23] and Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 19] were married. He died three months later. She the daughter of Oliver Cromwell [aged 58] and Elizabeth Bourchier [aged 59]. He the son of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 46] and Anne Cavendish Countess Warwick.
On 18th November 1657 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg [aged 30] and [her sister] Mary Cromwell Countess Fauconberg [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Faunconberg. She the daughter of [her father] Oliver Cromwell [aged 58] and [her mother] Elizabeth Bourchier [aged 59].
Around 1658 John Michael Wright [aged 40]. Portrait of Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 20].
On 16th February 1658 [her husband] Robert Rich [aged 24] died of consumption.
On 3rd September 1658 [her father] Oliver Cromwell [aged 59] died at Whitehall Palace [Map]. His son [her brother] Richard [aged 31] succeeded Lord Protector.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th September 1660. Office Day. I put on my mourning and went to the office. At noon thinking to have found my wife in hers, I found that the tailor had failed her, at which I was vexed because of an invitation that we have to a dinner this day, but after having waited till past one o'clock I went, and left her to put on some other clothes and come after me to the Mitre tavern in Wood-street (a house of the greatest note in London), where I met W. Symons, and D. Scobell, and their wives, Mr. Samford, Luellin, Chetwind, one Mr. Vivion, and Mr. White1, formerly chaplin to the [her mother] Lady Protectresse [aged 62]2 (and still so, and one they say that is likely to get my Lady Francess [aged 22] for his wife). Here we were very merry and had a very good dinner, my wife coming after me hither to us.
Note 1. According to Noble, Jeremiah White married Lady Frances Cromwell's waiting-woman, in Oliver's lifetime, and they lived together fifty years. Lady Frances had two husbands, Mr. Robert Rich and Sir John Russell of Chippenham [aged 20], the last of whom she survived fifty-two years dying 1721-22 The story is, that Oliver found White on his knees to Frances Cromwell, and that, to save himself, he pretended to have been soliciting her interest with her waiting-woman, whom Oliver compelled him to marry. (Noble's "Life of Cromwell", vol. ii. pp. 151, 152.) White was born in 1629 and died 1707.
Note 2. Elizabeth, wife of Oliver Cromwell.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
On 7th May 1663 John Russell 3rd Baronet [aged 23] and Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier [aged 65].
In 1664 [her daughter] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby was born to [her husband] John Russell 3rd Baronet [aged 24] and Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 26]. She married 1683 Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet, son of William Frankland 1st Baronet and Arabella Belasyse Lady Thirkleby, and had issue.
In 1664 [her father-in-law] Francis Russell 2nd Baronet [aged 48] died. His son [her husband] John [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Baronet Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire. Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 26] by marriage Lady Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire.
In or after 1664 [her son] William Russell 4th Baronet was born to [her husband] John Russell 3rd Baronet [aged 24] and Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 26].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th October 1664. After being at the office all the morning, I home and dined, and taking leave of my wife with my mind not a little troubled how she would look after herself or house in my absence, especially, too, leaving a considerable sum of money in the office, I by coach to the Red Lyon in Aldersgate Street, and there, by agreement, met W. Joyce and Tom Trice, and mounted, I upon a very fine mare that Sir W. Warren helps me to, and so very merrily rode till it was very darke, I leading the way through the darke to Welling, and there, not being very weary, to supper and to bed. But very bad accommodation at the Swan. In this day's journey I met with Mr. White, Cromwell's chaplin that was, and had a great deale of discourse with him. Among others, he tells me that [her brother] Richard [aged 38] is, and hath long been, in France, and is now going into Italy. He owns publiquely that he do correspond, and return him all his money. That Richard hath been in some straits at the beginning; but relieved by his friends. That he goes by another name, but do not disguise himself, nor deny himself to any man that challenges him. He tells me, for certain, that offers had been made to the old man, of marriage between the King [aged 34] and his daughter [aged 26], to have obliged him, but he would not1. He thinks (with me) that it never was in his power to bring in the King with the consent of any of his officers about him; and that he scorned to bring him in as Monk [aged 55] did, to secure himself and deliver every body else. When I told him of what I found writ in a French book of one Monsieur Sorbiere, that gives an account of his observations herein England; among other things he says, that it is reported that Cromwell did, in his life-time, transpose many of the bodies of the Kings of England from one grave to another, and that by that means it is not known certainly whether the head that is now set up upon a post be that of Cromwell, or of one of the Kings. Mr. White tells me that he believes he never had so poor a low thought in him to trouble himself about it. He says the hand of God is much to be seen; that all his children are in good condition enough as to estate, and that their relations that betrayed their family are all now either hanged or very miserable.
Note 1. The Protector wished the Duke of Buckingham [aged 36] to marry his daughter Frances. She married, 1. [her former husband] Robert Rich, grandson and heir to Robert, Earl of Warwick, on November 11th, 1657, who died in the following February; 2. Sir John Russell, Bart [aged 24]. She died January 27th, 1721-22 [Note. Other sources day 1720], aged eighty-four. In T. Morrice's life of Roger, Earl of Orrery [aged 43], prefixed to Orrery's "State Letters" (Dublin, 1743, vol. i., p. 40), there is a circumstantial account of an interview between Orrery (then Lord Broghill) and Cromwell, in which the former suggested to the latter that Charles II should marry Frances Cromwell. Cromwell gave great attention to the reasons urged, "but walking two or three turns, and pondering with himself, he told Lord Broghill the King would never forgive him the death of his father. His lordship desired him to employ somebody to sound the King in this matter, to see how he would take it, and offered himself to mediate in it for him. But Cromwell would not consent, but again repeated, 'the King cannot and will not forgive the death of his father;' and so he left his lordship, who durst not tell him he had already dealt with his majesty in that affair. Upon this my Lord withdrew, and meeting Cromwell's wife and daughter, they inquired how he had succeeded; of which having given them an account, he added they must try their interest in him, but none could prevail"..
In 1665 [her mother] Elizabeth Bourchier [aged 67] died.
Around 1667 [her son] Rich Russell was born to [her husband] John Russell 3rd Baronet [aged 27] and Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 29].
In 1669 [her son] Christian Russell died.
On 24th March 1669 [her husband] John Russell 3rd Baronet [aged 29] died. His son William [aged 5] succeeded 4th Baronet Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire.
In 1670 [her son] John Russell was born to [her former husband] John Russell 3rd Baronet and Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 32].
In 1683 [her son-in-law] Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet [aged 18] and [her daughter] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby [aged 19] were married. They had ten children.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Before 1691. John Riley [aged 44]. Portrait of Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 52].
In 1707 William Russell 4th Baronet [aged 42] died. His son William [aged 11] succeeded 5th Baronet Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire.
On 12th July 1712 [her brother] Richard Cromwell Lord Protector [aged 85] died.
On 14th March 1713 [her sister] Mary Cromwell Countess Fauconberg [aged 76] died.
In 27th January 1720 Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell [aged 82] died.
[her son] Christian Russell was born to John Russell 3rd Baronet and Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings England: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Morgan Williams
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cromwell aka Williams 
14 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Cromwell 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Glossop
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Cromwell aka Williams 15 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Murfyn
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Mirfyn
Grandfather: Robert Cromwell 16 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Warren of Feering in Essex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Warren
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Warren
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lake alias Davy of Cornwall 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Trelake
father: Oliver Cromwell 17 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Steward
Grandmother: Elizabeth Steward
Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell 18 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Grandfather: John Bourchier 
mother: Elizabeth Bourchier