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Grisly tale of Oliver Cromwell's head and how it ended up in Cambridge Oliver Cromwell's head was passed down through generations before being buried in Cambridge in the 201th century. 16:02, 14 MAR 2021 Updated Oliver Cromwell Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice O...

James I, Charles I and Charles II of the Stuart dynasty were known for their excesses. For centuries, people have questioned the taxpayer’s role in funding the British royal family. During the reign of the Stuarts in the 17 th century, that role was challenged to an extreme as a series of spendthrift monarchs treated their subjects like a bank that was always open to fund their lavish lifestyles.  James I of Scotland and England was the definition of the poor little rich prince. Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, James had essentially been orphaned as a baby, when his father Henry Stuart, Lord D...

THE Salmond versus Sturgeon uncivil war currently raging in Committee Room One of the Scottish Parliament will move closer to its denouement when…

A 368-YEAR-OLD leather jug made from Oliver Cromwell's war horse was today going under the hammer for auction. The huge tankard was produced for the famous Parliamentarian who overthrew the monarchy to mark his status as Lord Protector of the British Isles in 1653. It was one of a dozen been made from the hide of Cromwell's dead horse Blackjack and it would have been used to carry water or ale. A few years later the 2ft tall jug was deposited at the family bank C. Hoare and Co. in London and left there. It fell into the ownership of the Hoare family and has been passed down from gen...

A leather jug made from Oliver Cromwell's war horse Blackjack is expected to fetch £6,000 as it emerges for sale 368 years later. The huge tankard was one of a dozen made from the hide of Cromwell's dead horse and it would have been used to carry water or ale.  A few years later the 2ft tall jug was deposited at the family bank C Hoare and Co in London and left there. It fell into the ownership of the Hoare family and has been passed down from generation to generation. The family has now decided to sell it at auction with Dukes Auctioneers of Dorchester, Dorset, and it has been given a pre-...