25 Most Evil People of the 17th Century CE

Key Facts

Born	1599
Location	Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Bloodline
Married	Elizabeth Bourchier
Children	nine children: Richard (1626-1712), Cromwell's successor as Lord Protector, while Henry (1628-1674), later Lord Deputy of Ireland.
Position
Died	3 September 1658

Source of Facts and Important Announcement

Status	Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven.
Date of formal Beatification	Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012.
Source of Facts	Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.

Background

Oliver Cromwell was born to lower gentry in Huntingdon on 25 April 1599, to Elizabeth and Robert Cromwell (c.1560-1617). He was descended from Catherine Cromwell (born circa 1482), an older sister of Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell. His father was the youngest of ten siblings, inheriting only a small house and land titles.

On 22 August 1620, Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier (1598–1665). They had nine children: Richard (1626-1712), Cromwell's successor as Lord Protector, while Henry (1628-1674), later Lord Deputy of Ireland.

For financial reasons, in 1631 Cromwell sold most of his properties in Huntingdon and moved to a smaller farmstead in St Ives. In 1636, Cromwell inherited control of various properties in Ely from his uncle on his mother's side, as well as his uncle's job as tithe collector for Ely Cathedral dramatically improving his financial situation and status.

Cromwell became the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in the Parliament of 1628–1629, as a client of the Montagus.

After dissolving this Parliament, Charles I ruled without a Parliament for the next eleven years. When Charles faced the Scottish rebellion known as the Bishops' Wars, shortage of funds forced him to call a Parliament again in 1640. Cromwell was returned to this Parliament as member for Cambridge, but it lasted for only three weeks and became known as the Short Parliament. A second Parliament was called later the same year. This was to become known as the Long Parliament. Cromwell was again returned to this Parliament as member for Cambridge.

Failure to resolve the issues before the Long Parliament led to armed conflict between Parliament and Charles I in the autumn of 1642. Cromwell became a cavalry troop leader, of no significant military experience and experienced an indecisive Battle of Edgehill in October 1642.

By the time of the Battle of Marston Moor in July, 1644, Cromwell had risen to the rank of Lieutenant General of horse in Manchester's army. The success of his cavalry in breaking the ranks of the Royalist horse and then attacking their infantry from the rear at Marston Moor was a major factor in the Parliamentarian victory in the battle.

In April 1645 the New Model Army took to the field, with Sir Thomas Fairfax in command and Cromwell as Lieutenant-General of cavalry, and second-in-command. Charles I surrendered to the Scots on 5 May 1646, effectively ending the First English Civil War. Cromwell and Fairfax took the formal surrender of the Royalists at Oxford in June.

In 1648, Cromwell arranged with Colonel Thomas Pride the exclusion from Parliament of members who did not want the King tried for treason. The resulting "rump", of which Cromwell was a senior member then elected their own Council of State, on which Cromwell was a major figure.

In 1649 after the remaining royalist forces had escaped to Ireland and signed a treatty with the Irish Confederate Catholics, Cromwell led a Parliamentary invasion of Ireland- starting one of the most brutal genocides of human history.

In one of many episodes at Drogheda, Cromwell ordered the massacre of the entire town and troops- a total of 3,500 souls - including men, women and children.

By the end of his campaign, one third of the Irish population had been brutally murdered on orders of Cromwell (over 500,000 people), with the remaining one million pushed back into the stone age.

While his genocide of Ireland was on track, Cromwell sent a second army to Invade Scotland. Again, his evil intent was on full display with but one example of the Destruction of Dundee in which at least half of the population (around 6,000) were killed- the few remaining becoming sex slaves and slaves as workers.

In 1653, Cromwell was sworn in as Lord Protector- a role of virtual judge, jury and executioner in England, Ireland and Scotland.

In September 3, 1658, he died, with his son Richard succeeding him as Lord Protector, an equally brutal and unholy tyrant. In 1661, his body was exhumed and he was subject to posthumous execution.

Most Evil Crimes

List of most evil crimes

Type	Year	Crime
		Of crimes against humanity (1649-52) That Cromwell seizes three-quarters of Ireland's land from Catholics in 3 years and orders slaughter of one-third of local population. Over 500,000 innocent men, women and children murdered.


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