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The author described Oliver Cromwell's family as one of the leading families of East Anglia, but never at the absolute pinnacle. Several family members were knighted, elected to parliament and had grand properties.
Oliver Cromwell was born into a family that for a time have become one of the leading families of East Anglia.
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The author described Oliver Cromwell's family as one of the leading families of East Anglia, but never at the absolute pinnacle. Several family members were knighted, elected to parliament and had grand properties.
Oliver Cromwell was born into a family that for a time have become one of the leading families of East Anglia.
They were never at the absolute pinnacle.
They were never peers or aristocrats.
But several members of that family were knighted.
Several members of that family were elected to parliament as MPs and they had quite grand properties in Cambridgeshire and Huntingtonshire.