Golden Knight Sir Henry Williams

1520 - 1603  (83 years)

• Name	Sir Henry Williams  [1, 2]
  Title	Golden Knight
  Birth	1520	Huntingdonshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire and Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
  Residence	Huntingdonshire, England
  	Hinchinbrook
  		Home-Hinchinbrook North front of Hinchinbrook-The family home of Henry Williams (alias Cromwell) grandfather of Oliver Cromwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:North_front_of_Hinchinbrook.jpg
  Death	6 Jan 1603	Huntingdonshire, England   [1, 2]
  Burial	All Saints Churchyard, Huntingdonshire, England   [2]
  	All Saints Church
  Person ID	I8454	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Richard Williams,   b. 1509, Glamorgan, Wales d. 20 Oct 1544, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Murfyn,   b. 1499, London, England d. 20 Feb 1533, Stepney, Middlesex, England (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1518	London, England   [3]
  Family ID	F8954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Joan Warren,   b. 1532, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d. 22 Aug 1584, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1562	England
  Children	1. Robert William Cromwell,   b. 1560, Huntingdonshire, England d. 24 Jun 1617, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1520 - Huntingdonshire, England Residence - Hinchinbrook - - Huntingdonshire, England Marriage - 1562 - England Death - 6 Jan 1603 - Huntingdonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Home-Hinchinbrook North front of Hinchinbrook-The family home of Henry Williams (alias Cromwell) grandfather of Oliver Cromwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:North_front_of_Hinchinbrook.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Robert Cromwell http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=6019352005&indiv=try [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Henry “Golden Knight” Cromwell 1535-1604. Sir Henry “Golden Knight” Cromwell - His father Richard Williams {1500-1544}, buried here Richard Williams aka Cromwell or here Richard Williams aka Cromwell changed his surname to "Cromwell" and was married to FRANCES MURFYN 1499 – 1533. Richard Williams aka Cromwell's father, Morgan Williams, married Katherine Cromwell b.1482, a sister of Earl of Essex Thomas Cromwell and daughter of WALTER SMYTH CROMWELL 1456 – 1510 and KATHERINE GLOSSOP b. abt 1458. Reportedly Morgan ap Williams ap William ap Yevan of Wales and Joan Tudor, who was a granddaughter of Owen Tudor. Owen Tudor was also grandfather to King Henry VII of England. Reportedly married a second time to a woman named Weeks- {1549-July 11 1592} who is reported to have been Buried in All Saints Church, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61592358/henry_cromwell [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Sir Richard Williams Cromwell http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=12769236080&indiv=try