Elizabeth Cromwell house of her son-in-law, John Claypole, at Norborough in Northamptonshire, where she remained until she died in November 1665 and was buried in Northborough church on 19 November. Elizabeth Cromwell died in 1665 and five of her nine children survived her as well as numerous grandchildren. In the 1970 film "Cromwell", the part of Elizabeth, Oliver Cromwell's wife, was played by Zena Walker. The part of Oliver Cromwell was played by Irish actor Richard Harris. Attribution: Elizabeth Cromwell Elizabeth Cromwell ("née" Bourchier; 1598–1665) was the wife of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. Elizabeth was the daughter
Thomas Cromwell way — she's in the archives of the county of Chester." Jane married William Hough (c. 1527–1585), of Leighton in Wirral, Cheshire, around 1550. William Hough was the son of Richard Hough (1508–73/74) who was Cromwell's agent in Chester from 1534-40. It is unknown what role Thomas and Gregory Cromwell played in her life. Jane and her husband William Hough remained staunch Roman Catholics, who, together with their daughter, Alice, her husband, William Whitmore, and their children, all came to the attention of the authorities as recusants during the reign of Elizabeth I. In 1517, and again in 1518, Cromwell