The Protectorate The Protectorate The Protectorate was the period during the Commonwealth (or, to monarchists, the Interregnum) when England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland were governed by a Lord Protector as a republic. The Protectorate began in 1653 when, following the dissolution of the Rump Parliament and then Barebone's Parliament, Oliver Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector of the Commonwealth under the terms of the Instrument of Government. In 1659 the Protectorate Parliament was dissolved by the Committee of Safety as Richard Cromwell, who had succeeded his father as Lord Protector, was unable to keep control of the Parliament and the Army. This
Thomas Saunders (born 1626) He was commissioner for assessment for Berkshire from August 1660 and for Oxfordshire from 1661. He was J.P. for Oxfordshire from 1661, and for Wallingford and for Berkshire from 1664. Saunders died between 25 October 1669 when he made his will and 15 February 1671 when it was proved. Saunders married twice: Firstly to Anne daughter of Thomas Morris of Great Coxwell in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and had two sons and a daughter; Secondly to Anne daughter of John Allen and widow of Dudley Avery, both of Streatley, also in Berkshire. Thomas Saunders (born 1626) Thomas Saunders (1626 – c.