Oliver Cromwell's House

Our last day in Ely with Michael and Hilary and we went to visit Oliver Cromwell's house where he lived with his wife and various children. It dates back to around 1215.

 They have recreated period rooms and included statues of Oliver and his family showing what life might have been like back then. 

A most comprehensive account was given of Cromwell, his deeds and successes. He led a civil war against the King Charles I and had him executed and he was also accused of genocide, when he invaded Ireland in 1649 and slaughtered thousands of Royalists and Catholics. He was also regarded as the father of British democracy, but either way he was a man people loved to love or hate. Suffice to say when he died of natural causes in 1658 and Charles II became King, the British celebrated the end of Cromwell's reign with the biggest booze-up the country had ever seen.
Oliver was buried in Westminster Abbey but after the Royalists returned to power in 1660 they had his corpse dug up, hung in chains and beheaded.
That's one hell of a grudge!