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Cromwell and feared
The Commonwealth was at war with Spain and feared Dutch intervention, in part because the Republic contained a strong Orangist party hostile to Cromwell and under the influence of exiled English royalists.
However, after the English Parliament's victory, they feared being sidelined-especially by the more radical Independent faction that had a strong following in the New Model Army both in the rank and file and among the Grandees like Oliver Cromwell.
Cromwell in particular was feared.

Cromwell and influence
Leading Fifth Monarchists also had an influence on Oliver Cromwell, as it was Thomas Harrison's idea to introduce the Nominated Assembly ( Barebones Parliament ) as a body of religious men.
This influence on Cromwell did not last however, as just six months after he had created the Nominated Assembly, Cromwell dissolved it in favour of Lambert's more conservative Instrument of Government.
Also the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector is also considered to have a considerable amount of theocratic influence.
The Dutch however were too stunned and confused for a coherent reaction, so after a month the English delegation disclosed a plan by Cromwell to divide the world into two spheres of influence: the Dutch could control Africa and Asia ; in return they would assist the English in conquering both Americas from the Spanish.
However, Tromp's death was a severe blow to the Dutch – few now expected to beat the English ; the Orangist faction lost political influence and Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt was willing to give formal treaty assurances to Cromwell that the infant William III of Orange would never become stadtholder, thus turning the Netherlands into a base for a Stuart restoration.
Her first film was The Goddess ( 1958 ), playing a tragic movie star modeled on Marilyn Monroe ( though she and director, John Cromwell, would forever deny Marilyn's influence, using Rita Hayworth as being more accurate ).
While this appointment was officially as Fairfax ’ s lieutenant general, Cromwell wielded influence well beyond his rank.
Having gained access to the king, he set about using his influence with Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, and others, with a view to mediating between them and the captive king ; he was supported by John Ashburnham.
After a short stay at Lambeth Palace he was appointed, through the influence of Cromwell, then chancellor of the university, to lecture on theology at the University of Cambridge ; but when he had delivered a few expositions of the Hebrew psalms, he was prevented from continuing by the papal party.
In 1659 he urged Richard Cromwell to defend his government by force against the army leaders, but his advice being refused he used his influence in favor of a restoration of the monarchy, and after Richard's fall he was imprisoned.
" From the first, Cromwell was the dominant influence.
Manchester's army, in which Cromwell had been the guiding influence from first to last, was naturally the backbone of the New Model.
It was no doubt through the influence of Boleyn's sister Anne that Petre came to the notice of Thomas Cromwell ( she sent him presents, and promised him any pleasure it was in her power to give ) and was introduced at court and selected for government service.
These changes are often credited to Oliver Cromwell, though they were originally introduced by the Commonwealth Parliament ; and Cromwell, when he came to power, was a liberalising influence.
Henry Cromwell, who replaced Fleetwood in 1655, was seen as a more conservative influence, conciliating the " Old Protestant " landed class and allowing the harshest legislation against Catholics ( such as a ban on their living in towns ) to lapse.
After learning that Welles ' film is actually a thinly-veiled and exceptionally unflattering biography, publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst ( Cromwell ) uses his immense power and influence to try to bury the picture.

Cromwell and faction
* 1659 – English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
More's resignation from the Council represented a triumph for Cromwell and the reform faction at court.
The longer hair was more common among the " Independent " and " high ranking " Puritans ( which included Cromwell ), especially toward the end of the Protectorate, while the " Presbyterian " ( i. e. non-Independent ) faction, and the military rank-and-file, continued to abhor long hair.
As leader of the moderate ( or Presbyterian ) party Holles now came into violent antagonism with Cromwell and the army faction.
In practical terms, the ordinance solidified the power of Cromwell and his “ war party ” faction.
The Annotated Pratchett File notes that Suffer-Not-Injustice Vimes is closely modelled on Oliver Cromwell, and that the name of his supporters, the Ironheads, is a portmanteau of Roundheads and Ironsides, Cromwell's faction and regiment, respectively.
They came to the fore after the defeat of the Engagers faction in 1648 at the hands of Oliver Cromwell and the English Parliament.

Cromwell and English
* 1599 – Oliver Cromwell, English military and politician ( d. 1658 )
In 1654, New England raiders attacked Acadian settlements on the Annapolis Basin, starting a period of uncertainty for Acadians throughout the English constitutional crises under Oliver Cromwell, and only being properly resolved under the Treaty of Breda in 1667 when France's claim to the region was reaffirmed.
* 1653 – English Interregnum: The Protectorate – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
* 1656-In a letter to Councillor General Montagu ( afterwards Earl of Sandwich ), General-at-sea and one of the Protector's personal friends, Cromwell mentioned the necessity of securing a permanent base at the entry of the Mediterranean, preferably Gibraltar ( the first suggestion for the occupation of Gibraltar as a naval base had been made at an English Council of War held at sea on 20 October 1625 ).
During the English Civil War, the followers of Oliver Cromwell decided to crop their hair close to their head, as an act of defiance to the curls and ringlets of the king's men.
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* 1649 – Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops ( under Oliver Cromwell ) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2, 000 Irish Confederate troops and 1, 500 civilians.
In English the word first came to prominence during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.
* 1650 – Third English Civil War: in the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
* Edward Sexby ( 1616 – 1658 ); English Puritan, soldier and Leveller ; he turned against Cromwell and plotted his assassination
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* July 13 – Following his refusal to take the oath of allegiance to Oliver Cromwell, English army leader John Lambert is ordered to resign his commissions.

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