Editing Oliver Cromwell (section)

==Marriage and family==
[[File:Oliver Cromwell House Ely.jpg|thumb|[[Oliver Cromwell's House|Cromwell's House]] in [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]]]
[[File:Elizabeth Bourchier Cromwell.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Cromwell's wife [[Elizabeth Bourchier]]]]
Cromwell married [[Elizabeth Bourchier]] (1598–1665) on 22 August 1620 at [[St Giles-without-Cripplegate]], Fore Street, London.<ref name="BritishCivil"/> Elizabeth's father, James Bourchier, was a London leather-merchant who owned extensive lands in [[Essex]] and had strong connections with Puritan gentry families there. The marriage brought Cromwell into contact with [[Oliver St John]] and leading members of London's merchant community, and behind them the influence of the Earls of [[Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick|Warwick]] and [[Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland|Holland]]. A place in this influential network proved crucial to Cromwell's military and political career. The couple had nine children:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cromwell's family |url=http://olivercromwell.org/faqs6.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912191500/http://www.olivercromwell.org/faqs6.htm |archive-date=12 September 2017 |access-date=6 August 2017 |publisher=The Cromwell Association}}</ref>
* Robert (1621–1639), died while away at school
* Oliver (1622–1644), died of [[typhoid fever]] while serving as a Parliamentarian officer
* [[Bridget Cromwell|Bridget]] (1624–1662), married (1) [[Henry Ireton]], (2) [[Charles Fleetwood]]
* [[Richard Cromwell|Richard]] (1626–1712), his father's successor as Lord Protector,{{Sfn|Gardiner|1901|p=4}}{{Sfn|Gaunt|2004|page=23}} married [[Dorothy Maijor]]
* [[Henry Cromwell|Henry]] (1628–1674), later [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]] (in office: 1657–1659), married Elizabeth Russell (daughter of [[Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet, of Chippenham|Francis Russell]])
* [[Elizabeth Claypole|Elizabeth]] (1629–1658), married [[John Claypole]]
* James (b. & d. 1632), died in infancy
* [[Mary Cromwell, Countess Fauconberg|Mary]] (1637–1713), married [[Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg]]
* [[Frances Russell, née Cromwell|Frances]] (1638–1720), married (1) Robert Rich (1634–1658), son of [[Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick]], (2) [[Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet]]