. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. that is, that, instead of having thelower jaw-bone somewhat curved, it was particu-larly short and straight, but set out at angle, whichgave him a jowlish ajjpearance. The head exactlyanswered to the description, and Flaxman went more particularly in the extreme length betweenthe forehead and the occiput. Mr. Wilkinson mentioned the circumstance tothe gentleman who brought the lad to him. Nowonder, said the gentleman, for this lad is a directdescendant of Oliver Cromwell, whose name, likethis boys, was Williams befo
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. that is, that, instead of having thelower jaw-bone somewhat curved, it was particu-larly short and straight, but set out at angle, whichgave him a jowlish ajjpearance. The head exactlyanswered to the description, and Flaxman went more particularly in the extreme length betweenthe forehead and the occiput. Mr. Wilkinson mentioned the circumstance tothe gentleman who brought the lad to him. Nowonder, said the gentleman, for this lad is a directdescendant of Oliver Cromwell, whose name, likethis boys, was Williams before they changed it toCromwell. It was curious that this type shouldre-appear or remain after so many years. ^^hen the head was in the possession ofSamuel Russell he was frequently intoxicated whenhe showed it to his friends, and they cut off piecesof the hair, until the head was closely cropped. A correspondent in the Globe of September,1874, believed that the body of Cromwell, afterremoval from the Abbey, was buried in Red Lion Westminster Hall.] OLIVER CROMWELLS HEAD. 541. 142—Vol. III. 542 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Westminster Hall. Square, and another body substituted and sent onto Tyburn with Ireton and Bradshaw. But it isnot probable they could have obtained an em-balmed body for the purpose. The embalmedhead is now in the possession of JNIr. HoraceWilkinson, Sevenoaks, Kent. There is a smallhole where the wart was on his forehead, and theeyebrows met in the middle. The head has theappearance of hard, dry leather. Formerly there stood several old buildings inthe front, almost before the gate of the Hall; butthese have been long since pulled down, and thewhole of this part is now exposed to view. But itwas not only on the outside of the building thatthe space was encroached upon ; for a large partof the inside also was occupied by the stalls ofsempstresses, milliners, law stationers, and second-hand booksellers, and even publishers. There isan old engraving of the Hall by Gra
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