Elizabeth Claypole

Elizabeth, Lady Claypole
Born
Elizabeth Cromwell

2 July 1629
Died6 August 1658(1658-08-06) (aged 29)
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
NationalityEnglish
SpouseJohn Claypole
Children4
Parent(s)Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth Bourchier
Elizabeth Claypole, by John Michael Wright.

Elizabeth Claypole[nb 1] (née Cromwell; 2 July 1629 – 6 August 1658) was the second daughter of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife, Elizabeth Cromwell, and reportedly interceded with her father for royalist prisoners. After Cromwell created a peerage for her husband, John Claypole, she was known as Lady Claypole. She was buried in Westminster Abbey.[1][2]


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  1. ^ Lee, Sidney (1903), Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome, p. 246
  2. ^ Firth, DNB, xi,12 for DOB & DOD. cites Noble for DOB