ABSTRACT
This chapter sets the position of Fleetwood and Disbrowe, seen as ‘military Cromwellians’, alongside Cromwell's kin seen as ‘civilian Cromwellians’, Cromwell's sons-in-law, Claypole, Fauconberg and sons, Richard and Henry. The approach to this is centred on how kinship shaped, and was used to shape, the dialogue between Fleetwood and Henry. This chapter also touches upon the position of another New Model officer who was Cromwell's kin, Colonel John Jones. This chapter also briefly considers the position of the Cromwells and their lives after the return of monarchy and how the various post-1660 Chancery proceedings illustrate their changed status but also how Fleetwood's kin network, specifically Richard Cromwell's niece, may have provided a route for his return to England in 1680 and how Disbrowe's son sought to help Richard. This chapter is, therefore, used to show different types of kin networking in Cromwell's state but also how Cromwell's elevation of his two sons and the marriages of his younger daughters had a direct impact on the political authority of his son-in-law Fleetwood and his brother-in-law Disbrowe as part of the broader fracturing of the Cromwellian alliance. Through this, more is added to our knowledge of Cromwell's financial management.
