| Show THE ane HEAD AC account co urles have been bee n received from various persons traveling in europe to ahe abe eget effect that ohp bead head renowned ed great protector is rh the possession assion of the lion hon mr wilkinson residing at bromley kent county near london england it will be remembered that after the death of oliver cromwell his body was carefully embalmed embalm ed and interred with great pomp when the stuarts again gained gained possession of or the throne Cromwel lys body y was dragged from its mausoleum hung bung at tyburn the head severed from the trunk and with a spike run through the neck it was placed on westminster ste hall rHall it remained there for twenty years when it was blown into the parapet of the hall and picked up by a 3 sentinel who concealed it until his hi s death when his big widow inherited it she gae it to the Cambridge shire russel fam family aly ily 1 one of whom sold ato it to the gra grandfather nd father of the pr present besent wilkinson the reasons gien glen for bel believing leving ieving it to be the head of cromwell who existed two centuries ago are as follows its present appearance being the skull of one who had been embalmed embalm ed the wart on the rim ril right lit eyebrow the beard the shape of the chin its similarity to his bust with the exception of its smallness small smail ness nesa from the shrinking and drying up of the flesh leaving but little else than the skin coveris cove coveri rin rim ing the bone the opinion of the family founder foundoe upon printed and manuscript documents and oral testimony of its being in the identical head as well as that of many wao who have seen it all go to prove its identity |
