page_title: Baron Cromwell
section_title: Barons Cromwell, fifth creation (1540)
hierarchical_section_title: Baron Cromwell / Barons Cromwell, fifth creation (1540)
caption_attribution_description: English: Arms of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell: Quarterly, per fess, indented, azure and or, four lions passant counterchanged. References: Metcalfe, Walter C. (1885). A Book of Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Bachelor. London: Mitchell and Hughes, p. 87. Nichols, John (1800). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. vol. III, pt. I. London: J. Nichols, p. 327.
context_page_description: Baron Cromwell is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, which was by writ, was for John de Cromwell in 1308. On his death, the barony became extinct. The second creation came in 1375 when Ralph de Cromwell was summoned by writ to Parliament as Lord Cromwell. His grandson, the third baron, served as Lord High Treasurer to King Henry VI. However, on his death in 1455 the barony fell into abeyance between his nieces Maude and Joan. On Joan's death in 1490 the abeyance was terminated in favour of Maude, the fourth holder. When she died childless in 1497 the peerage once again fell into abeyance, this time between the daughters of the first baron. The title remained in abeyance for over 400 years. However, in 1922 the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords reported in favour of the petition for the termination of the abeyancy of Selina Frances Bewicke-Copley. She was the daughter of Sir Charles Watson Copley, 3rd Baronet, and one of the co-heirs of Maud, daughter of the first baron Cromwell.
context_section_description: Baron Cromwell:
  Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (c. 1520–1551)
  Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell (1538–1592)
  Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (c. 1560–1607)
  Thomas Cromwell, 4th Baron Cromwell (1594–1653) (created 1st Viscount Lecale in 1624 and 1st Earl of Ardglass in 1645)
  Wingfield Cromwell, 5th Baron Cromwell (1624–1668)
  Thomas Cromwell, 6th Baron Cromwell (1653–1682)
  Vere Essex Cromwell, 7th Baron Cromwell (1625–1687)
caption: Arms of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell: Quarterly, per fess, indented, azure and or, four lions passant counterchanged.