The story of what happened to Cromwell’s head afterward is also pretty interesting. It was displayed on a stake outside Westminster Abbey for 24 years, later was an attraction in a freak show, passed through several more hands, and wasn’t finally buried until 1960.
An ancestor of mine, Sir Henry (Vaughan)Halford, managed to keep part of the 4th vertebra of King Charles after the autopsy in 1813.
Some stories say he used it to serve salt at dinner parties.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600044/
“Cromwell’s head...wasn’t finally buried until 1960.”
Oh my goodness! Is all that really true? I’m kind of surprised I never heard of any of this.
File under: more things in heaven and earth, Horatio