{"id":715,"date":"2013-04-16T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T09:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:12:18","slug":"the-most-joyful-funeral-i-ever-saw-cromwell-thatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/history\/2013\/04\/16\/the-most-joyful-funeral-i-ever-saw-cromwell-thatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The most joyful funeral I ever saw&#8221;: Cromwell &amp; Thatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-438\" alt=\"Daily-Mirror-front-page--April-10th-2013--Thatcher-funeral-1821902\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/446\/2018\/05\/daily-mirror-front-page-april-10th-2013-thatcher-funeral-1821902.jpg?w=232\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/>The life, death and now funeral of Margaret Thatcher is a proper subject of debate &#8211; both contemporary and historical. Historians have already begun to pick anew over the former PM&#8217;s legacy, but <a href=\"http:\/\/parthenissa.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/13\/oliver-cromwell-the-state-funeral-of-a-divisive-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the early modern blog Parthenissa<\/a> offers a fascinating counterpoint: the funeral, in 1658, of Oliver Cromwell.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[&#8230;] a state funeral was required, and it was lavish. \u00a0London came to a standstill. The procession included knights marshall, \u2018poor men\u2019 of Westminster, porters, drummers, trumpeters, the household kitchen, the committees of the army and navy, the counting-house staff and park keepers, watermen, fire-makers, pastry-makers, larder and pantry staff, butter and cellar servants, yeomen, water-bailiffs,\u00a0 musicians, civil servants (including Milton), officers of the army and navy, surgeons, lawyers, ambassadors, and the great lords of England.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0And the cost of Cromwell\u2019s funeral? \u00a31 in 1658 is worth \u00a3118\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.measuringworth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using the retail price index<\/a>. The money allotted to cover Cromwell\u2019s funeral was \u00a360,000, which equates to \u00a37.1m in current terms. It\u2019s a huge sum and, neatly, it appears to be the going rate nowadays for public obsequies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole post is well worth reading &#8211; and the significance of funerals of this sort, and the figures they commemorate, well worth considering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The life, death and now funeral of Margaret Thatcher is a proper subject of debate &#8211; both contemporary and historical. 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