On asking Oliver Cromwell Reincarnate if he is happy with modern Ely it has become apparent that the Lord Protector has an axe to grind with the successive governors of Ely...

"It is nice to see that my old house has been recognised at last and is promoted as such even although it has taken nearly 4oo years. But looking around the City, it's as though I was never here..!"

"In 1636 I inherited a large estate from my uncle Sir Thomas Steward in Ely. My inheritance also brought me the position of local tax collector, "Farmer of the Tithes" of the two Ely parishes: St Mary's and Holy Trinity. I was responsible for seeing that local taxes were paid to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral. It made me into a man of property with considerable local status in the area.
I lived in Ely for 10 years as a wealthy man and happily pursued my political interests becoming the MP for Cambridge in 1640. Looking back, it was the happiest time of my life.
My birthplace of Huntingdon, and my second home of St-Ives both have substantial Monuments to my memory, as has my final London dwelling. But Ely's most beauteous surroundings, my favorite home chooses to ignore my very existence. True I had to close the Local Cathedral for a few years using it as a barracks for my Troops and Horses, but I was its major benefactor and the clergy at that time was corrupt in the eyes of God. It had to be done!"

On the basis of what was then, and is now, here are my demands...

The Cathedral was bequeathed to me by God and in future it will be known as Cromwells Castle...

A Monumental Statue of myself is to be built and Staged on the green outside my Ely home. The Statue is to be looking towards my house, the holy book held high in my left hand, the Sword in a lowered position in my right...

Local and Regional Schools to be told the TRUTH of my life along with the circumstances of the times that forced this mighty country to go to War with itself and the lessons learned of it.
To this end I am making myself available to the places of learning...

My Body and Head are to be exhumed and reburied in Ely to Rest in long deserved peace...

I am to be instated as Ely's Mayor and Collector of the Tithes for this year and next, receiving payment  made jointly by The Tourist Board, Local Council and suitable funding bodies.