Cromwell's Head: From Execution to Burial

History tells us that Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England during the country’s brief

stint as a republic, died of complications due to malaria and kidney stone disease. How then,

did his chopped-off head end up in private collections and museums for centuries to come?

Well, after his death, the country decided to ditch the republic and asked Charles

II to return to England and restore the Stuart monarchy in 1660. Charles returned,

but not without a serious grudge against Cromwell and all those who’d executed his father.

Charles put together a kill list with a series of most wanted names on it.

One of which was Cromwell but since he was already dead, the next best thing to enact revenge