 For example, Restoration comedy typically encompasses works written as late as 1710.After Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector from 1658-9, ceded power to the Rump Parliament, Charles Fleetwood and John Lambert then dominated government for a year.On 20 October 1659 George Monck, the governor of Scotland under the Cromwells, marched south with his army from Scotland to oppose Fleetwood and Lambert.