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On 5 September 1550 Cecil was sworn in as one of King Edward's two Secretaries of State. Brother of Elizabeth Wingfield (Cecil) and Agnes Ann White. ; St. John’s, Camb. Lord Burghley collapsed (possibly from a stroke or heart attack) in 1592. CECIL FAMILY. Published 18th September 2015. 1556, d. 1589 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury+9 b. Thomas; (2) 21 Dec. 1545, Mildred (d. 5 Apr. How far he was personally responsible for the Anglican Settlement, the Poor Laws, and the foreign policy of the reign, remains to a large extent a matter of conjecture. In May 1535, at the age of fourteen, he went to St John's College, Cambridge,[4] where he was brought into contact with the foremost scholars of the time, Roger Ascham and John Cheke, and acquired an unusual knowledge of Greek. Children. Burghley is still very much a lived in family home. Thomas William Cecil Winter married Margaret Elizabeth Wetherall and had 1 child. He left endless memoranda lucidly (nevertheless sometimes bordering on the ridiculous) setting forth the pros and cons of every course of action; but there are few indications of the line which he actually recommended when it came to a decision. Thomas†; (2) 21 Dec. 1545, Mildred (d. 5 Apr. Many members of the family have had prominent careers in British public life. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. IV, p. 144-145. 1. William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, owner of the Biltmore Estate who spent much of his life preserving his family home, died at his Asheville home Tuesday, the Asheville Citizen-Times reports. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Built as "Cecil House" 1560. Spouse(s) Margaret Elizabeth Wetherall 1888 - Unknown. William Cecil was interested in genealogy and there is a contemporary pedigree in existence attributing to the Cecils a descent from Sitselt, or Sitsell, who in 1091 received lands in Wales from Robert FitzHamon. They had the following children: 169: M: i: Thomas; (2) 21 Dec. 1545, Mildred (d. 5 Apr. Baron of Burghley 25 Feb. 1572.2. [S37] From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p205.htm#i2050 _______________________, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 09 Cecil, William by Augustus Jessopp From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cecil,_William_(DNB00) https://archive.org/stream/dictionarynatio50stepgoog#page/n421/mode/1up ____________________________, William CECIL (1° B. Burghley) http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CECIL.htm#William CECIL (1° B. Burghley) http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WilliamCecil(1BBurghley).htm ___________________________, CECIL, William (1520/21-1598), of Little Burghley, Northants. The line "History teaches; never trust a Cecil!" [7], Years afterwards, he pretended that he had only signed the devise as a witness, but in his apology to Queen Mary I, he did not venture to allege so flimsy an excuse; he preferred to lay stress on the extent to which he succeeded in shifting the responsibility on to the shoulders of his brother-in-law, Sir John Cheke, and other friends, and on his intrigues to frustrate the Queen to whom he had sworn allegiance.[8]. Is this your ancestor? This pedigree is traced through the … William CECIL 1591-1668 Married 1 December 1608, Westminster, Middlesex, England, toCatherine HOWARD 1588-1673 with : Charles CECIL 1619-1660 Frances Cecil 1593-1644 William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter (1566-1640) 4. Descendants of William Cecil Generation No. and London. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 430. b. Hereinafter cited as. Having survived all his children except Robert and Thomas, Burghley died at his London residence, Cecil House on 4 August 1598, and was buried in St Martin's Church, Stamford. 23 Apr., inst. ; Wimbledon, Surr. for Stamford between 1547 and 1552.5 He fought in the Battle of Pinkie on 10 September 1547.1 In 1549 he was deprived of his offices and imprisoned.1 He held the office of Secretary of State between September 1550 and June 1553.1 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) 13 Sept. 1520/21, o. s. of Richard Cecil educ. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 91. Born: Bourne, Lincs., England 18th Sep 1520 Baptised: Died: London, , , England 4th Aug 1598 Buried: Family: "[16] He warmly remonstrated with John Whitgift, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, over his persecuting Articles of 1583. 1665-1749, with some allied Ball families. 1. [26], Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley1,2 M, #57838, b. He married UNKNOWN Bef. He passed away in Sault Ste Marie ON. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. On 25 February 1571, Queen Elizabeth elevated him as Baron Burghley. He is portrayed by David Thewlis in Roland Emmerich's Anonymous. He was elected to Parliament as knight of the shire for Lincolnshire in 1553 (probably), 1555 and 1559 and for Northamptonshire in 1563. William Cecil firstly married, Mary Cheke (Cheek), daughter of Sir Peter Cheke of Pirgo and Agnes Duffield, and had issue: Sir Thomas Cecil (born 5 May 1542), who inherited the Barony of Burghley upon the death of his father, and was later created Earl of Exeter. Born: 1566 Baptised: Died: 6th Jul 1640 Buried: Family: Cecil Exeter line Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography. He was 89 years old. William Cecil: Family Life. Hereinafter cited as. He went to Mass, confessed, and in no particular official capacity went to meet Cardinal Pole on his return to England in December 1554, again accompanying him to Calais in May 1555. In April 1551, Cecil became Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. 1690 in Prince Georges, Maryland. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598 CE) was Elizabeth I of England’s most important minister for much of her reign (1558-1603 CE). [S6] G.E. 5 Mar 1542, d. 8 Feb 1622/23, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury+9 b. His prosecution of the English Catholics made him a recurring character in the "evil counsellor polemics", written by Catholic exiles across the channel. In 1542 he became an M.P. In the end, White fell into a Dublin controversy over the confessions of an intriguing priest, which threatened the authority of the Queen's deputised government in Ireland; out of caution Cecil withdrew his longstanding protection and the judge was imprisoned in London and died soon after. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 4024. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. Philip Cecil (bef1668-) 2. Burghley House near the town of Stamford was built for Cecil between 1555 and 1587 and modelled on the privy lodgings of Richmond Palace. The fact that Burghley continued to act as Secretary of State after his elevation illustrates the growing importance of that office, which under his son became a secretary of the ship of state. In February 1559, he was elected Chancellor of Cambridge University in succession to Cardinal Pole; he was created M.A. 5 May 1542, d. 8 Feb 1623 Family 2 Mildred Cooke b. c 1525 Citations [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. He did obtain a firm Anglo-Scottish alliance reflecting the common religion and shared interests of the two countries, as well as an agreement that offered the prospect of a successful conquest of Ireland. on 5 September 1550.1 In 1551 he was restored.1 He was invested as a Knight on 11 October 1551.1 He held the office of Chancellor of the Order of the Garter from 1552 to 1553.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) The precaution proved useless and four months later Cecil committed one of the rare rash acts of his life in marrying Mary Cheke. Residence of his life in marrying Mary Cheke, was later created Earl of Salisbury ( 1646-1683 ) 4,... 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