Cecil, 1st Lord Richard MP

Abt 1495 - 1553  (~ 58 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 38 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Cecil, Richard
  Prefix	1st Lord
  Suffix	MP
  Born	Abt 1495	Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Aft 1510
  Sheriff of Rutland, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Page to Henry VII, High Sheriff of Rutland, constable of Warwick Castle, Laborer
  Other Info or Events	Aft 19 Mar 1553
  Some source info from; Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 125. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
  Other Info or Events	Aft 19 Mar 1553
  Wikipedia ; Sir Richard Cecil (ca. 1495 - 19 March 1553) was an English nobleman, politician, courtier, and Master of Burghley (Burleigh) in the parish of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire. His father Sir David Cecil, of Welsh ancestry, rose in favour under King Henry VIII of England, becoming High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1532 and 1533, and died in 1541. Richard too was a courtier. In 1517 he was a royal page; in 1520 he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he rose to be Groom of the Robes and constable of Warwick Castle. He was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1539, and was one of those who received no inconsiderable share of the plunder of the monasteries. He married Jane Heckington, daughter and heiress of William Heckington of Bourne, Lincolnshire. He had one son, William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520– 1598), and three daughters. When Richard died, he left an ample estate behind him in the counties of Rutland, Northamptonshire and elsewhere. He died at his house in Canon Row and was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster. Jane was a widow for 35 years dying 10 March 1587. Richard and Jane have a joint monument in St Martin's Church, Stamford. Family He sent his son William to the grammar schools of Stamford and Grantham, and in 1535 William entered St John's College, Cambridge. Academically a success, William ran foul of his father, when his heart was lost to Mary Cheke, daughter of a local widow, with only a fortune of 40 pounds to recommend her. William was immediately removed before he could take his degree, and was entered as a student at Gray's Inn in 1541. If the motive was to prevent a marriage, it failed. Two months after he came up to London, William married Mary, probably secretly. Thomas, the future Earl of Exeter and only fruit of this union was born at Cambridge on 5 May 1542, therefore presumably at his grandmother's house. The marriage was so distasteful to Richard, that he is said to have altered his will, or at any rate, to have intended to do so. But the young wife did not live long, dying on 22 February 1544. Of his daughters, Anne (also called Agnes) married Thomas White of Tuxford, Notts.; Margaret married Roger Cave (see Cave-Browne-Cave baronets), nephew of Sir Ambrose Cave, and secondly Ambrose Smith; and Elizabeth married Robert Wingfield and secondly[citation needed] Hugh Allington. References Wallace T. MacCaffrey (2004) "Cecil, William, first Baron Burghley (1520/21– 1598)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4983 (subscription or UK public library membership required) Further reading The Cecil Family, by George Ravenscroft Dennis
  Died	19 May 1553	Westminster, London, England
  Sir Richard died at Westminster in his house in Canons Row, and was buried at this church on 22 Mar 1553**. An elaborate monument to him and his wife was later erected at St. Martin's Stamford in Lincolnshire, where she was laid to rest. (**During his day the Julian calendar was in use, in which the new year began in late March rather than January as it now does. In order that the year of his death and burial correspond to our modern calendar, historians correct the year or, alternatively, express it as 1552/53.)
  Biography	Aft 19 May 1553
  From Find a Grave He was a resident and Master of Burghley in the parish of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire. His father David Cecil, of Welsh ancestry, rose in favour under King Henry VIII of England, becoming High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1529 and 1530, and died in 1541. Richard too was a courtier. In 1517 he was a royal page; in 1520 he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he rose to be Groom of the Robes and constable of Warwick Castle. He was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1539, and was one of those who received no inconsiderable share of the plunder of the monasteries. He married Jane Heckington, daughter and heiress of William Heckington of Bourne, Lincolnshire. He had one son, William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520– 1598), and three daughters. When he died, he left an ample estate behind him in the counties of Rutland, Northamptonshire and elsewhere. He died at his house in Cannon Row and was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster. Like his father Sir David Cecil, Richard was a courtier who rose in rank and influence in Tudor England. In about 1519 he married Jane, the daughter of Sir William Heckington of Bourne in Lincolnshire. They were the parents of three daughters, Anne (also called Agnes), Elizabeth, and Margaret; and a son, William, who became one of the most politically powerful men in England.
  Tombstone	Aft 19 May 1553	St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  	Cecil, Richard St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  Reference Number	10494
  Buried	St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  see mention of burial at church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Stamford
  	Cecil, Richard St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, England
  Person ID	I342731	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Cecil, Sir David,   b. Abt 1455, Pembroke, , Pembroke, Wales ,   d. 14 Sep 1535  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Dicons, Alice,   b. Abt 1477, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. Abt 1532, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Family ID	F214855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Heckington, Lady Jane,   b. Abt 1501, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 10 Mar 1587, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Children	+ 1. Cecil, William 1st Baron Burghleigh,   b. 13 Sep 1520, Bourne, , Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 4 Aug 1598  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F214854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - Abt 1495 - Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England Died - 19 May 1553 - Westminster, London, England Tombstone - Aft 19 May 1553 - St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England Buried - - St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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