Cecil, Sir David

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• Name: David Sesell
• Name: David Sitsylt
• Reference Number: 10494

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Other Info or Events:
Bio info from https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-David-Cecil-MP/6000000006602619902

Sir David Cecil, MP
Also Known As: "Cyssel"
Birthdate: circa 1455 (80)
Birthplace: Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Death: September 14, 1535 (76-84)
Sts George Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England
Place of Burial: Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Cecil and Alison Barry
Husband of Alice Cecil and Jane Roos
Father of William Cecil; 1st Lord Richard Cecil, MP; David Cecil, Jr. and Joan Browne
Half brother of Philip Cecil
Occupation: Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

Other Info or Events:
Bio info from;
About Sir David Cecil, MP
David Cecil (courtier)

David Cecil (c. 1460 – 1540?) was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.
He was born to a Welsh family, the third son of Richard Cecil ap Philip Seisyllt of Alt-yr-Ynys, Herefordshire and settled near Stamford, Lincolnshire.
He was an alderman of Stamford in 1504– 05, 1515– 16 and 1526– 27. He was made a Yeoman of the Chamber by 1506, a position he held all his life. He was elected Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1504, 1510, 1512, 1515 and 1523. He was a serjeant-at-arms from 1513 to his death and appointed Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Rutland from 1532 and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire from June 1532 to November 1533.
He probably died in September 1540 and was buried in St George's church, Stamford. He had married twice: firstly Alice, the daughter of John Dicons of Stamford, Lincolnshire, with whom he had two sons and secondly Jane, the daughter of Thomas Roos of Dowsby, Lincolnshire and widow of Edward Villers of Flore, Northamptonshire, with whom he had a daughter. He was succeeded by his son Richard.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cecil_(courtier)

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David Cecil1
M, #189506, d. October 1535
Last Edited=6 May 2008
David Cecil was the son of Richard Cecil and Margaret Vaughan.2 He married, firstly, Alice Dickons, daughter of Sir John Dickons.2 He married, secondly, Joan Roos.2 He died in October 1535.1
He was Water Bailiff of Wittlesea Mere in 1511/12.2 He was a practising Serjeant-at-Arms in 1513/14.2 He was Steward of the Lordship of Collyweston in 1523/24.2 He held the office of Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1531/32.2
Child of David Cecil and Alice Dickons
Richard Cecil+1 d. 19 Mar 1552/53
Citations
[S2] 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.
[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1363. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p18951.htm#i189506

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David CECIL
Born: BEF 1455
Died: 14 Sep 1535/6, Stamford
Notes: Burghley House in the Soke of Peterborough had belonged to Ralph, Lord Cromwell and afterwards to the Wykes family whose descendants sold it in 1526 to David Cecil, a follower of Henry VII from Pembrokeshire. The Cecils may have descended from Seisyllt, Prince of Wales; John Seysyll of the 15th century has a brass in the church of St. Mary Tormarton, Gloucestershire so the Cecils and Cromwells may have known each other before the Tudors came to power. A Cecil had his arms registered on the Calais Roll of Edward III (1346) as "barry of 10, argent and azure, on six shields 3, 2, 1, sable, as many lioncels of the first". David Cecil came from the Welsh border and settled in Stamford where he became a freeman in 1494.
Father: Phillip CISSELL
Mother: Maud VAUGHN
Married: Alice DICKENS (dau. of John Dicksons of Stamford)
Children:
1. Richard CECIL (CYSSEL)
2. David CECIL
3. John CECIL
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CECIL.htm#David CECIL1

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David Cecil
M, #75911, b. circa 1473
Father Philip Cecil b. c 1445
Mother Maud Vaughan b. c 1447
David Cecil was born circa 1473 at of Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England. He married Jane Dicons, daughter of John Dicons and Margaret Semark, circa 1493. David Cecil was buried circa 1541 at St's. George & Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.
Family Jane Dicons b. c 1475
Child
Richard Cecil, Esq., Sheriff of Rutland, Constable of Maxey & Warwick Castles+ b. c 1495, d. 19 Mar 1553
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2526.htm#i75911

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CECIL DAVID, (c.1460-?1540), of Stamford, Lincs.
b. c.1460, 3rd s. of Richard Cecil ap Philip Seisyllt of Alt-yr-Ynys, Herefs. by Maud, da. of Philip Vaughan of Tillington, Herefs. m. (1) Alice, da. of John Dicons of Stamford, Lincs., 2s. inc. Richard; (2) Jane, da. of Thomas Roos of Dowsby, Lincs., wid. of Edward Villers of Flore, Northants., 1da.6
Offices Held
Commr. grain, Rutland 1496, tenths of spiritualities 1535, to survey monasteries 1536; member of the second Twelve, Stamford by 1500, of the first Twelve by 1503-d., alderman 1504-5, 1515-16, 1526-7; yeoman of the chamber by 1506-d.; jt. (with Sir David Philip) keeper Kings Cliffe park, Northants. 1506; bailiff, Whittlesea Mere Northants. 1506, manors of Skellingthorpe, Lincs., Essendine, Preston and Uppingham, Northants. 1509; serjeant-at-arms 17 Nov. 1513-d.; steward, manor of Collyweston, Northants. 1523, Nassington, Upton, and Yarwell, Northants. by 1534; escheator, Northants. and Rutland 1514-15, Lincs. 1529-30; j.p. Rutland 1532-d.; sheriff, Northants. June 1532-Nov. 1533.7
Their family's humble origin was to be often used to denigrate William and Robert Cecil. Its fortunes were founded by David Cecil's service with Sir David Philip, who may have been his uncle. After perhaps fighting alongside him at Bosworth, Cecil settled near Philip at Stamford and married a kinswoman of his wife; Philip stood godfather to Cecil's second son, was associated with him in grants of office and appointed him an executor. What Philip's standing with Henry VII and the King's mother, Margaret Beaufort, did for his progress at court Cecil's marriage to the daughter of an alderman of Stamford did for his local advancement; it was during John Dicons's third term in the office that he was made a freeman of the borough and ten years later he became alderman himself. He had by then already sat for Stamford in Henry VII's last Parliament and he was to be re-elected to the first four summoned by Henry VIII. The fact that he was not re-elected in 1529 probably reflects his advancing years.8
In 1526 Cecil entertained Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, during his visit to Kings Cliffe Park. On Sir William Spencer's death in June 1532 he was chosen sheriff of Northamptonshire, and in spite of some objections on the score of his uncertain temper he was pricked for the following year after Cromwell and Sir Thomas Audley, who thought well of him, had suggested his transfer to Rutland. In his will of 25 Jan. 1535 he styled himself esquire. He asked to be buried in the church of St. George, Stamford, and left the incumbent a stipend of £5 to sing for his soul. He made provision for his wife and children, for the expenses of his funeral and for the payment of his debts. The executor, his son Richard, was granted probate of the will on 16 Mar. 1541, and it is likely that Cecil had died on the previous 14 Sept.; he is last included among the first 12 comburgesses of Stamford for the year 1535-6, but Richard Cecil did not succeed to any of his offices until 1541.9
From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/cecil-david-1460-1540

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Weblinks

http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Richard_Cecil

Notes

David had land in Lincolnshire. In their book, The Great Governing Families of England, authors Townsend and Sanford state that David founded a chantry at St George's there in the 22nd year of the reign of Henry the Seventh (1506/7). David rose in favor under King Henry VIII. David was appointed bailiff of Whittlesey Mere and Keeper of the Swans in 3H8. In 5H8 David was made one of the King's Sergeants-at-Arms and "...thus obtained for his son Richard the office of page". David became High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1529 and 1530, and was three times an alderman of Stamford. David was also in 1535 Bailiff of Tinwell, a post also taken up by his son Richard and grandson William. David died in 1536, his only known wife was Jane Dichons, daughter and heiress of John Dichons of Stamford by Margaret, heiress of John Sewark.

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David Cecil (c. 1460 – 1540?) was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.


He was born to a Welsh family, the third son of Richard Cecil ap Philip Seisyllt of Alt-yr-Ynys, Herefordshire and settled near Stamford, Lincolnshire.

He was an alderman of Stamford in 1504– 05, 1515– 16 and 1526– 27. He was made a Yeoman of the Chamber by 1506, a position he held all his life. He was elected Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1504, 1510, 1512, 1515 and 1523. He was a serjeant-at-arms from 1513 to his death and appointed Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Rutland from 1532 and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire from June 1532 to November 1533.

He probably died in September 1540 and was buried in St George's church, Stamford. He had married twice: firstly Alice, the daughter of John Dicons of Stamford, Lincolnshire, with whom he had two sons and secondly Jane, the daughter of Thomas Roos of Dowsby, Lincolnshire and widow of Edward Villers of Flore, Northamptonshire, with whom he had a daughter. He was succeeded by his son Richard.

____ He appears in the Welsh genealogies: See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6315/CECIL_313.png?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (March 1, 2017; Anne Brannen, curator)

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Bio from Find a grave
David Cecil was born in Halterennes, Herefordshire, England in 1456. He was the son of Richard Cecil and his wife Margaret Vaughn. David Cecil won fame at the Battle of Bosworth Field and served as Sergeant of Arms in the courts of both King Henry VII and King Henry VIII. He also served as Sheriff of Northamptonshire and as an Alderman of Stamford, England. In 1494 he married Alice Dycons, daughter of John Dycons, at Stamford. David and Alice Cecil had three known children: Richard Cecil who died in 1553, and was the father of the well known Elizabethan statesman Lord Burghley; 2nd son David Cecil; and daughter Joan Cecil who married Edmund Browne. After the death of his wife Alice, David Cecil married as his 2nd wife Joan Roos who would die in 1537. David Cecil died in 1535 at Stamford, England, and was buried at St. Georges Church in Stamford.

Occupation:
Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

David married Dicons, Alice Bef 1495, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Alice was born Abt 1477, Lincolnshire, England; died Abt 1532, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 10494
• Occupation: Aft 1510
• Other Info or Events: Aft 19 Mar 1553
• Other Info or Events: Aft 19 Mar 1553
• Biography: Aft 19 May 1553
• Tombstone: Aft 19 May 1553, St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Notes:

Occupation:
Sheriff of Rutland, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Page to Henry VII, High Sheriff of Rutland, constable of Warwick Castle, Laborer

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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:
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

Biography:
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.

Buried:
see mention of burial at church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Stamford

Died:
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.)

Richard — Heckington, Lady Jane. Jane was born Abt 1501, Lincolnshire, England; died 10 Mar 1587, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England; was buried , St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 10494
• Tombstone: Aft 4 Aug 1520, St. Martin's Churchyard, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
• Education - College/University: Aft May 1535, St. John's College, Cambridge, Great Britian
• Book: 1913; The Cecil Family

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Other Info or Events:
Bio info from https://www.geni.com/people/William-Cecil-1st-Baron-Burghley/5307982850540119730

William Cecil
Also Known As: "1st Baron Burghley"
Birthdate: September 13, 1520 (77)
Birthplace: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, (Present UK)
Death: August 4, 1598 (77)
Burghley House, Stand, Middlesex, England, (Present UK)
Place of Burial: Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, (Present UK)
Immediate Family:

Son of 1st Lord Richard Cecil, MP and Lady Jane Cecil
Husband of Mary Cecil and Mildred Cecil, Baroness Burghley
Father of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter; Marguerite Cissell; Frances Fransica Cecil; Anne de Vere, Countess of Oxford; Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and 1 other
Brother of Margaret Cave; Agnes Ann White and Elizabeth Wingfield (Cecil)
Occupation: Prime Minister of England under Queen Elizabeth I for Forty (40) years, Lord High Treasurer, Chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I & Secretary of State twice and Lord Treasurer, Chief Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I

Occupation:
Prime Minister of England under Queen Elizabeth I for Forty (40) years,
Lord High Treasurer, Chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I
&
Secretary of State twice and Lord Treasurer, Chief Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I

Book:
See the full text at Cecil Family

William married Cheke, Mary Bef 1542. Mary was born Abt 1522, , , , England; died 22 Feb 1544, , , , England. [Group Sheet]

William married Cooke, Mildred Abt 1545. Mildred was born 24 Aug 1524, Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England; died 4 Aug 1589, Strand, City of Westminster, Greater London, England; was buried , Westminster Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Biography: From Westminster Abbey.org - Our History
• Reference Number: 10494
• Occupation: Bef 1585; Governor of Brill, The Netherlands
• Occupation: Bef 1594; Custos Rotulorum of Lincolnshire
• Occupation: Bef 1594; Custos Rotulorum of Rutland
• Occupation: From 1599 to 1603; Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire
• Occupation: From 1603 to 1623; Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
• Tombstone: Aft 8 Feb 1623, Westminster Abbey, London, England

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Biography:
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/thomas-cecil,-earl-of-exeter
Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, his first wife, two daughters and his son are buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey. In the centre of the chapel is a large altar tomb with two recumbent marble effigies of Thomas and his first wife Dorothy Neville, daughter of Lord Latimer of Belvoir Castle. He is depicted in civil dress wearing the mantle of the Order of the Garter, with his feet on a garb (or wheatsheaf) supported by lions. She wears a long ermine lined cloak, with a griffin at her feet. The empty space on the tomb was left for an effigy of his second wife Frances Brydges but she died about forty years after him and is buried in Winchester Cathedral. The sides of the tomb chest are divided by Corinthian pilasters into bays and in each bay is a shield of arms with a circular wreath of bay leaves, or in one case, the Garter ribbon. The tomb was cleaned, repaired and repainted in the 1950s.
The Latin inscription around the tomb ledge can be translated:
"Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, Baron of Burleigh, Knight of the Garter, Privy Counsellor to King James, with his two dearly beloved wives, Dorothy Neville, daughter and co-heir to the noble Lord Latimer, his first wife, and Frances Brydges of the noble family of the Chandos, his second wife. They rest under this monument in firm hope of a Resurrection"
The inscription obviously anticipated that Frances would lie with him.
He was born in Cambridge on 5 May 1542, eldest son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Mary (Cheke). He was educated by tutors, one of which was Gabriel Goodman, later Dean of Westminster. By Dorothy he had five sons and eight daughters -son William succeeded him as 2nd Earl of Exeter and was buried in the Abbey on 9 July 1640 with his first wife Elizabeth Manners who died on 11 May 1591. William's second wife was Elizabeth Drury but he had no surviving sons so the title went to a nephew. Son Edward became Viscount Wimbledon, daughter Elizabeth married Sir Edward Coke and daughter Lucy married William Paulet, 4th Marquis of Winchester. Lucy was buried in the family vault in October 1614.
In 1610 Thomas married Frances who was younger than most of his children. Their only child was Sophia Ann who was buried in the Abbey on 15 September 1621. He was a Member of Parliament, Captain of Horse and a leading courtier and Elizabeth I made him Governor of Hull as a reward for his services in the Netherlands. He was created Earl of Exeter by King James I in 1605. Dorothy died on 23 March 1609 and he died on 7 February 1623
A photo of the monument can be purchased from Westminster Abbey Library.
Further reading:
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004.

Other Info or Events:
Biograghy info from https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Cecil-1st-Earl-of-Exeter/5307962079280051746

Thomas Cecil
Also Known As: "Lord Burghley"
Birthdate: March 5, 1542 (80)
Birthplace: St. Mary The Great, Cambridgeshire, England
Death: February 8, 1623 (80)
Westminster Abbey, London, England
Place of Burial: London, England
Immediate Family:

Son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Mary Cecil
Husband of Frances Cecil and Dorothy Cecil
Father of Georgi-Anna Cecil; William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, PC, KG; Lady Lucy Cecil; Cathrine Cecil; Lady Mildred Cecil and 14 others
Brother of Marguerite Cissell
Half brother of Frances Fransica Cecil; Anne de Vere, Countess of Oxford; Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Wentworth
Occupation: Earl of Exeter (04 May 1605), Politician, Soldier, Knight

Thomas married Neville, Dorothy Aft 1566. Dorothy was born Abt 1548, Snape, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England; died 23 Mar 1608, Westminster Abbey, London, England; was buried , Westminster Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 10494
• Occupation: From 5 Jul 1596 to 24 May 1612; Secratery of State
• Occupation: From 8 Oct 1597 to 1599; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Occupation: Between 1598 and 1612; Lord Privy Seal
• Occupation: From 4 May 1608 to 24 May 1612; Lord High Treasurer
• Other Info or Events: Aft 24 May 1642
• Tombstone: Aft 24 May 1912, St. Etheldreda Churchyard, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

Occupation:
Monarch Elizabeth I
James I
Preceded by William Davison
Succeeded by John Herbert

Occupation:
Monarch Elizabeth I
Preceded by In commission
Succeeded by In commission

Occupation:
Monarch Elizabeth I
James I
Preceded by The Lord Burghley
Succeeded by The Earl of Northampton

Occupation:
Monarch James I
Preceded by The Earl of Dorset
Succeeded by Commission of the Treasury
The Earl of Northampton, First Lord

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Portrayed in 3 episodes of the TV series Gunpowder in 2017. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6128262/

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2017-11-04/gunpowder-robert-cecil/

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• Reference Number: 10494

Notes:

Other Info or Events:
Bio info from https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Cecil/5307885793310030749

Thomas Cecil, Knight
Also Known As: "Thomas Cissell"
Birthdate: December 30, 1578 (83)
Birthplace: Burghley, Stamford, Northamptonshire, England
Death: December 3, 1662 (83)
Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Place of Burial: St Martins, Burghley, Lincolnshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and Dorothy Cecil
Husband of Mary Cecil; Anne Lee and Susan Oxenbridge
Father of Sir John Baptist Cissell, Kt.; Dorothy Cecil; Anne Cecil; Frances Cecil; Elizabeth Cecil and 8 others
Brother of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, PC, KG; Lady Lucy Cecil; Cathrine Cecil; Lady Mildred Cecil; Sir Richard Cecil, Earl of Wakerley and 12 others
Half brother of Georgi-Anna Cecil
Occupation: Engraver - made the 1st map of Maryland. Painted portraits of Queen Elizabeth I & King Henry VIII, Knight

Thomas Cecil was the youngest son of Thomas (Earl of Exeter) Cecil, and as such had to make his own fortune.
For more information go to http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=1981&path=Brown+-+Chaloner++(Vol%c2%b7+03).Biographies.1314
Thomas Cecill was one of the earliest English engravers. Like most of his contemporary artists next to nothing is known of his life. He was employed by the London publishers between 1625 and 1640 to create frontis pieces for books and individual portraits. In the latter category he engraved portraits of Queen Elizabeth, Sir John Burgh, Sir John Hayward, Lord Burghley and Bishops of Winchester and Norwich. John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury is listed by G. C. Williamson * as being among Cecill's best engravings. * (G. C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, London, Bell & Sons, 1930, Vol. 1, p. 276.) From ArtofthePrint.com
According to The SixteenthCentury Journal, he made a posthumous portrait of Queen Elizabeth, that was very popular.
He is also noted as a designer/engraver of several English coins. See TreasureRealm.com
Given land in the colony of Maryland as payment for producing the first map of the colony, it seems he never actuall came to Maryland. The first ships to the colony, The Ark and The Dove, have established, documented passenger lists and Cecil not among them. Thomas Cecil had worked from drawings supplied by two men who had been passengers on the Ark and the Dove. Those ships left the Isle of Wight in England for the New World, stopped in the Caribbean, made their way up the Chesapeake, steered to port and then the Potomac.
The Ark and the Dove made land at St. Clement's Island on March 25, 1634, the genesis of Maryland Day. But his map was available in England after 1635. It was some time later, 1658, that his son John came to colony to settle on the Cecil land.
He evidently was pretty active! His first wife, Ann Lee from a wealthy family, he married in 1605 and fathered many children...his second wife, Susan Oxenbridge, he married at age 56 and had more children!
To see The 1635 map go to http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000006/images/relation.pdf

Thomas married Oxenbridge, Susan 11 Jun 1605. Susan was born Bef 1587, Burwash, England; died Abt 1640. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 10494
• Immigration: Abt 1658

Notes:

Occupation: Gunsmith
Religion: Catholic
Event: Land White Acres, 150a, Long Neck 100a
Event: Fact owned the Ship Martha Constant

There is some dispute from Erv Chell, a Cecil researcher that this John is the sone of Thomas.
John Cicill (Spelled Cissel and Cecil) the immigrant from Wales, England in 1658, died in 1698 and left a will in St. Mary's County naming wife Mary (possibly Calvert), and sons John, William, Thomas, Richard, Robert, Edward and James (Liber PC 1, page 104, film 144424) From the book "Colonial Settlers, St. Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St. Mary's County, Maryland" by Mary Louise Donnelly, states "John Cissell (Cecil), a Catholic, immigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1658 from Wales, England (Patents 4:29). He married Mary __________. Upon his arrival, John Cissell was a man of means as he purchased a number of tracts in St. Mary's County. He became possessor of 150 acres of "White Acre" which on 12-Nov-1652 had been patented for William Brough on 25-Nov-1642, who died in 1651leaving his total estate to his wife Sarah (w 1:37). By 1707 the sons of John Cissell owned this acreage. John Cissell purchased 100 acres of "Cadloe" as did his brother William, which was patented on 4-Nov-1650 for Joseph Cadloe, who died in 1652. John Cissell also obtained 100 acres of "Long Neck" which on 10-Jun-1681 had been surveyed for John Addison who moved to Prince Georges County, Maryland. John Cissell, a gunsmith, wrote his will on 28-Apr-1698 and it was probated on 6-Jun-1698. To his sons Joh, William, Thomas, he left 150 acres of "White Acre." To his sons Richard and Robert he left 100 acres of "Long Neck". His son Edward was to receive the home plantation "Poplar Neck" after the death of Mary. If Edward died without heirs it was to pass to his youngest son James. On 26-Jul-1698 the estate of John Cissell was appraised and valued at L75.11.oo (inv 16;200.)From Salisbury Family Genealogy: In 1658 John, came to Maryland t look after his family's interests. (see notes on his father.) John settled in St. Mary's Co. !John Cicill (spelled Cissel and Cecil), the immigrant from Wales, England in 1658, died in 1698 and left a will in St. Mary's County naming wife Mary ? (possibly Calvert), and sons John, William, Thomas, Richard, Robert, Edward and James (Liber PC 1 page 104, film 144424).

William Cicell, son of John and Mary, died in St. Mary's County leaving Arthur, Luke, Margaret, Ann, Matthew and Clare.

Thomas Cissell, son of John and Mary, died in 1724 leaving a son, John, and a brother James. James Cissel, son of John and Mary, died in 1717 leaving James, Mary and Ruth.
Thomas Sissell, the immigrant in 1675, died in St. Mary's County in 1701 and left a will naming son, George, son-in-law James Thompson, brother, George and daughter-in-law, Betty.

Some claims have been made that John Cicill, son of John, the immigrant in 1658, was
the same John, of Prince Georges County, who married Elizabeth Sollers, and it has also been proposed that William, John the emigrant's son, was also living in Prince George's Co., but these claims have never been proven.

This information comes from "The Cecil Family of Maryland" by Walter V. Ball,
book call #929.273 C322b. Also from the will of John a copy of which is in
file.

From the book "Colonial Settlers, St. Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St. Mary's County, Maryland" by Mary Louise Donnelly, states "John Cissell (Cecil), a Catholic, immigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1658 from Wales, England (Patents 4:29). He married Mary_______. Upon his arrival John Cissell was a man of means as he purchased a numer of tracts in St. Mary's County. He became the possessor of 150 acres of "White Acre" which on 11/12/1652 had been patented to Samuel Harris; 200 acres of "Poplar Neck" which had been patented for William Brough on 11/25/1642, who died in 1651 leaving his total estate to his wife Sarah (w 1:37). By 1707 the sons of John Cissell owned this acreage. John Cissell purchased 100 acres of "Cadloe" as did his brother William, which was patented on 11/4/1650 for Joseph Cadloe, who died in 1652. John Cissell also obtained 100 acres of "Long Neck" which on 6/10/1681 had been surveyed for John Addison who moved to Prince George's County.
John Cissell, a gunsmith, wrote his will on 4/28/1698 and it was probated on 6/6/1698. To his sons John, William and Thomas, he left 150 acres of "White Acre." To his sons Richard and Robert he left 100 acres of "Long Neck". His son Edward was to receive the home plantation "Poplar Neck" after the death of his wife. If Edward died without heirs it was to pass to his youngest son James. On 7/26/1698 the estate of John Cissell was appraised and valued at L75.11.oo (inv 16;200)
Elise Greenup Jourdan, in "Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume 1" 1992, states that "the Cecils and Cissells were prolific families who settled in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania in the 17th century. Their descendants pioneered lands in Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and many other states. " Generally, Cecil is used for the Protestant lines and Cissell for the Catholic, but there are many spellings used in an assortment of records that are not consistent.
From Paul Tobler's research
John and family had a sailing vessel called the "Martha Constant" that plyed between Barbados Colony and the Maryland Colony, plus visits to Nevis, Virgin Islands. Some of these sailings could have been made for the transport of indentured servants. Barbados dated from 1627 with the British, Maryland dated 1632 and Nevis dated from 1627-28 with the British.
from Karen Salisbury: In Colonial Settlers of St. Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St. Mary's County, Md, by Mary Louise Donnelly, Will: Probated 16 June 1698, Appraised 26 July 1698, ...Ship Martha Constant...

Whis the James Cissell who is litsted in Hottens "Lists of Emigrants to America 1600-1700" on p 452, has a James Cissel, with 22 acres of Land in St. Michael's Parish, Barbadoes with 1 hired servant, 0 bought servants, 16 negroes?

from Paul Tobler:
Property that John B. Cecil owned was called "Cadloe", "Longneck"
"White Acres", "Poplar Neck"
3)a. Cadloe he had originally obtained 100 acres upon arrival.
3)b. Longneck of 100 acres was added.
3)c. White Acres of 150 acres was added.
3)d. Poplar Neck of 200 acres was added.

Therefore he had a minimum of 550 acres of property.

The home place was on "Poplar Neck" where they lived with the residence
there.

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Bio info from;

Sir John Baptist Cissell (Cecil), Kt.
Birthdate: 1639 (59)
Birthplace: Herefordshire, England
Death: June 6, 1698 (59)
St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Thomas Cecil; Mary Cecil and Susan Oxenbridge
Husband of Mary Cecil and Mary Tant
Father of William Cecil; John Cissell; Thomas Cissell; Richard Cissell; James Cecil and 2 others
Brother of William Cecil and Henry Cecil
Half brother of Dorothy Cecil; Anne Cecil; Frances Cecil; Elizabeth Cecil; Mary Cecil and 5 others
Occupation: Gunsmith

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bio info;
About Sir John Baptist Cissell, Kt.
Notes: Cissell, John, St Mary, Co, 28th Apr, 1698; 6th June, 1698. To sons John, William and Thomas, equally, and hrs, 150 A, "White Acre." " sons Richard and Robert equally, 100 A, "Long Neck". " Wife Mary, extx. and residuary legatee of estate, real and personal, including plantation during life. To son Edward and hrs, sd. plantation at death of wife; to pass in event of his death without issue to young, son James and hrs. Test: Jno. Richards, Adam Head, Mary Mekin, Robt. Asiter. 7. 381.

John Sissell 16.200 I SM £75.11.0 Jul 26 1698 (also John Sessill) Appraisers: Henry Spink, James French.

Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol. 1, Revised, by Elise Greenup Jourdan, 1993, p. 59 "John Cissell of St Mary's Co., MD., a native of England, demands 50 acres of land for his own transportation in 1658; warrant vide return 25 Mar next" (Early Settler's List, 6,429). Since he only applied for 50 acres of land for his own transportation, we can assume he did not bring a wife into Maryland. John Cissell, a gunsmith, was the earliest known person of the Catholic Cissell family to settle in Maryland. Birth estimated ca 1630-1640 of unknown parents in England; d. 1698 St Mary's County. Glover's "Bristol and America" states that he came to Maryland via Barbados from the port of Bristol, England. He is believed to have married in St Mary's County to Mary Shirtcliffe, b. ca 1647; d. after 1707; d/o John Shirtcliffe and Anne Goldsborough. In 1707 a Mary Dant owned 50 acres of Poplar Neck, while William, James and Thomas Cissell owned the remainder. It has not been possible to determine if this is Mary, widow of John Cissell who m. a Dant after the death of John in 1698 (Rent Rolls). Mr. Harry Wright Newman wrote an excellent paper documenting the evidence to substantiate his opinion that Mary Shirtcliffe was the wife of John Cissell. Portions of the following information have been abstracted from the documents found with the Harry Wright Newman Collection. (Learning Resource Center, Southern Maryland Room of the Charles Co. Community College, LaPlata, MD 20646).

1658 immigrated to either Barbados or MD with brother William.

There is some dispute from Erv Chell, a Cecil researcher that this John is the son of Thomas.

"Colonial Settlers, St Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St Mary's County, Maryland" by Mary Louise Donnelly, states "John Cissell (Cecil), a Catholic, immigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1658 from Wales, England (Patents 4:29). He married Mary. Upon his arrival, John Cissell was a man of means as he purchased a number of tracts in St Mary's County. He became possessor of 150 acres of "White Acre" which on 12 Nov 1652 had been patented for William Brough on 25 Nov 1642, who died in 1651 leaving his total estate to his wife Sarah (w 1:37). By 1707 the sons of John Cissell owned this acreage. John Cissell purchased 100 acres of "Cadloe" as did his brother William, which was patented on 4 Nov 1650 for Joseph Cadloe, who died in 1652. John Cissell also obtained 100 acres of "Long Neck" which on 10 Jun 1681 had been surveyed for John Addison who moved to Prince George's County, Maryland. John Cissell, a gunsmith, wrote his will on 28 Apr 1698 and it was probated on 6 Jun 1698. To his sons John, William, Thomas, he left 150 acres of "White Acre." To his sons Richard and Robert he left 100 acres of "Long Neck". His son Edward was to receive the home plantation "Poplar Neck" after the death of Mary. If Edward died without heirs it was to pass to his youngest son James. On 26 Jul 1698 the estate of John Cissell was appraised and valued at L75.11.00 (inv 16;200.)

Salisbury Family Genealogy: In 1658 John, came to Maryland to look after his family's interests. (see notes on his father.) John settled in St Mary's Co. John Cicill (spelled Cissel and Cecil), the immigrant from Wales, England in 1658, died in 1698 and left a will in St Mary's County naming wife Mary (possibly Calvert), and sons John, William, Thomas, Richard, Robert, Edward and James (Liber PC 1 page 104, film 144424).

William Cicell, son of John and Mary, died in St Mary's County leaving Arthur, Luke, Margaret, Ann, Matthew and Clare. Thomas Cissell, son of John and Mary, died in 1724 leaving a son, John, and a brother James. James Cissel, son of John and Mary, died in 1717 leaving James, Mary and Ruth. Thomas Sissell, the immigrant in 1675, died in St Mary's County in 1701 and left a will naming son, George, son-in-law James Thompson, brother, George and daughter-in-law, Betty.

Some claims have been made that John Cicill, son of John, the immigrant in 1658, was the same John, of Prince George's County, who married Elizabeth Sollers, and it has also been proposed that William, John the emigrant's son, was also living in Prince George's Co, but these claims have never been proven.

"The Cecil Family of Maryland" by Walter V. Ball, book call #929.273 C322b. Also from the will of John.

Elise Greenup Jourdan, in "Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume 1" 1992, states that "the Cecils and Cissells were prolific families who settled in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania in the 17th century. Their descendants pioneered lands in Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and many other states."

Generally, Cecil is used for the Protestant lines and Cissell for the Catholic, but there are many spellings used in an assortment of records that are not consistent.

From Paul Tobler's research John and family had a sailing vessel called the "Martha Constant" that plyed between Barbados Colony and the Maryland Colony, plus visits to Nevis, Virgin Islands. Some of these sailings could have been made for the transport of indentured servants. Barbados dated from 1627 with the British, Maryland dated 1632 and Nevis dated from 1627-28 with the British. from Karen Salisbury: In Colonial Settlers of St Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St Mary's County, MD, by Mary Louise Donnelly, Will: Probated 16 June 1698, Appraised 26 July 1698,.Ship Martha Constant.

Who is the James Cissell who is listed in Hottens "Lists of Emigrants to America 1600-1700" on p 452, with 22 acres of Land in St Michael's Parish, Barbadoes with 1 hired servant, 0 bought servants, 16 negroes?

from Paul Tobler: Property that John B. Cecil owned was called "Cadloe", "Longneck", "White Acres", "Poplar Neck" 3)a. Cadloe he had originally obtained 100 acres upon arrival. 3)b. Longneck of 100 acres was added. 3)c. White Acres of 150 acres was added. 3)d. Poplar Neck of 200 acres was added. Therefore he had a minimum of 550 acres of property. The home place was on "Poplar Neck" where they lived with the residence there.

Immigration:
Name John Sissell
Arrival Year 1665
Arrival Place Maryland
Primary Immigrant Sissell, John
Source Publication Code 2524.55
Annotation Date and port of arrival. Extracted from Maryland Land Office records of patents and warrants. Reference to original record or transcript and microfilm number are also provided. Other historical and genealogical information may also be provided. The first
Source Bibliography GIBB, CARSON. A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1997. 248p.
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The Cecils came from Maryland but originally from England. John Baptist Cecil came to Maryland in 1658 and landed at St. Mary's on the tip of Maryland that divided Virginia by the Potomac River. Maryland, at that time, was owned by a single family, the Calverts from Ireland. In 1631, George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, had been granted land by his friend, King Charles I--10 million acres that stretched between Virginia and the growing dutch settlements to the north. George Calvert's desire was to found a safe haven for Catholics but sadly he died before the haven could be established. The land stayed in Calvert hands, passing to Cecilus Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Cecilius sent his younger brother, Leonard Calvert, to the new colony in 1633 to act as governor.

(part of this next paragraph is incorrect as apparently Thomas Cecil never came to the Americas but instead - Thomas Cecil had worked from drawings supplied by two men who had been passengers on the Ark and the Dove. Those ships left the Isle of Wight in England for the New World, stopped in the Caribbean, made their way up the Chesapeake, steered to port and then the Potomac.
The Ark and the Dove made land at St. Clement's Island on March 25, 1634, the genesis of Maryland Day. But his map was available in England after 1635. It was some time later, 1658, that his son John came to colony to settle on the Cecil land. )

Thomas Cecil/Cecill, John Baptist's father, was among the 200 passengers who left with Leonard Calvert from the Isle of Wight in November 1633 and arrived in Maryland in February 1634. Thomas Cecil had been commissioned to make the first map of the colony. He was an artist of reputation and well known at court. He was the son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, and grandson of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, advisor and friend to Queen Elizabeth I. Furthermore, his uncle, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and half brother to Thomas' father, was influential in court and a supporter of England's colonization of America.

So when Thomas' son, John Baptist Cecil, came to Maryland in 1658, he came to oversee the land that had been granted to his father for making the first map of Maryland. Born in England in 1638, he was only 21 when he immigrated to America. That same year he married Mary Calvert. There in Maryland, John Baptist Cecil and Mary Calvert Cecil put down roots. Other Cecils joined them in America and they acquired land in St. Mary's New Town Hundred, later in Queen Anne's Parish and Prince George's County and finally in Fredericktown.

In northern Maryland in 1765, several Cecils, Samuel Witten Cecil, John Baptist and Mary Calver Cecil's great grandson decided to venture to the Virginia's frontier. The Witten family also traveled along with them. Several members of the Cecil-Witten families intermarried before leaving Maryland. At first the families settled on Walkers Creek between Poplar Hill and White Gate. Although the Cecils stayed in Bedford County, the Wittens moved on. Thomas Jefferson, James, and Jerry Witten moved south and west to Tazewell County, Virginia. They spread out along the Clinch River and Plum Creek at Crab Orchard near current day Tazewell, where Thomas Jefferson Witten built the first block house. After the move to Virginia, several of the Cecil and Witten family members continued to intermarry. Five of Thomas and Elizabeth Cecil Witten's children married Samuel and Rebecca White Cecil's children--their double first cousins.

Source: Kentucky Clay: Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty; By Katherine Bateman.

also:
Name John Cecil
Arrival Year 1658
Arrival Place Maryland
Source Publication Code 9448
Primary Immigrant Cecil, John
Annotation In the years from 1925 to 1942, Frederick A. Virkus edited seven volumes with the title, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, published in Chicago by the Institute of American Genealogy. Each volume has a section in the main body of the work, co
Source Bibliography VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986.
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John married Calvert, Mary Abt 1660. Mary was born Abt 1638, , , , England; died 24 Sep 1671, , , Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet]

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