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David Cecil 1456–1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1456

Birth Location: Halterennes, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 September 1541

Death Location: Sts George Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Richard Alt-yr-Ynys

Mother: Lady Vaughan

Spouse(s): Lady Dickens, Alice Dicons

Children(s): Joan Browne, Sir Cecil, Richard Cecil, Richard Burghley, David Syssell

David Cecil was born in 1456 in Halterennes, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richard Cecil Ap Philip Seisyllt Of Alt Yr Ynys And Lady Margaret Vaughan. David Cecil married Alice Dicons, Lady Joane Dicons Or Dickens, and had children including David Of Witham On The Hill Lincolnshire Cecil Syssell, Joan Cecil Browne, Richard Cecil, Richard Cecil Of Burghley, Sir Richard Cecil. David Cecil passed away in 1541 in Sts George Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • David Cecil was born in 1456 in Halterennes, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richard Cecil Ap Philip Seisyllt Of Alt Yr Ynys And Lady Margaret Vaughan.
  • David Cecil married Alice Dicons, Lady Joane Dicons Or Dickens, and had children including David Of Witham On The Hill Lincolnshire Cecil Syssell, Joan Cecil Browne, Richard Cecil, Richard Cecil Of Burghley, Sir Richard Cecil.
  • David Cecil passed away in 1541 in Sts George Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.

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David Cecil's Ancestors

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David Cecil
1456–1541
Birth Place: Halterennes, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Cecil ap Philip Seisyllt of Alt-yr-Ynys
1431–1508
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Margaret) Vaughan
1435–1508
England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Cecil
1542–1622
St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Lucy) Somerset
1548–1608
Snape, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Burghley
1520–1598
Mary Cheke
1512–1544
2nd-Great-Grandparents

David Cecil's Descendants

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David Cecil (1456–14 September 1541) m. Lady (Joane Dicons or) Dickens (1477–10 March 1587) m. Alice Dicons (1477–1532)
  1. 1. Joan (Cecil) Browne 1494–1573 m. Christopher (Bedingfield Browne II (Sheriff of) Rutland) 1482–1538 m. Gentlemen (William Hone Judge of) Guildhall 1505–1576
    1. 1. Thomas Vaughan 1533–1590 m. Johanna 1529–1586 m. Miss (Johanne Mrs Thomas Browne of) Virginia 1548–1610
      1. 1. Richard (BROWNE of) Hawkedon 1575–1659 m. Elizabeth Marsh 1580–1676
        1. 1. Alice (BROWNE (Glenn)) 1 1615–1674 m. RICHARD Glenn 1610–1653
      2. 2. Master (Peter Browne Mr Peter Browne of) Virginia 1566–1633
      3. 3. Sarah Browne 1587–1588
      4. 4. Thomas Browne 1573–1616
      5. 5. Edward Browne 1586–1610
      6. 6. John Browne 1574–1616
      7. 7. William (Sir Knight Lieutenant Governor of Flushing Browne) (Brown) 1558–1612
      8. 8. Mary Browne –1633
      9. 9. Jane Browne –1620
      10. 10. ISOBEL (GLEDALL WEBSTER) 👍🧱 1555–1610
    2. 2. Edmund Browne 1547–
    3. 3. Nicholas Browne 1543–1620
    4. 4. Margaret Browne 1545–1622
    5. 5. Laurence Browne 1539–
    6. 6. Annis Browne 1533–1587
    7. 7. James 1530–1617
    8. 8. Alice Browne 1541–1638
    9. 9. John (Hone, Doctor of civil) law 1524–1582
    10. 10. Robert ("Robertus") Browne 1545–1619
    11. 11. William Browne 1531–1663
    12. 12. Thomas Browne 1535–1600
    13. 13. Gentlemen (Thomas Hone) -Higny 1530–1620
    14. 14. Frances Hone 1546–
  2. 2. Sir (Richard) Cecil 1503–1553
  3. 3. Richard Cecil 1503–1587
  4. 4. Richard (Cecil of) Burghley 1495–1552
  5. 5. David (of Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire Cecil) Syssell 1492–1536

David Cecil's Timeline

2 Records

1456
1456
Birth of David Cecil in Halterennes, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Halterennes, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1541
14 September 1541
Age 85
Death of David Cecil in Sts George Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England
Sts George Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1456
    Event Place: Halterennes, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 September 1541
    Event Place: Sts George Paul Church, Stamford Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England

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