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Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh 1500–1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 September 1500

Birth Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 March 1588

Death Location: St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Sir Heckington

Mother: Lady Walcot

Spouse(s): Sir Cecil, William Welby

Children(s): Lord I), Elizabeth Cecil-Wingfield, Margaret Cecil, Richard Cecil, Anna Cecil, Mary Cecil, ❤️ Cecil, Isabel Cecil, Lady Cecil), Katharine Cecil

Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh was born in 1500 in Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir William Debourne Heckington And Lady Alice Walcot. Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh married Robert The Gosnold, Sir Richard High Sheriff Rutland Of Burghley Northampton Cecil, William Welby, and had children including Anna Cecil, Elizabeth Cecil Wingfield, Isabel Cecil, Katharine Cecil, Lady Margaret Cecil Baroness Of Cecil, Lady Tamesen Elizabeth Halley Bingham Cecil, Lord William 1St Baron Of Burghley Cecil And Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I, Margaret Margery Cecil, Mary Cecil, Richard Cecil. Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh passed away in 1588 in St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

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  • Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh was born in 1500 in Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir William Debourne Heckington And Lady Alice Walcot.
  • Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh married Robert The Gosnold, Sir Richard High Sheriff Rutland Of Burghley Northampton Cecil, William Welby, and had children including Anna Cecil, Elizabeth Cecil Wingfield, Isabel Cecil, Katharine Cecil, Lady Margaret Cecil Baroness Of Cecil, Lady Tamesen Elizabeth Halley Bingham Cecil, Lord William 1St Baron Of Burghley Cecil And Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I, Margaret Margery Cecil, Mary Cecil, Richard Cecil.
  • Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh passed away in 1588 in St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

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Lady Berkeleigh's Ancestors

Self
Lady Berkeleigh
1500–1588
Birth Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir William Debourne Heckington
1472–1553
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Alice) Walcot
1472–1510
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Berkeleigh's Descendants

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Lady (Jane Heckington Baroness of) Berkeleigh (18 September 1500–10 March 1588) m. Sir (Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton)) Cecil (Jun 1495–19 March 1553) m. William Welby (1490–)
  1. 1. Lord (William (1st Baron of Burghley) Cecil (and advisor to Queen Elizabeth) I) 1521–1598 m. Mildred\Mary (Cooke \ Cheke) (Cecil) 1524–1589 m. Mildred\Mary (Cooke \ Cheke) (Cecil) 1524–1589 m. Mary Cheke 1522–1543 m. Mary Cheke 1522–1544 m. Lady (Mildred Cooke Cecil, Lady) Burleigh 1524–1589
    1. 1. Margaret (Coke) Cecil 1562–1616 m. Erasmus (Ambrose) Smith 1558–1599
      1. 1. John (Natz) Smith 1585–1647
        1. 1. John (Rock) Smith 1615–1706 m. Martha Smith 1624–1648
    2. 2. William Cecil 1559–1561
    3. 3. Lady (Anne Countess Oxford) Cecil 1555–1583
    4. 4. Sir (Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G.") Cecil 1542–1622
    5. 5. Robert (Cecil Earl van) Salisbury 1563–1612
    6. 6. Elizabeth Cecil 1564–1583
    7. 7. Frances (Elizabeth Cecil) (Brydges) 1556–1588
    8. 8. Catherine Cecil 1543–1567
    9. 9. Thomas Cecil 1570–1623
    10. 10. John Cecil 1589–1612
    11. 11. Frances (Fransica) Cecil 1555–1555
    12. 12. Thomas (Cecil, Lord Burghley, 1st Earl) Exeter 1542–1622
    13. 13. Margaret (Elizabeth) Cecil-Smith 1553–1611
    14. 14. Anne CECIL 1555–1555
  2. 2. Elizabeth Cecil-Wingfield 1525–1611
  3. 3. Margaret (Margery) Cecil 1523–1611
  4. 4. Richard Cecil 1516–1587
  5. 5. Anna Cecil 1527–1557
  6. 6. Mary Cecil 1536–1570
  7. 7. ❤️ (Lady Tamesen Elizabeth Halley Bingham) Cecil 1526–1554
  8. 8. Isabel Cecil 1518–1588
  9. 9. Lady (Margaret Cecil (Baroness of) Cecil) 1547–1611
  10. 10. Katharine Cecil 1791–

Lady Berkeleigh's Timeline

3 Records

1500
18 September 1500
Birth of Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh in Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1518
1518
Age 18
Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh was married in Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1588
10 March 1588
Age 88
Death of Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh in St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 September 1500
    Event Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: En
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 March 1588
    Event Place: St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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