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Richard Cecil 1495–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 19 March 1553

Death Location: Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Father: David Cecil

Mother: Alice Dickens

Spouse(s): Joan Heckington

Children(s): Margaret Cecil, CICELY Cecil, Agnes Cecil, Richard Cecil, Margaret Cecil, William Cecil, Elizabeth Cecil

Richard Cecil was born in 1495 in Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England, the child of David Cecil And Alice Dickens. Richard Cecil married Joan Heckington, and had children including Agnes Anne Cecil, Cicely Cecil, Elizabeth Cecil, Margaret Cecil, Margaret Coke Cecil, Richard Cecil, William Lord Burghley Cecil. Richard Cecil passed away in 1553 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Cecil was born in 1495 in Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England, the child of David Cecil And Alice Dickens.
  • Richard Cecil married Joan Heckington, and had children including Agnes Anne Cecil, Cicely Cecil, Elizabeth Cecil, Margaret Cecil, Margaret Coke Cecil, Richard Cecil, William Lord Burghley Cecil.
  • Richard Cecil passed away in 1553 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Richard Cecil's Ancestors

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Richard Cecil
1495–1553
Birth Place: Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
David Cecil
1456–1541
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Alice Dickens
1455–1497
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Cecil
1447–1500
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Maud Vaughan
1449–1500
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Cecil's Descendants

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Richard Cecil (1495–19 March 1553) m. Joan Heckington (1512–10 Mar 1587)
  1. 1. Margaret (Coke) Cecil 1545–1578
  2. 2. CICELY Cecil 1524–1562
  3. 3. Agnes (Anne) Cecil 1527–1540
  4. 4. Richard Cecil 1552–1553
  5. 5. Margaret Cecil 1523–1578
  6. 6. William (Lord Burghley) Cecil 1520–1598 m. Mildred Cooke 1546–
    1. 1. Thomas Cecil 1542–1623 m. Lady (dorothy Countess of Exeter) Cecil 1542–1608
      1. 1. Mildred (Cecil) Trafford 1575–1611
      2. 2. Lucy Paulet –1614
      3. 3. Dorothy Alington 1577–1613
      4. 4. Thomas Cecil 1578–1662
    2. 2. Robert (1st Earl of Salisbury Cecil, KG) KB 1563–1612 m. Elizabeth (Brooke Countess of) Salisbury 1562–1597
      1. 1. Lady (Frances Countess of Cumberland) Cecil 1593–1644
      2. 2. William (2nd Earl of Salisbury Cecil, KG) KB 1591–1668
      3. 3. Lady (Frances Countess of Cumberland) Cecil 1592–1644
      4. 4. Henry Cecil 1596–
      5. 5. Margaret Cecil 1593–
      6. 6. Elizabeth Cecil 1593–
      7. 7. Catherine Cecil 1593–
      8. 8. Lady (Frances Countess of Cumberland) Cecil 1593–1644
      9. 9. Maximillian Cecil 1595–
    3. 3. Ann Cecil 1560–
  7. 7. Elizabeth Cecil 1525–1611 m. Hugh Allington –1618 m. Robert (Wingfield) II 1523–1580
    1. 1. Robert Wingfield 1565–1609
    2. 2. Peregrine Wingfield 1572–1604
    3. 3. Cicely Wingfield 1555–
    4. 4. John Wingfield 1568–1626 m. Elizabeth Gresham 1566–1602
      1. 1. John Wingfield 1595–1631 m. Lady (Frances Cromwell) Wingfield 1594–1662
        1. 1. Frances Wingfield 1621–1621
        2. 2. John Wingfield 1623–1678 m. Mary Owen 1627–1714
        3. 3. Charles Wingfield 1624–1663
        4. 4. Francis Wingfield 1628–1667
        5. 5. George Wingfield 1630–
    5. 5. Richard Wingfield 1556–1617 m. Honora O'Brien 1571–1657
    6. 6. Dorothy Claypoole 1566–1619

Richard Cecil's Timeline

4 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Richard Cecil in Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
1496
1496
Age 1
Birth of Richard Cecil in Burghley House, Gloucestershire, England
Burghley House, Gloucestershire, England
1552
19 May 1552
Age 57
Death of Richard Cecil in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
1553
19 March 1553
Age 58
Death of Richard Cecil in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Burghley House, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1552
    Event Place: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 March 1553
    Event Place: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

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