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Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil 1495–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 1495

Birth Location: Burghley, Northamton, England

Death Date: 19 Mar 1552

Death Location: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; interred St Maragret's, Westminster

Father: David Cecil

Mother:

Spouse(s): Lady Burghley

Children(s): ❤️ Wingfield

Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil was born in 1495 in Burghley, Northamton, England, the child of David Cecil And Alice Dicons. Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil married Lady Janyne Heckington Cecil Lady Of Tickencote And Rutland Baroness Cecil Lady Burghley, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Goushill Cecil Allington Wingfield. Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil passed away in 1552 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; interred St Maragret's, Westminster.

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Biography

  • Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil was born in 1495 in Burghley, Northamton, England, the child of David Cecil And Alice Dicons.
  • Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil married Lady Janyne Heckington Cecil Lady Of Tickencote And Rutland Baroness Cecil Lady Burghley, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Goushill Cecil Allington Wingfield.
  • Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil passed away in 1552 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; interred St Maragret's, Westminster.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Cecil
1460–1540
Birth Location: Alt-yr-Ynys on the border of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire
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Spouses(s)

Lady Burghley
1500–1587
Birth Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire or Tickencote, Rutlandshire, England
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Children(s)

❤️ Wingfield
1525–1611
Birth Location: Tickencote, Rutland, or Burghley, Northampton, England
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Sir Cecil's Ancestors

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Sir Cecil
1495–1552
Birth Place: Burghley, Northamton, England
Parents
David Cecil
1460–1540
Alt-yr-Ynys on the border of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire
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Sir Cecil's Descendants

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Sir (Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton)) Cecil (Jun 1495–19 Mar 1552) m. Lady (Janyne HECKINGTON Cecil, Lady of Tickencote and Rutland, Baroness Cecil, Lady) Burghley (18 Sep 1500–10 March 1587)
  1. 1. ❤️ (Lady Elizabeth Goushill Cecil Allington) Wingfield 1525–1611 m. Robert (Wingfield,) Knight 1525–1580
    1. 1. Lady (Dorothy WINGFIELD Claypoole) +# 1566–1619 m. Adam Claypoole 1565–1634
      1. 1. Sir (John) Claypool 1595–1664 m. Mary ((Marie)) Angell 1601–1661
        1. 1. James (Claypoole, Register General, Treasurer of the Free Society, Judge of Philadelphia County) +# 1634–1687 m. Helena Mercer 1634–1688

Sir Cecil's Timeline

2 Records

1495
Jun 1495
Birth of Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil in Burghley, Northamton, England
Burghley, Northamton, England
1552
19 Mar 1552
Age 57
Death of Sir Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton) Cecil in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; interred St Maragret's, Westminster
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; interred St Maragret's, Westminster

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 1495
    Event Place: Burghley, Northamton, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1552
    Event Place: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; interred St Maragret's, Westminster
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