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Sir Knight Thomas Of The Garter Cecil 1578–1662 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 December 1578

Birth Location: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 3 December 1662

Death Location: St Martins, Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Sir Exeter

Mother: Lady Neville

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In 1578, Sir Knight Thomas Of The Garter Cecil entered the world in Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, born to Sir Thomas Cecil 2Nd Baron Of Burghley Manor Lord Burghley 1St Earl Of Exeter And Lady Dorothy Catherine Countess Of Exeter Neville. Sir Knight Thomas Of The Garter Cecil passed away in 1662 in St Martins, Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1578, Sir Knight Thomas Of The Garter Cecil entered the world in Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, born to Sir Thomas Cecil 2Nd Baron Of Burghley Manor Lord Burghley 1St Earl Of Exeter And Lady Dorothy Catherine Countess Of Exeter Neville.
  • Sir Knight Thomas Of The Garter Cecil passed away in 1662 in St Martins, Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Exeter
1542–1623
Birth Location: St Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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Lady Neville
1548–1608
Birth Location: Snape, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Cecil's Ancestors

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Sir Cecil
1578–1662
Birth Place: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron of Burghley Manor, Lord Burghley, 1st Earl of Exeter
1542–1623
St Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Dorothy Catherine Countess of Exeter) Neville
1548–1608
Snape, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Lord (William (1st Baron of Burghley) Cecil (and advisor to Queen Elizabeth) I)
1520–1598
Bourne, Deeping, Lincolnshire, England
Mildred\Mary (Cooke \ Cheke) (Cecil)
1524–1589
St Marys, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
John (Alexander, Sir Neville, 4th Baron) Latimer
1520–1577
Snape, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England
Lucy (Courtenay, Lady de Beaufort-Somerset , Countess) Neville
1524–1582
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir VI)
1504–1576
Lady Cooke
1504–1588
John Danby
1493–1543
Dorothea Vere
1497–1526
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Obscure"
1474–1516
Alice Saunders
1478–1517
John Salman
1456–1486
Sancis Strelley
1452–1549
Richard Neville
1468–1530
Anne Stafford
1470–1522

Sir Cecil's Timeline

2 Records

1578
30 December 1578
Birth of Sir Knight Thomas Of The Garter Cecil in Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
1662
3 December 1662
Age 84
Death of Sir Knight Thomas Of The Garter Cecil in St Martins, Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
St Martins, Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 December 1578
    Event Place: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1662
    Event Place: St Martins, Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
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