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William Cecil 1520 – 1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 SEP 1520

Birth Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 4 AUG 1598

Death Location: Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Cecil

Mother: Jane Heckington

Spouse(s): Mildred Cooke, N. Chandos, Mary Cheke

Children(s): Margaret Cecil

William Cecil was born in 1520 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Richard Cecil and Jane Heckington. William Cecil married Mildred Cooke, N. N. Chandos, Mary Cheke, and had children including Margaret Cecil. William Cecil passed away in 1598 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Cecil was born in 1520 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Richard Cecil and Jane Heckington.
  • William Cecil married Mildred Cooke, N. N. Chandos, Mary Cheke, and had children including Margaret Cecil.
  • William Cecil passed away in 1598 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Cecil's Ancestors

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William Cecil
1520 – 1598
Birth Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Richard Cecil
1495 – 1553
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Jane Heckington
1500 – 1587
Tickencote, Rutlandshire, England
Grandparents
David Seyceld
1474 – 1542
England
Alice Dicons
1477 – 1532
Stamford, Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England
William Heckington
1472 – 1530
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Alice (Anne) Walcot
1475 – 1530
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Seyceld
1453 – 1508
John Dickens
1447 – 1493
Margaret Semark
1451 – 1480
Heckington
1450 –
William Walcot
1450 – 1501
Elizabeth Whetenhall
1476 – 1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Phillip Seyceld
– 1506
<Living>
John Dickens
1422 –
Maud Vaughan
1418 – 1480
John Fulwood
1415 –
Anne Neville
1425 –
Robert Walcott
1425 – 1469
Margaret Lloyd
1427 – 1481
Adrian Whetehill
1435 – 1503
Margaret Worsley
1437 – 1505

William Cecil's Descendants

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William Cecil (13 SEP 1520 – 4 AUG 1598) m. Mildred Cooke (24 AUG 1524 – 5 APR 1589) m. N. (N.) Chandos m. Mary Cheke (1522 – 22 FEB 1544)
  1. 1. Margaret Cecil (1562 – 6 DEC 1611) m. Roger Cave (1524 – 31 OCT 1583)

William Cecil's Timeline

3 Records

1520
13 SEP 1520
Birth of William Cecil in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
1598
4 AUG 1598
Age 78
Death of William Cecil in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1598
29 AUG 1598
Age 78
Burial of William Cecil in St. Martin's Church, Stamford, England
St. Martin's Church, Stamford, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 SEP 1520
    Event Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 AUG 1598
    Event Place: Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 29 AUG 1598
    Event Place: St. Martin's Church, Stamford, England

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