Richard CECIL^[1]

Abt 1495 - 1553  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Richard CECIL
  Born	Abt 1495	Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	CYSSELL
  Died	2 Mar 1553	St Margarets Priory, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
  Person ID	I10144	Main
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	David CECIL,   b. Bef 1455, Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 14 Sep 1535, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age > 80 years)
  Mother	Alice “Jane” DICKENS,   b. Abt 1477, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 1532, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Family ID	F3493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane HECKINGTON,   b. Tickencote, Rutlandshire, England ,   d. 10 Mar 1587, St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  Married	Abt 1520	Lincolnshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Lord William CECIL,   b. 13 Sep 1520, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 4 Aug 1598, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 77 years)   2. Margaret CECIL,   b. 1523, St Michaels, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England   3. Elizabeth CECIL,   b. 1525, Tickencote, Rutlandshire, England   4. Agnes CECIL,   b. 1527, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Abt 1520 - Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Burghley_House By Anthony Masi from UK - Burghley House #2.jpg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6586025

  
  

• Notes

  Richard's wife brought him the estate of Burghley, which adjoined the Cecil property in Rutland; thus the Cecils became large landowners. Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. High Sheriff of Rutland. Custodian of Windsor Castle. Inscibed at the Cecil monument at St. Martin's Church in Stamford, Lincolnshire: "In Happy Memory Richard Cecill Esq. & Jayne The said Richard was of the Robes to Kinge Henry 8 & to King E. 6 He deceased ye 19 of May 1552 and is interred in St Margaretts Church in Westmr. He was sonne to David Cecill of Stamford Esqr. High Sherif of ye county of Northampton in the 33 & 34 yeares King H. 8. and is buried in St. George his Church in Stamford. The said Jayne was daughter and heyre of W'am Heckington of Bourne inb ye county of Lincolne Esqr: She lived 87 yeares whereof she continued a widowe 35 yeares. She deceased ye 10th of March 1587. She was a very grave religious Vertuous & worthy matro & delighted excedingly in ye workes of piety & charity. She was crowned with much Honor & comfort & By God His great blessing she lived to see her children & her childrens children to ye fourth & fifth generation & yt in a plentifull & honorable succession being a happy mother of yt most honorable Sr William Cecill Knight of ye most noble order of ye garter LO: Burghley Lord High Trer of Egnland who lyeth here by her Margaret was first marryed to Roger Cave of Stamford Esqr of whom is descended Ser Thomas Cave & after to Ambrose Smith of Bosworth Esquier. Elizabeth was first marryed to Robert Wingfield of Upton Esquier of whom is descended Ser Robert Wingfield of Upton Knight & after to Hugh Allington Esquier."

  
  

• Sources

  [S69] CECIL. The Cecil’s of Hatfield House, An English Ruling Family, Cecil, David, (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. 1973).