Richard CECIL
Lord Burghley
c.1503-May 22, 1587
- BIRTH: c.1503, Burghley, England
Father: David CECIL/CYSSELL (c.1455-September 14, 1535)
Mother: Alice DICKENS (?-?)
Wife:
Jane HECKINGTON (c.1494/00-March 1586/87)
- MARRIAGE: 1520, Lincolnshire, England
- FACTS: Gentleman of the Privy Chamber; Sheriff of Rutland; Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1542 & 1543; Custodian of Windsor Castle; He supported the King (Henry VIII) in his breach with the Roman Catholic Church. It gave Richard a chance to buy confiscated Church lands; Jane brought the Lordship of Burghley as heir of father William Heckington
of Bourne in the county of Lincoln
- DEATH: May 22, 1587, England
Children:
William CECIL "Lord Burghley/Burleigh" (September 18, 1520-August 4, 1598)
Margaret CECIL (1523-?)
Elizabeth CECIL (1525-December 6, 1611)
Agnes CECIL (1527-?)
Pedigree:
|Richard CYSSELL
|David CECIL/CYSSELL|
| |Margaret ________
|
|--Richard CECIL
|
| John DICONS
|Alice DICKENS|
|Margaret SEMARK
SOURCE: Rootsweb.com
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