Sir Knight Richard CYSSEL

c.1400-?

Father: Philip CYSSEL (c.1370-?)
Mother: Margaret PHILLIPS (c.1373-?)

Wife: Maud VAUGHN (c.1410-?)

Children:
Richard CYSSEL (c.1430/47-c.1508)
Pedigree: 
                            |Thomas CYSSEL
|Philip CYSSEL|
|                           |Margaret DE WINSTON
|
|--Richard CYSSEL 
|
|                            ________________ 
|Margaret PHILLIPS |
                            |________________


SOURCE: Rootsweb.com
Cecil is Old World Welsh from a personal name of Seisylff. apparently a mutilated form of the Latin name of Sextillius, a derivative of Sextus, "Sixth." The spelling modified by folk entomology assoc. with Latin name of C(a)ecilius, a derivative of caecus, i.e. blind. The powerful English Cecil family first came to prominence with William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598), Elizabeth I's chief advisor for 40 yrs. They were orig. minor Welsh gentry. Their name is found in a variety of forms, including Sitsylt, Ceyssell, and Sisseld. David Cecil, grandfather of Lord Burghley, had espoused the cause of Henry Tudor and came to the Court in London after the latter became king in 1485. The Elizabethan Lord Burghley's 2 sons both established noble houses. Thomas (1542-1623) became Earl of Exeter. Robert became Earl of Salisbury.
From "A Dictionary of Surnames," Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, Oxford University Press, first published 1988-1997

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