CECIL FAMILY

Robert CISSELL

Children:

1. James CISSELL

James CISSELL

Born: ABT 1050

Married: ¿?

Children:

John CISSELL

Father: James CISSELL

Mother: ¿?

Married: Maud De FRENNES (b. 1085)

Children:

Eustace CISSELL

Father: John CISSELL

Mother: Maud De FRENNES

Married: Eleanor PEMBRIDGE

Children:

Baldwin CISSELL

Father: Eustace CISSELL

Mother: Eleanor PEMBRIDGE

Married: Dau. De BRAMPTON

Children:

Gerald CISSELL

Father: Baldwin CISSELL

Mother: Dau. De BRAMPTON

Married: Mabel MOIGNE

Children:

Robert CISSELL

Father: Gerald CISSELL

Mother: Mabel MOIGNE

Married: Alice De TREGOZ

Children:

John CISSELL

Father: Robert CISSELL

Mother: Alice De TREGOZ

Married: Isabel KNELL

Children:

John CISSELL

Father: Robert CISSELL

Mother: Isabel KNELL

Married: Alice BASKERVILLE

Children:

John CISSELL

Father: John CISSELL

Mother: Alice BASKERVILLE

Married: Joan MONINGTON

Children:

Thomas CISSELL

Father: John CISSELL

Mother: Joan MONINGTON

Married: Margaret WINSTON

Children:

Richard CISSELL

Father: Thomas CISSELL

Mother: Margaret WINSTON

Married: Margaret PHILLIPS

Children:

Phillip CISSELL

Father: Richard CISSELL

Mother: Margaret PHILLIPS

Married: Maud VAUGHN

Children:

David CECIL

Born: BEF 1455

Died: 14 Sep 1535/6, Stamford

Notes: Burghley House in the Soke of Peterborough had belonged to Ralph, Lord Cromwell and afterwards to the Wykes family whose descendants sold it in 1526 to David Cecil, a follower of Henry VII from Pembrokeshire. The Cecils may have descended from Seisyllt, Prince of Wales; John Seysyll of the 15th century has a brass in the church of St. Mary Tormarton, Gloucestershire so the Cecils and Cromwells may have known each other before the Tudors came to power. A Cecil had his arms registered on the Calais Roll of Edward III (1346) as "barry of 10, argent and azure, on six shields 3, 2, 1, sable, as many lioncels of the first". David Cecil came from the Welsh border and settled in Stamford where he became a freeman in 1494.

Father: Phillip CISSELL

Mother: Maud VAUGHN

Married: Alice DICKENS (dau. of John Dicksons of Stamford)

Children:

1. Richard CECIL (CYSSEL)

2. David CECIL

3. John CECIL

4. Joan CECIL

Joan CECIL

Born: ABT 1494

Died: 7 Apr 1573

Father: David CECIL

Mother: Alice DICKENS

Married: Edmund BROWNE

Richard CECIL (CYSSEL)

Died: 2 Mar 1553

Notes: 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." (Thanks to Jeff Chipman for this information!)

Father: David CECIL

Mother: Alice DICKENS

Married: Jane HECKINGTON (d. 10 Mar 1587)

Children:

1. William CECIL (1° B. Burghley)

2. Margaret CECIL

3. Elizabeth CECIL

4. Agnes CECIL

Margaret CECIL

Died: 19 Mar 1552/3

Father: Richard CECIL (CYSSEL)

Mother: Jane HECKINGTON

Married: Roger CAVE of Stamford (Esq.) (d. 26 Jul 1586) 24 Nov 1561

Children:

1. Elizabeth CAVE

3. Thomas CAVE (Sir)

4. Cecil CAVE (Esq.) (m. Elizabeth Markham)

Elizabeth CECIL

Died: 6 Dec 1611, Tiswell / Linwell, England

Father: Richard CECIL (CYSSEL)

Mother: Jane HECKINGTON

Children:

1. Robert WINGFIELD of Upton (Sir Knight)

2. John WINGFIELD of Tickencote

3. Dorothy WINGFIELD

4. Peregrine WINGFIELD

5. Cecil WINGFIELD

6. Elizabeth WINGFIELD

7. Richard WINGFIELD

Married 2: Hugh ALLINGTON

Agnes CECIL

Born: ABT 1527

Father: Richard CECIL (CYSSEL)

Mother: Jane HECKINGTON

Children:

1. Anne WHITE

William CECIL (1° B. Burghley)

Born: 18 Sep 1520, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Acceded: 25 Feb 1571

Died: 4 Aug 1598

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Richard CECIL (CYSSEL)

Mother: Jane HECKINGTON

Married 1: Mary CHEKE 8 Aug 1541, London, England

Children:

1. Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Married 2: Mildred COOKE (B. Burghley) 21 Mar 1545/6

Children:

2. Francisca CECIL

3. Anne CECIL (C. Oxford)

4. William CECIL (b. 23 Oct 1559)

5. William CECIL (b. 1561)

6. Robert CECIL (1º E. Salisbury)

7. Elizabeth CECIL

Elizabeth CECIL

Born: 1 Jul 1564

Died: AFT Apr 1583

Father: William CECIL (1° B. Burghley)

Mother: Mildred COOKE (B. Burghley)

Married: William WENTWORTH 26 Feb 1581/82

Anne CECIL (C. Oxford)

Born: 5 Dec 1556

Died: 5 Jun 1588, Queen's Court, Greenwich, England

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: William CECIL (1° B. Burghley)

Mother: Mildred COOKE (B. Burghley)

Married: Edward De VERE (17º E. Oxford) 19 Dec 1571, Westminster Abbey

Children:

1. Elizabeth De VERE (C. Derby)

2. Son De VERE (B. Bolebec)

3. Bridget De VERE (B. Norreys of Rycote)

4. Susan De VERE (C. Pembroke)

5. Frances De VERE

I. EXETER LINE

Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Born: 5 May 1542, St. Mary the Great, Cambridge

Acceded: 4 May 1605

Died: 8 Feb 1622/3, London, England

Buried: 10 Feb 1622, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Lord President of the Council of the North. Present at the storming of Edinburgh in 1573. Suppressed the rebellion of the Earl of Essex. The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.216-218.

Married 2: Frances BRYDGES (C. Exeter) 1610

Children:

12. Georgiana CECIL (b. Jun 1616 - d. 1621)

Dorothy CECIL

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married: Giles ALLINGTON (Sir)

Lucy CECIL (M. Winchester)

Born: 7 Mar 1567/8

Buried: Oct 1614, Cecil Vault, Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married: William PAULET (4° M. Winchester) 28 Feb 1586/7, St. Martins-In-The-Fields

Children:

1. William PAULET (E. Wiltshire)

2. Thomas PAULET (d. BEF 1621)

3. John PAULET (5º M. Winchester)

4. Henry PAULET (d. 1672)

5. Charles PAULET

6. Elizabeth PAULET (C. Essex)

7. Edward PAULET

Elizabeth CECIL

Born: 1578

Died: 3 Jan 1646  

Notes: Her husband, Sir William Newport of Holdenby, was a nephew of Christopher Hatton. Educ. Magdalen Coll., Oxf. c.1577; travelled abroad. Married first, Jun 1589, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Gawdy, s.p.; and after her death married Elizabeth Cecil, s.p. Knighted 1586; succeded his uncle 1591. A wealthy gentleman, left Elizabeth properties on the Isle of Purbeck and in London. She also had the guardianship of her stepdaughter, Frances Hatton. She was courted by Francis Bacon and Fulke Greville, but married Sir Edward Coke, a widower who had recently won a lawsuit for her father. She insisted on the wedding taking place in secret, on 2 Nov 1598, with only her father and the minister present. This was illegal for several reasons. They had wed without banns. They did not have a special license. The ceremony took place in a house instead of a church. And it took place outside the acceptable hours of the day for weddings. When Queen Elizabeth heard of it, she insisted that they remarry in St. Andrew’s Church. Rumor had the bride pregnant by another man before either ceremony, but the couple’s first child was not born until Aug 1599. Elizabeth continued to be known as Lady Hatton. By Coke she had two daughters, but for most of their marriage she did not live with her husband. They quarreled over the arrangements Coke made for the marriages of Elizabeth’s daughter and stepdaughter. By 1614, the servants at Hatton House had orders not to admit their mistress’s husband. He was forced to use a side door to see his own wife. In 1617, Lady Hatton kidnapped her daughter, Frances Coke, from Stoke Park to prevent her marriage to Sir John Villiers. She took the girl first to the house of her cousin, Sir Edmund Withipole, at Oatlands and then to the Earl of Argyll at Hampton Court. Coke found them there, hiding in a closet, and took Frances away. Elizabeth chased them in her coach until it lost a wheel, forcing her to stop. According to one account, Elizabeth followed her husband, seeking another opportunity to make off with their daughter, until King James stepped in and ordered her locked up until after the 27 Sep 1617 wedding. The DNB, however, says that the matter went to trial, where it was ruled that the consent of both parents was needed for her marriage, since Frances was heir to her mother’s estates. Eventually, Lady Hatton agreed to the match, but on terms ensuring Frances’s income. Villiers, created Viscount Purbeck in 1618, later went insane and Frances returned to her mother’s house. There she fell in love with Robert Howard. In the hope of putting an end to their affair, Elizabeth took her daughter to Holland to visit the Electress Palatine, King James’s daughter, but in 1624, Frances gave birth to an illegitimate child and both she and Howard were arrested for adultery. After 1623, when she sold Hatton House in London, Lady Hatton lived mostly at Stoke Park. She entertained Parliamentary leaders there during the Civil War and in 1643 they returned Hatton House to her. According to legend, she died there, carried off by the devil in a clap of thunder, leaving behind only her heart. The name Bleeding Heart Yard clung to Hatton House for many years. In fact, she was buried in St. Andrew’s Holborn.

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married 1: William NEWPORT of Holdenby (b. ABT 1565 - d. 1597) (son of John Newport and Dorothy Hatton) (w. of Elizabeth Gawdy)

Married 2: Edward COKE (Sir Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench) (See his Biography)

Children:

1. Elizabeth COKE (b. 1599 - d. 1623)

2. Frances COKE (b. ABT 1601 - bur. 4 Jun 1645, Oxford, St.Mary's) (Associated with Sir Robert Howard)

Mildred CECIL

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married: Thomas READE (Esq.) (son of Sir Thomas Reade and Gertrude Paston)

Frances CECIL

Born: 28 Feb 1580/1, St. Martin's-In-The-Fields, England

Died: 12 Jun 1653, Rainharn, England

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married: Nicholas TUFTON (1° E. Thanet) (son of John Tufton and Christian Browne) BEF Mar 1602

Children:

1. John TUFTON

Mary CECIL

Born: ABT 1581

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married: Edward DENNY (1º E. Norwich) 1590

Children:

1. Honora DENNY (B. Hay)

Edward CECIL (1º V. Wimbledon)

Albinia CECIL

Died: AFT 1622, London, England

Mother: Theodosia NOEL

Children:

2. Margaret WRAY

3. Richard WRAY

4. Thomas WRAY

5. William WRAY

6. Catherine WRAY

7. George WRAY

8. John WRAY

9. Walter WRAY

10. Charles WRAY

11. Edward WRAY

12. Anne WRAY

13. Elizabeth WRAY

14. Ralph WRAY

15. Algernon WRAY

Dorothy CECIL

Died: 17 May 1652

Mother: Theodosia NOEL

Elizabeth CECIL (B. Willoughby of Parham)

Died: 26 Mar 1661

Mother: Theodosia NOEL

Children:

1. Diana WILLOUGHBY (C. Winchelsea)

2. Frances WILLOUGHBY

3. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY (C. Ranelagh)

4. William WILLOUGHBY

Thomas CECIL

Born: 30 Dec 1578, Burghley House, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 3 Dec 1662, Burghley House, Lincolnshire, England

Buried: St Martins, Burghley, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married 1: Anne LEE 5 Jun 1605, Burghley House, Lincolnshire, England

Children:

2. Charles CECIL

3. Dorothy CECIL

4. Frances CECIL (V. Saye and Sele)

5. Isaac CECIL

Married 2: Susan OXENBRIDGE 1634

Children:

6. John Baptist CISSELL

7. Henry CISSELL

Frances CECIL (V. Saye and Sele)

Born: ABT 1614, Burghley House, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 31 Jul 1684

Mother: Anne LEE

Children:

2. Frances FIENNES

3. James FIENNES

4. William FIENNES

5. William FIENNES

6. Dorothy FIENNES

Married 2: Joshua SPRIGGS 29 Mar 1675, Wimbledon, Surrey, England

William CECIL (2° E. Exeter)

Born: 2 Jan 1566, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincoln

Acceded: 1623

Died: 6 Jul 1640, Exeter House, St.John's, Clerkenwell

Buried: 9 Jul 1640, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.218.

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married 1: Elizabeth MANNERS (B. Ros) Jan 1589

Children:

1. William CECIL (17° B. Ros)

Married 2: Elizabeth DRURY (C. Exeter)

Children:

2. Elizabeth CECIL (C. Berkshire)

3. Richard CECIL

4. Diana CECIL (C. Oxford)

5. Anne CECIL (C. Stamford)

William CECIL (17° B. Ros)

Born: May 1590, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Christened: 4 Jun 1590

Acceded: 1 May 1591

Died: 27 Jun 1618

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.218.

Father: William CECIL (2° E. Exeter)

Mother: Elizabeth MANNERS (B. Ros)

Married: Anne LAKE 13 Feb 1615

Elizabeth CECIL (C. Berkshire)

Born: 1595

Buried: 24 Aug 1672, Westminster Abbey

Father: William CECIL (2° E. Exeter)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY (C. Exeter)

Married: Thomas HOWARD (1° E. Berkshire) 26 May 1614

Children:

1. Charles HOWARD (2° E. Berkshire)

2. Mary HOWARD (b. 1616 - d. 1679)

3. Thomas HOWARD (3° E. Berkshire)

4. Henry HOWARD (Hon.)

5. William HOWARD

6. Robert HOWARD (Sir)

7. Phillip HOWARD (Col) (b. 1629)

8. Elizabeth HOWARD

9. Frances HOWARD

10. James HOWARD

11. Algernon HOWARD

12. Edward HOWARD

13. Diana HOWARD (b. 1631 - d. 1713)

Diana CECIL (C. Oxford)

Anne CECIL (C. Stamford)

Richard CECIL (Sir M.P.)

Born: 1570/80

Acceded: Wakerley, Northampton

Died: 4 Sep 1633

Father: Thomas CECIL (1º E. Exeter)

Mother: Dorothy NEVILLE (C. Exeter)

Married: Elizabeth COPE (dau. of Sir Anthony Cope and Frances Lytton) 23 Mar 1602

Children:

1. David CECIL (3º E. Exeter)

David CECIL (3º E. Exeter)

Born: ABT 1604

Acceded: 1640

Died: 18 Apr 1643

Buried: St.Martin's, Stamford, Northampton

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.218-219. Member of Parliament.

Father: Richard CECIL (Sir M.P.)

Mother: Elizabeth COPE

Married: Elizabeth EGERTON (d. 20 Mar 1687)

Children:

1. John CECIL (4º E. Exeter)

John CECIL (4º E. Exeter)

Born: 1628

Christened: 26 Oct 1628, Ketton, Rutland

Acceded: 1643

Died: 1 Feb 1677, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincoln

Buried: St.Martin's, Stamford, Northampton

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.219. Some say died 18 Mar 1677

Father: David CECIL (3º E. Exeter)

Mother: Elizabeth EGERTON

Married 1: Frances MANNERS (C. Exeter) 8 Dec 1646, St.Bride's, London

Children:

1. John CECIL (5º E. Exeter) (b. 1648)

Married 2: Mary FANE (C. Exeter) 24 Jan 1669, Ashwell

II. SALISBURY LINE

Robert CECIL (1º E. Salisbury)

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William CECIL (1° B. Burghley)

Mother: Mildred COOKE (B. Burghley)

Married: Elizabeth BROOKE (C. Salisbury) 31 Aug 1589

Children:

1. Frances CECIL (C. Cumberland)

2. Catherine CECIL

3. William CECIL (2º E. Salisbury)

Frances CECIL (C. Cumberland)

Born: ABT 1593, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Died: 14 Dec 1644, York, Yorkshire, England

Father: Robert CECIL (1º E. Salisbury)

Mother: Elizabeth BROOKE (C. Salisbury)

Married: Henry CLIFFORD (5º E. Cumberland) 25 Jul 1610, Kensington, Middlesex, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth CLIFFORD (C. Cork)

2. Francis CLIFFORD

3. Charles CLIFFORD

4. Henry CLIFFORD

5. Frances CLIFFORD

William CECIL (2º E. Salisbury)

Born: 28 Mar 1591, Westminster / Marlbough, England Died: 3 Dec 1668, Hatfield, England Buried: Hatfield Notes: Knight of the Garter. Father: Robert CECIL (1º E. Salisbury) Mother: Elizabeth BROOKE (C. Salisbury) Married: Catherine HOWARD (C. Salisbury) 1 Dec 1608 Children:

1. Charles CECIL

2. James CECIL

3. Algernon CECIL

4. Edward CECIL

5. Phillip CECIL

6. Robert CECIL

7. Elizabeth CECIL (C. Devonshire)

8. Dau. CECIL

9. Dau. CECIL

10. Dau. CECIL

11. Anne CECIL (C. Northumberland)

Elizabeth CECIL (C. Devonshire)

Died: 19 Nov 1689

Father: William CECIL (2º E. Salisbury)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD (C. Salisbury)

Married: William CAVENDISH (3º E. Devonshire) 4 Mar 1638

Children:

1. Anne CAVENDISH (b. 1648)

2. William CAVENDISH (1º D. Devonshire) (b. 25 Jan 1640)

Anne CECIL (C. Northumberland)

Born: 1612

Father: William CECIL (2º E. Salisbury)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD (C. Salisbury)

Married: Algernon PERCY (10º E. Northumberland) BEF 1630

Children:

1. Anne PERCY

2. Elizabeth PERCY

Algernon CECIL

Born: ABT 1626, Westminster

Died: 1677

Father: William CECIL (2º E. Salisbury)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD (C. Salisbury)

Charles CECIL

Died: Sep 1659

Father: William CECIL (2º E. Salisbury)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD (C. Salisbury)

Children:

2. Catherine CECIL

3. Frances CECIL

James CECIL (3º E. Salisbury)

Died: Jun 1683

Mother: Diana MAXWELL

Married: Margaret MANNERS (C. Salisbury) 1 Oct 1661

Children:

1. Catherine CECIL

3. Frances CECIL

4. Robert CECIL

5. Charles CECIL

6. George CECIL

7. Margaret CECIL

8. Mary CECIL

9. Mildred CECIL

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