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Cecil, Thomas (1542 - 1622/3)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1542-05-05
Death Date: 1623-02-07

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Dorothy (1548 - 1608/9)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1564-11-27
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 2 additional sons and 8 additional daughters
  2. Brydges, Frances (1580 - 1663)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1610
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 1 daughter who died in infancy

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Burghley
    Assumed: 1598-08-04
    Vacated: 1622/3-02-08
  • 1st Earl of Exeter
    Assumed: 1605-05-04
    Vacated: 1622/3-02-08
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1575
    Vacated: 1622/3-02-08

Details of Offices

Began Ended
MP, Lincolnshire 1563 1567
MP, Lincolnshire 1571 1583
Sheriff, Northamptonshire 1578 -11 -17 1579 -11 -23
MP, Lincolnshire 1584 1587
MP, Northamptonshire 1592 1593
Lord Lieut, Yorkshire 1599 1603
President, England 1599 1603
Lord Lieut, Northamptonshire 1603 1622/3 -02 -8
Privy Councillor, England 1603 -5 -11

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Sir Thomas Cecil's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Sir Thomas Cecil's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Thomas Cecil's Players Cecil, Thomas (1542 - 1623) Players 1
Sir Thomas Cecil's Players Cecil, Thomas (1542 - 1623) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Alford, Stephen. Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth. London: Yale UP, 2008
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.