Cecil, Thomas (1542 - 1622/3)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
Legend

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Born / Died

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

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

From Neville, Dorothy (1548 - 1608/9)

  1. Male offspring: Cecil, William (1566 - 1640) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Cecil, Richard (b. 1570)
  3. Female offspring: Cecil, Lucy (1568 - 1614)
  4. Male offspring: Cecil, Edward (b. 1572)
  5. Female offspring: Cecil, Mildred (d. 1611)
  6. Female offspring: Cecil, Elizabeth (1578 - 1646)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1575
    Vacated 1622/3-02-08
  • 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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
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 n.d.

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1586-1587 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Sir Thomas Cecil's Players
Performance 1587-1588 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 2

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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)