Cecil, William (1565/6 - 1640)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1566-01
Death Date: 1640-07-06

Siblings

Male

Cecil, Richard (1570 - )
Cecil, Edward (1571/2 - )

Female

Cecil, Lucy (1567/8 - 1614)
Cecil, Mildred ( - 1611)
Cecil, Elizabeth (1578 - 1645/6)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Manners, Elizabeth (1575/6 - 1591)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1589-1
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Drury, Elizabeth (1578/9 - 1653/4)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Drury, Elizabeth (1578/9 - 1653/4)

  1. Female offspring: Cecil, Elizabeth (d. 1672)
  2. Female offspring: Cecil, Anne (1603 - 1676)
  3. Female offspring: Cecil, Diana (1596 - 1654)

From Manners, Elizabeth (1575/6 - 1591)

  1. Male offspring: Cecil, William (1590 - 1618)

Primary Title

2nd Earl of Exeter
Baron Burghley

Titles

  • Baron Burghley
    Assumed 1605-05-04 (date father created to earldom)
    Vacated 1640-07-06
  • 2nd Earl of Exeter
    Assumed 1622/3-02-08
    Vacated 1640-07-06

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Lincolnshire 1586 n.d.
MP, Lincolnshire 1589 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire by 1594 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Nottinghamshire 1596 n.d.
MP, Rutland 1597 n.d.
High Steward, Lincolnshire 1598 n.d. Held jointly.
JP, Northamptonshire 1601 n.d.
Chief Forester, Northamptonshire 1603 n.d. Held jointly.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Nottinghamshire 1603 n.d.
Keeper, Lincolnshire by 1604 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Lincolnshire 1619 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire by 1619 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Northamptonshire 1622/3-2-27 1640-07-6 (held office until death)
Privy Councillor, England 1626-12-14 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Exeter House, Middlesex
  • Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire
  • Burghley House, Rutland

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1626-1626 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Exeter's Trumpeters
Performance 1622-1622 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Burghley's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Exeter's Trumpeters Cecil, William (1566 - 1640) Musicians 1
Lord Burghley's Musicians Cecil, William (1566 - 1640) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)