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Cecil, William (1565/6 - 1640)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

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.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Earl of Exeter
  • Baron Burghley

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Exeter's Trumpeters
Performance - 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.