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1. | Cecil, Mary was born before 1609 (daughter of Cecil, Thomas and Neville, Dorothy); and died. Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | Cecil, Thomas was born on 5 May 1542 in Cambridge, England (son of Cecil, Baron William and Cheke, Mary); died on 7 Feb 1623 in London, Burghley House, Strand, England; was buried on 10 Feb 1623 in St. John Baptist's Chapel. Notes: According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: He went abroad for a year at age 19. Thomas was "healthy, lazy, amiable with not much of a brain and intent on mainly girls and sport." Thomas did manage to settle down respectably and became Earl of Exeter. Thomas married Neville, Dorothy in 1564 in England. Dorothy (daughter of Neville, John and Somerset, Lucy) was born in 1548 in Yorkshire, England; died on 23 Mar 1608 in London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Neville, Dorothy was born in 1548 in Yorkshire, England (daughter of Neville, John and Somerset, Lucy); died on 23 Mar 1608 in London, Middlesex, England.
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4. | Cecil, Baron William was born on 18 Sep 1520 in Burghley, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England (son of Cecil, First Lord Richard and Heckington, Jane); died on 4 Aug 1598 in Burghley House, Strand, Co Middlesex, England. Notes: Also spelled Burleigh-but I defer to the Oxford University Press spelling William married Cheke, Mary on 8 Aug 1541 in Gray's Inn, London, England. Mary (daughter of Cheke, Peter and Duffield, Agnes) was born in 1512 in St. Mary's, Cambridge, England; died on 22 Feb 1543-1544 in Cambridge, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Cheke, Mary was born in 1512 in St. Mary's, Cambridge, England (daughter of Cheke, Peter and Duffield, Agnes); died on 22 Feb 1543-1544 in Cambridge, England. Notes: According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cedil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: She was the daughter of an Ale house proprietor. She died 2 years after they were married, in childbirth.
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6. | Neville, John was born in 1520 in Snape Hall, Snape, Yorkshire, England (son of Neville, John and De Vere, Dorothy); died on 22 Apr 1577 in Chepstowe, Monmouthshire, England. John married Somerset, Lucy in 1545. Lucy (daughter of Somerset, Henry and Browne, Elizabeth) was born between 1523 and 1524 in Chepstowe, Monmouthshire, England; died in 1582 in Hackney, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Somerset, Lucy was born between 1523 and 1524 in Chepstowe, Monmouthshire, England (daughter of Somerset, Henry and Browne, Elizabeth); died in 1582 in Hackney, Middlesex, England.
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8. | Cecil, First Lord Richard was born about 1503 in Burghley, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died about 22 May 1587 in England. Notes: Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1542 & 1543 Custodian of Windsor Castle Richard married Heckington, Jane in 1520 in Lincolnshire, England. Jane was born between 1494 and 1500 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died in Mar 1587 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Heckington, Jane was born between 1494 and 1500 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died in Mar 1587 in England. Notes: According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cedil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: she was the daughter of a respected local family and higher born than her husband.
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10. | Cheke, Peter was born about 1477 in Mottistone, Isle of Wight, England; died about 1529. Peter married Duffield, Agnes. Agnes was born about 1479 in Cambridge, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Duffield, Agnes was born about 1479 in Cambridge, England; and died.
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12. | Neville, John was born on 17 Nov 1493 in Snape Hall, Snape, Yorkshire, England; died on 2 Mar 1542-1543 in London, Middlesex, England. Notes: Oldest child of a family of 13 children. This branch of Neville's was descended from the earls of Westmorland, on whom successive Kings of England had depended for the defense of the Scottish borders. Friend and neighbor of Cuthbert Tunstall, Uncle to Katherine Parr. Wealthy, main estates surrounded Great Tanfield, near Bedale, North Riding of Yorkshire(Richmondshire), Snape Hall, lands in Worcestershire (Wyke Hall), and Buckinghamshire. From "Queen Katherine Parr" Anthony Martienssen, McGraw Hill 1973. John married De Vere, Dorothy about 1518 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Dorothy was born about 1497 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1525-1526. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | De Vere, Dorothy was born about 1497 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1525-1526.
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14. | Somerset, Henry Henry married Browne, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Browne, Elizabeth
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