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	William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1521–4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign (17 November 1558–24 March 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.
		William Cecil's early career was spent in the service of the Duke of Somerset (a brother of the late queen, Jane Seymour, who was Lord Protector during the early years of the reign of his nephew, the young King Edward VI).
		Cecil, according to his autobiographical notes, sat in Parliament in 1543; but his name does not occur in the imperfect parliamentary returns until 1547, when he was elected for the family borough of Stamford.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Cecil,_1st_Lord_Burghley (2481 words)

	William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1521–4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign.
		Cecil was born in Bourne in 1521, the son of (owner of the estate, then in Northamptonshire), now in Cambridgeshire, and his wife Jane Heckington.
		Cecil was educated at Cambridge University and in 1547 was given a post in the household of King Henry VIII.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley (398 words)

	William Cecil, Lord Burghley : William Cecil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Cecil, also known by his title of Lord Burghley, was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I of England for most of her reign.
		Cecil was born in Lincolnshire in 1520, the son of the owner of the Burghley[?] estate in Northamptonshire, which is today open to the public and is the setting for a popular equestrian event.
		Cecil was educated at Cambridge University and in 1547 was given a post in the household of King VIII of England">Henry VIII of England.
	www.termsdefined.net /wi/william-cecil.html (472 words)

	William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I of England for most of her reign.
		Cecil was born in Bourne, England in 1520, the son of Richard Cecil, 1st Baron Cecil (owner of the Burghley estate in Northamptonshire) and his wife Jane Heckington.
		Cecil was educated at Cambridge University and in 1547 was given a post in the household of King Henry VIII of England.
	william-cecil.biography.ms (277 words)

	William Cecil (Lord Burghley)
		Cecil became the private secretary and advisor to the Duke who was Protector of the Realm during the minority of the King.
		Cecil was chiefly responsible for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, after the discovery of the plot by Thomas Babington to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
		Edmund Spenser is said to have satirised the two Cecils, father and son, as the fox and the ape in "Mother Hubberd's Tale".
	www.britainunlimited.com /Biogs/Cecil.htm (761 words)

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		William Cecil saw the light at Bourne in the County of Lincoln on 13th September, 1520, and he was baptised at the same place.
		William Cecil's grandfather was David Syssell(so spelt, says his grandson, though he signed his will 'Cyssell'), of Stamford, a burgess of that town and senior Alderman, or Mayor, in 1503, 1515, and 1525, and High Sheriff 23 and 24 Henry VIII, and a small landowner.
		William Cecil was interested in genealogy and there is a contemporary pedigree in existence attributing to the Cecils a descent from Sitselt, or Sitsell, who in 1091 received lands in Wales from Robert FitzHamon.
	www.sirbacon.org /cecil.htm (3346 words)

	WILLIAM CECIL, BARON BURGHLEY - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM CECIL, BARON BURGHLEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pedigrees, elaborated by Cecil himself with the help of Camden, the antiquary, associated him with the Cecils or Sitsyllts of Altyrennes in Herefordshire, and traced his descent from an Owen of the time of King Harold and a Sitsylltof the reign of Rufus.
		Cecil, meanwhile, had obtained the reversion to the office of cuslos rotulorum breviu,n, and, according to his autobiographical notes, sat in parliament in 1543; but his name does not occur in the imperfect parliamentary returns until 547, when he was elected for the family borough of Stamford.
		He was in secret communicdtion with Elizabeth before Mary died, and from the first the new queen relied on Cecil as she relied on no one else.
	26.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BU/BURGHLEY_WILLIAM_CECIL_BARON.htm (2284 words)

	William CECIL (1° B. Burghley)
		William Cecil saw the light at Bourne in the County of Lincoln on 13 Sep, 1520, and he was baptised at the same place.
		William Cecil's grandfather was David Syssell (so spelt, says his grandson, though he signed his will 'Cyssell'), of Stamford, a burgess of that town and senior Alderman, or Mayor, in 1503, 1515, and 1525, and High Sheriff 23 and 24 Henry VIII, and a small landowner.
		In an attempt by his father, Richard Cecil, to prevent what he regarded as an improvident marriage to Mary, the daughter of Peter Cheke and sister of John Cheke, a young William Cecil was removed from the University and admitted to Grays Inn.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/WilliamCecil(1BBurghley).htm (2860 words)

	My Cecil Family
		William R. Cecil was the son of James Timothy Cecil (1805-1871) and Pharaba Reed (1808-1881).
		Samuel Cecil was the son of Benjamin Sollers Cecil (1764-1815) and Priscilla Peggy Boylston (1765-1815).
		William Cecil was the son of Richard Cecil (1495-1553) and Jane Heckington (1494-1588).
	www.hometown.aol.com /mcampb9940/myhomepage (556 words)

	Biographies: Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury
		Cecil alludes to the fact he had been aware of 'papist activities' for several months leading up to the gunpowder's discovery, but there is no evidence to support this other than his own word.
		Cecil though was quick to take the credit for the discovery of the plot, perhaps engineering the discovery (after the delivery of the Monteagle Letter) in order to best affect his position.
		Cecil's solutions to England's escalating expenditure (as a result of the Irish Wars) which had put her on the brink of bankruptcy were not well received as he sought extra-parliamentary means of obtaining income.
	www.britannia.com /history/r-cecil.html (2097 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Cecil
		July 23 of that year the Cecil party went to the Robert Armstrong ranch in Solano County,and thereupon the father and son took charge of the farm until their removal to Oregon with their stock.
		James Granville Cecil was born in the isolated settlement at Sand Hill, Knox County, Mo in 1836.
		Cecil married Eliza Lindsay, a native of Kentucky, their wedding being solemnized in the city of Portland.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/c/e/c/Carol-A-Cecil/GENE4-0007.html (816 words)

	Encyclopedia: William Cecil Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Cecil Ross (May 11, 1911-?) was a Manitoba politician, and the leader of that province's Communist Party from 1948 until his retirement in 1981.
		He was originally named Cecil Zuken, but legally changed his name in 1936 (in part to protect his family from anti-Communist harassment).
		Ross did not run in the election of 1949 because of a decision by the party to concentrate its resources -- the LPP ran only two candidates, one of whom was elected.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Cecil-Ross (702 words)

	William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Cecil's son, Robert, followed in his father's footsteps: it was he who assured a smooth succession to James I following Elizabeth's death in 1603.
		After the accession of Elizabeth to the throne, Cecil became her principal secretary in 1558, a position he held until 1572., when he became lord treasurer.
		Cecil -- Burghley -- ran the country through his position as head of Elizabeth's administration; while in parliament he was able to hear about and gather the mood of parliament and beyond.
	www.lincolnshire-web.co.uk /lincolnshire-illustrious/william_cecil.htm (995 words)

	William Cecil McConnell Biography
		He has made a close and scientific study of the work in which he is most interested and the value of this study is evident to the most casual visitor to the Sioux Valley Poultry Farm in Sioux Falls, of which he is the proprietor and active manager.
		McConnell was born in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada, May 31, 1879, and is a son of Oliver and a grandson of William McConnell, the latter a native of Scotland, who went to Canada as a young man, locating in Ontario.
		William C. McConnell attended school in Walkerton, Ontario, and after laying aside his books in 1895, went to Manitoba, where he took charge of a farm belonging to a man who went to Alaska during the rush of gold seekers to the Yukon territory.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/world/bios/mcconnell_william.htm (653 words)

	Descendants of William Husband
		William was a farmer and owned an iron works and a sawmill near Earlville, MD. William and Mary lived on the William Sr.
		William's will dated 22 Jan 1767 was found in the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD- Cecil County Register of Wills BB #2, pp 198-300, probated 10 Mar. 1768.
		He inherited his father's estate in CEcil county and there resided until shortly before his death, when he sold his property and that inherited by his wife, consisting of several farms, and removed to Harford county, presumably to be near others of his family who had married and settled there.
	www.bcpl.net /~ellen/descendants_of_william_husband.html (3017 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Cecil, William, Baron Burghley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		custos brevium on the court of common pleas, Historic Caughnawaga and secretary for the Lord Protector Somerset, William Cecil rose to the position of chief secretary of state under Queen Elizabeth, in which position he practically dictated England's policy for 40 years.
		Cecil's "dark and intriguing mind" greatly influenced Elizabeth's policy against Mary, Queen of Scots, whose death he advised and was instrumental in securing.
		The historian J. Pollen deems Cecil "a political genius of the first rank," but also declares him the most active and efficient, and therefore the most culpable, of all Elizabeth's cooperators in destroying the religion of England.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd01787.htm (215 words)

	CECIL
		The Cecils may have descended from Seisyllt, Prince of Wales; John Seysyll of the 15th century has a brass in the church of St. Mary Tormarton, Gloucestershire so the Cecils and Cromwells may have known each other before the Tudors came to power.
		A Cecil had his arms registered on the Calais Roll of Edward III (1346) as "barry of 10, argent and azure, on six shields 3, 2, 1, sable, as many lioncels of the first".
		Notes: Her husband, Sir William Newport of Holdenby, was a nephew of Christopher Hatton.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /CECIL.htm (449 words)

	William Cecil
		William Cecil was born in Bourn, Lincolnshire, in 1520.
		Cecil was strongly opposed to Dudley plans to lead military campaigns in favour of Protestantism in Europe.
		Afterwards Elizabeth regretted this decision and Cecil was temporarily banished from court.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUDcecilW.htm (299 words)

	William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Cecil was born in Bourne in 1521, the son of Richard Cecil (owner of the Burghley estate in Northamptonshire) and his wife Jane Heckington.
		The article about William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley contains information related to William Cecil and 1st Baron Burghley.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/William_Cecil,_Lord_Burghley (375 words)

	H-Net Review: Stephen Alford on Burghley: William Cecil, Lord Burghley
		The reader is reminded that it is important not to overplay the relationship between Elizabeth and Cecil at the expense of the conciliar context (p.
		Cecil certainly seems to have had a strong godly and internationalist faith, the queen less so.
		William Cecil Lord Burghley's career, as Michael Graves demonstrates, represents a period of continuity and consistency, but it was a consistency marked by profound difficulties and uncomfortable choices.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=15053930582356 (1163 words)

	William Cecil (Sessell) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Died: 1749 In March of 1697/98 as recorded in the annals of Prince George's County, a William Cecil (Sessell) "...by the request of my wife as she lay up on her deathbed" disposed of his children John, age 7, Phillip, age 5 a nd Susan, age 2, to Mareen Duval (the Elder) and his wife.
		These are to humbly Sattisf ie you that William Sessell, by the request of my wife as she lay upon h er deathbed, I have disposed of my children to Marreen Douall (Duvall) a nd his heirs, till they are of age.
		This William was a witness in a trial in PGC in March of 1706, d onated 50 pounds of tobacco to Queen Anne's Parish (Anglican) in 1708, a nd was involved in other court documents in 1710, 1714 and 1729.
	home.comcast.net /~ccecil01/Geno/ind00001.htm (377 words)

	Sir William Cecil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Cecil was born in Bourn, Lincolnshire, EC England in 1520.
		For the next 40 years he was the chief architect of Elizabethan greatness and in the process of consolidation his power and influence he also became immensely wealthy.
		Throughout the troubles with France, the disagreements with Philip II of Spain, the vexing problems of the Netherlands, Cecil were ther to counsel, intrigue and seek out solutions.
	members.fortunecity.com /nika5/William_Cecil.html (229 words)

	HUBERT DE BURGH - LoveToKnow Article on HUBERT DE BURGH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This office he retained after the death of John and the election of William, the earl marshal, as regent.
		It compelled Louis to accept the treaty of Lambeth, under which he renounced his claims to the crown and evacuated England.
		As the saviour of the national cause the justiciar naturally assumed after the death of William Marshal (1219) the leadership of the English loyalists.
	23.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BU/BURGH_HUBERT_DE.htm (1031 words)

	Oxford Chronology - Index
		July 1592 Original Modern Memorandum to William Cecil on a suit to Her Majesty.
		Sep 8, 1597 Original Modern Letter to William Cecil on returning letters, Earl of Pembroke's illness, and Oxford's daughter Bridget.
		Jul 1600 Original Modern Letter to Robert Cecil on Oxford's despair at the Queen's refusing his suits and the death of Sir Antonie Paulet.
	www.sourcetext.com /sourcebook/Vere/vere-index.html (1432 words)

	Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Principal secretary and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, Sir William was Secretary of State from 1558 and Lord Treasurer from 1572.
		Margaret CECIL - The Smith alias Heriz Pedigree calls her the daughter of Sir William CECIL, but she was more likely his sister.
		According to Barron, William's sister Margaret married first Roger Cave of Stamford, Esq., who died 1586, and by whom she had 6 children: Thomas, William, Cecil, John, Frances and Dorothy.
	kinnexions.com /ancestries/smithe.htm (1749 words)

	William Cecil Duncan
		DUNCAN, William Cecil, clergyman, born in New York City, 24 January 1824; died in New Orleans, La., 1 May 1864.
		His father was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated to this country in early life.
		William Cecil was graduated at Columbia in 1843, studied divinity at Hamilton theological seminary, and returned to the south in 1847.
	www.famousamericans.net /williamcecilduncan (524 words)

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