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	Luminarium Encyclopedia: William Cecil, Lord Burleigh (1521-1598)
		WILLIAM CECIL was born, according to his own statement, on the 13th of September 1521 at the house of his mother's father at Bourne, Lincolnshire.
		Cecil, meanwhile, had obtained the reversion to the office of custos rotulorum brevium, and, 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.
		Burghley's private life was singularly virtuous; he was a faithful husband, a careful father and a considerate master.
	www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/burghley.htm (1957 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > William Cecil, Lord Burghley
		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 Henry VIII of England.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/wi/William_Cecil,_Lord_Burghley?title=Burghley (287 words)

	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 (2471 words)

	Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cecil was made Secretary of State following the death of Sir Francis Walsingham in 1590, and he became the leading minister after the death of his father in 1598, serving both Elizabeth and James as Secretary of State.
		The son of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (one of Elizabeth's spymasters) and a protege of Sir Francis Walsingham (Elizabeth's principal spymaster), he was trained by them in matters of spycraft as a matter of course.
		One of the arguments used to attempt to inculpate Cecil in the plot are the death-bed allegations of Robert Catesby's servant stating that Cecil and Catesby, one of the principal Gunpowder Plotters, met on three separate occasions in the period leading up to the events of the night of November 5, 1605.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury (601 words)

	Luminarium Encyclopedia: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (c. 1565-1612)
		ROBERT CECIL, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English lord treasurer, the exact year of whose birth is unrecorded, was the youngest son of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley, and of his second wife Mildred, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, of Gidea Hall in Essex.
		On Lord Burghley's death on the 4th of August both Essex and Bacon desired to succeed him in the supreme direction of affairs, but the queen preferred the son of her last great minister.
		Cecil was continued in his office, was created Baron Cecil of Essendon in Rutlandshire on the 13th of May, Viscount Cranborne on the 10th of August 1604, and earl of Salisbury on the 4th of May 1605.
	www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/cecil.htm (1526 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
		William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1520 – 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.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley (2551 words)

	ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF SALISBURY - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF SALISBURY
		English lord treasurer, the exact year of whose birth is unrecorded, was the youngest son of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley, and of his second wife Mildred, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, of Gidea Hall in Essex.
		On Lord Burghleys death on the 4th of August both Essex and Bacon desired to succeed him in the supreme direction of affairs, but the queen preferred the son of her last great minister.
		Cecil was continued in his office, was created Baron Cecil of Essendon in Rutlandshire on the I3th of May, Viscount Cranborne on the 20th of August 1604, and earl of Salisbury on the 4th of May 1605.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SALISBURY_ROBERT_CECIL_1ST_EARL_OF.htm (1760 words)

	Encyclopedia: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
		William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1521â“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 Richard Cecil (owner of the Burghley estate, then in Northamptonshire), now in Cambridgeshire, and his wife Jane Heckington.
		Cecil ingratiated himself with Warwick, and on the 15th of September 1550 he was sworn one of the King's two secretaries.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Cecil,-1st-Baron-Burghley (3542 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 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.
		Burghley was not successful in his schemes for the marriages of his wards, for in addition to the unhappy match of his daughter Anne, he had tried to arrange a union between his grand-daughter, Lady Elizabeth de Vere and Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, then his ward as Master of the Court of Royal Wards.
	www.sirbacon.org /cecil.htm (3346 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)

	Biographies: Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury
		Lord Burghley, a staunch Puritan, was Elizabeth I's chief spokesman in Parliament, and was successively Secretary of State (1558-1572), and Lord Treasurer (1572-1598).
		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'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 (2112 words)

	channel4.com - Monarchy - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - text only
		William Cecil, born some 13 years before Elizabeth, shared many of her experiences.
		Cecil thought this clamping down on Puritan abstinence and religious freedom was 'too much savouring of the Roman inquisition', and that the ceremonies Elizabeth was advocating were 'popish'.
		Short study of Elizabeth's chief minister and counsellor: a chronological account of Burghley's career, a detailed analysis of his role and significance in Elizabethan government, and an exploration of the relationship between minister and monarch and the dynamics of their partnership.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/M/monarchy/biogs/william_cecil_t.html (595 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.
		William Cecil had spent large sums upon his houses in the Strand, at Theobalds, and his mother's house at Burghley (or Burleigh) and on his accession to the peerage he declared he was 'the poorest Peer in England'.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/WilliamCecil(1BBurghley).htm (2860 words)

	Angry Cranborne quits 'enfeebled' Lords \| Special Reports \| Guardian Unlimited Politics
		Lord Cranborne, a Tory hereditary peer who was awarded a life peerage in 1999 to allow him to sit in the reformed House of Lords, said he was taking leave of absence because of the "onerous" rules imposed by the new code of conduct.
		Lord Cranborne's decision will deprive the Tories of one of their smartest tacticians in the Lords as they prepare to do battle with the government over its next stage of parliamentary reform.
		Burghley's elder son, Thomas, was created Earl of Exeter, and his descendant the 10th earl was made a marquess in 1801.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /lords/story/0,,586931,00.html (980 words)

	ipedia.com: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, 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 the Richard...
		Cecil was born in Bourne, England in 1520, the son of the Richard Cecil, 1st Baron Cecil owner of the Burghley estate in Northamptonshire, which is today open to the public and is the setting for a popular equestrian event.
	www.ipedia.com /william_cecil__1st_baron_burghley.html (351 words)

	H-Net Review: Stephen Alford on Burghley: William Cecil, Lord Burghley
		Burghley was one of the most formidable characters of English and British history in the second half of the sixteenth century.
		Burghley was perhaps the Grand Old Man of Elizabethan politics, but he was also a courtier and a councillor who believed strongly that imperial royal government could be enhanced by the involvement (even partnership) of privy council and parliament.
		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.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=15053930582356 (1162 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Burghley
		Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron (1520–98) English statesman and chief minister of Elizabeth I of England.
		Cecil, Robert, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563–1612) English statesman, son of Lord Burghley.
		Cecil was chiefly responsible for negotiating the accession of James I (1603).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Burghley (701 words)

	In Search of Shakespeare . William Cecil (Lord Burghley) \| PBS
		More Protestant than the Queen but less Puritan than Walsingham, Burghley was a consummate handler of the Queen at her best and worst.
		Burghley had acted as guardian for the Earl of Southampton between the ages of 9 until 12-years, effectively prohibiting his pursuit of his family's traditional Catholic faith.
		Lord Burghley was keener than Elizabeth on taking robust action with Scotland, and on having allegedly dispatched Mary Queen of Scots' death warrant without Elizabeth's express command, was excluded from court for some time.
	www.pbs.org /shakespeare/players/player210.html (140 words)

	Burghley William Cecil 1st Baron: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		He continued to sit in Parliament, as a commoner until 1571 and as Lord Burghley thereafter, and was Elizabeth's chief spokesman there, as well as administrative head of her government.
		In the privy council Burghley took a decisive role in the suppression of the Catholic revolts, but he was opposed to the entrance of England into European wars on behalf of the Protestants.
		Nearby is Burghley House (16th cent.), home of the statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, whose family was prominent in Stamfords history.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101234779 (1011 words)

	Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cecil was a master of Renaissance statecraft, whose talents as a diplomat, politician, and administrator won him high office and a peerage.
		William Maxwell Aitken was born in Maple, Ont., in 1879.
		British statesman Robert Cecil was a longtime member of Parliament and one of the principal draftsmen of the Covenant of the League of Nations.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9021964 (866 words)

	Robert CECIL (1° E. Salisbury)
		Robert Cecil had a spectacular career by any political yardstick, rising to hold jointly the two highest civil offices of the land during the reigns of Elizabeth I, and James VI/I, thus eclipsing the efforts of his father.
		Indeed, there were questionable actions by some of the plotters regarding their relationship with Cecil (relating to both Robert Catesby and Francis Tresham), but it is clearly evident that the government's actions were not those of a body aware of some catastrophic enterprise about to be undertaken.
		Towards the end of 1611 Cecil gradually became weaker, and after failing to secure a marriage for the young Prince Henry to Felipe III of Spain's sister, his physical deterioration was dramatic, and used as a metaphor for his corruption of power.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RobertCecil(1ESalisbury).htm (2410 words)

	Profile of Robert Cecil
		Cecil had convinced Essex to accept the almost impossible task of subduing Ireland, and the latter's premature return after only six months in 1599, after making an ill-judged truce with the Earl of Tyrone[6], gave Cecil a much-needed advantage.
		Cecil alludes to the fact he had been aware of 'papist activities'[7] for several months leading up to the gunpowder's discovery, but there is no evidence to support this other than his own word.
		After Cecil's death, political satire became very popular, pushing the idea that a 'crooked back meant a crooked man'[2], and that an outward deformity was caused by a character inwardly devoid of all natural affection, sympathy and honesty.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /people/robcecil.htm (2135 words)

	William Cecil, Lord Burghley
		William Cecil rose to prominence during the protectorate of Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset
		Lord Burghley and Sir Francis Walsingham devised an intricate spy network during the latter years of Elizabeth's reign that succeeded in uncovering the Babington Plot of 1586
		Lord Burghley and Sir Francis Walsingham were instrumental in convincing Queen Elizabeth to have Mary Queen of Scots executed in 1587
	www.elizabethan-era.org.uk /william-cecil-lord-burghley.htm (489 words)

	Critical and Historical Essays Volume 1 - Burleigh and His Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Early in the reign of Mary, Cecil was employed in a mission scarcely consistent with the character of a zealous Protestant.
		Cecil, it is clear, cultivated the friendship of Pole with great assiduity, and received great advantage from the Legate's protection.
		But the best protection of Cecil, during the gloomy and disastrous reign of Mary, was that which he derived from his own prudence and from his own temper, a prudence which could never be lulled into carelessness, a temper which could never be irritated into rashness.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/european/CriticalandHistoricalEssaysVolume1/chap8.html (4817 words)

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