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Paternal Family Tree: Cecil
Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356
In Jan 1589 [her father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 23) and Elizabeth Manners 15th Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 14) were married at Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland and Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland (age 39). He the son of [her grandfather] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 46) and [her grandmother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 41).
After 1591 [her father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 25) and [her mother] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 12) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 48) and [her grandmother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 43). They were third cousin once removed.
In 1596 Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire was born to William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 30) and Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 17).
In 1614 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 26) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 18) were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 48) and Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 35). He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 52) and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 50). They were fourth cousins.
In 1615 [her son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 27) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 19).
In 1616 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 72) was created 1st Viscount Wallingford. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 33) by marriage Viscountess Wallingford.
In 1616 [her daughter] Mary Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 28) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 20).
On 14 Nov 1619 [her son] Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 32) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 23).
In 1620 [her son] Henry Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 32) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 24).
In 1621 [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 33) was created 1st Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 1st Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 25) by marriage Baroness Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
In 1622 [her son] William Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 34) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 26).
On or before 02 Nov 1624 [her son] Edward Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 37) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 28). He was baptised on 02 Nov 1624 at St Martin in the Fields [Map].
In 1626 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 82) was created 1st Earl Banbury. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 43) by marriage Countess Banbury.
In Jan 1626 [her son] Robert Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30).
On 07 Feb 1626 [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) was created 1st Earl Berkshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30) by marriage Countess Berkshire.
On 28 May 1626 [her father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 64) died at Charing Cross [Map]. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son [her brother-in-law] Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Suffolk. Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk (age 27) by marriage Countess Suffolk.
Around 1627 [her daughter] Frances Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 39) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 31).
On 05 Mar 1629 [her son] Philip Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 41) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 33).
On 25 May 1632 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 88) died. His eldest son His brother Edward Knollys de jure 2nd Earl Banbury, 2nd Viscount Wallingford, 2nd Baron Knollys. Parliament disallowed the succession on the basis that Edward (age 5) had been born when William was some eighty-two years old and Edward was, in fact, the son of Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 43) whom Edward's [her sister-in-law] mother (age 49) subsequently married around a month after William's death.
Around 30 Jun 1632 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 43) and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 49) were married some five weeks after the death of her first husband William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (deceased) on 25 May 1632. They, Edward and Elizabeth, when teenagers, had been subject to marriage negotiations which broke down as a consequence of the Gunpowder Plot and she had married William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury some forty years her senior. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and [her mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 68).
On 23 Aug 1632 [her sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 42) died.
On 03 Sep 1634 Edward Coke (age 82) died. Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map]. Simple sarcophagus on pedestal with lying effigy. Pair of flanking Tuscan columns supporting a full entablature with putti on frieze and broken segmental pediment. Carved and painted achievement in and above tympanum flanked by four reclining figures of the Virtues on pediment extrados.
Above. Quarterly of eight: Coke Arms, Crispin, Folkard, Sparham, Nerford, Yarmouth,
Knightley Arms and Pawe. The crest is broken. Farrer says it was: On a chapeau Azure, turned up Ermine, an ostrich Argent, holding in its mouth a horseshoe Or. The motto reads Prudens qui Patiens.
The effigy was carved by John Hargrave, the rest of the memorial was made by Nicholas Stone (age 47).
Below the effigy are three shields. Left Coke Arms implaling
Paston Arms. His first wife Bridget Paston. Middle
Coke Arms. Right
Coke Arms impaling
Cecil Arms; his second wife Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 38).
Bridget Paston: she was born to John Paston. On 13 Aug 1582 Edward Coke and she were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1636 [her daughter] Diana Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 48) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 40).
On 10 Apr 1637 [her son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire were married. She the daughter of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 56). He the son of [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 49) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 41). They were third cousin once removed.
In 1638 [her daughter] Elizabeth Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 50) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 42).
On 03 Jun 1640 [her brother-in-law] Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 57) died at Suffolk House, Suffolk Street. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. On 03 Jun 1640 His son James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 21) succeeded 3rd Earl Suffolk, 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.
On 06 Jul 1640 [her father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 74) died. His nephew David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter (age 40) succeeded 3rd Earl Exeter, 4th Baron Burghley. Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter by marriage Countess Exeter.
On 07 Jul 1648 [her son] Henry Howard (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Craven (age 31) were married. He the son of [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 60) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 52). They were fourth cousins.
On 04 Apr 1649 [her son] William Howard (age 27) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Dundas (age 23) were married. He the son of [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 61) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 53).
On 08 Feb 1650 [her son-in-law] Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness (age 28) and [her daughter] Frances Howard (age 23) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 62) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 54). He the son of Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness (age 51) and Grace Rokeby Countess Holderness (age 50).
On 26 Feb 1658 [her mother] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 80) died.
On 17 Apr 1658 [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 75) died.
On 01 Dec 1663 [her son-in-law] John Dryden (age 32) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Howard (age 25) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 76) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 67).
After 1665 [her son] Robert Howard (age 38) and [her daughter-in-law] Honora O'Brien were married. She the daughter of Henry O'Brien 5th Earl Thomond and Mary Brereton Countess Thomond. He the son of [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 77) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 69).
On 16 Jul 1669 [her husband] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 81) died. His son [her son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Berkshire, 2nd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. [her daughter-in-law] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire by marriage Countess Berkshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
GrandFather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cheke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Cheke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Cheke
Father: William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hill
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Drury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stapleton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sothill of Stoke Faston
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sothill
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sothill
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Empson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Empson
GrandFather: William Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Dinley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dinley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Audrey Rich
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Jenks
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Jenks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
Mother: Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fray
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Stafford 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fogge
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fogge
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Haute
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Haute
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Woodville
GrandMother: Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham Duchess Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England