Biography of Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton 1578-1646

In or before 1566 [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 23) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 17) were married.

Around 1578 Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton was born to Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 35) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 30).

On 13th August 1582 [her future husband] Edward Coke (age 30) and Bridget Paston were married.

On 28th February 1587 [her brother-in-law] William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester (age 28) and [her sister] Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 44) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 39). He the son of William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester (age 55) and Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 52). They were half fourth cousins.

In January 1589 [her brother] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 23) and [her sister-in-law] 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 father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 46) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 41). They were fifth cousins.

In June 1589 [her future husband] William Newport aka Hatton (age 29) and Elizabeth Gawdy (age 20) were married.

After 1591 [her brother] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 25) and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 12) were married. He the son of [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 48) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 43). They were third cousin once removed.

Around 1593 William Newport aka Hatton (age 33) and Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 50) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 45).

On 12th March 1597 [her husband] William Newport aka Hatton (age 37) died.

After 27th June 1598 Edward Coke (age 46) and Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 56) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 50).

In 1601 [her brother] Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 28) and [her sister-in-law] Theodosia Noel (age 16) were married. He the son of [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 58) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 53).

On or before 2nd September 1602, the date she was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map], Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck was born to [her husband] Edward Coke (age 50) and Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 24). She married 29th September 1617 John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck, son of George Villiers of Brokesby and Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham.

Before 3rd September 1602 [her brother-in-law] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet (age 24) and [her sister] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 60) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 54). They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 8th February 1608 [her step-son] Arthur Coke (age 21) and Elizabeth Waldegrave were married at Hitcham, Norfolk as recorded in the papers of the Winthrop Family Folio 36: "The viijth of Feb. beinge Shrovetuesday the L Cokes seconde soonne maryed the daughter and heire of Sir George Waldegrave at Hiccham". The Hitcham Register gives 09 Feb as the date of the marriage.

In 1609 [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 61) died.

In 1610 [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 67) and [her step-mother] Frances Brydges Countess Exeter (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Exeter. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

Before 1614 [her brother-in-law] Edward Denny 1st Earl Norwich (age 44) and [her sister] Mary Cecil Countess Norwich were married. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 71) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter. They were half second cousin once removed.

In June 1614 [her step-son] Henry Coke (age 22) and Margaret Lovelace (age 22) were married.

Before 1617 [her step-son] John Coke (age 26) and Meriall Wheatley were married.

On 29th September 1617 [her son-in-law] John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck (age 26) and [her daughter] Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 15) were married at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 51) gave away the bride. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham (age 47).

In February 1618 [her brother] Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 45) and [her sister-in-law] Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon were married. He the son of [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 75) and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter. They were third cousin once removed.

On 8th February 1623 [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 80) died. He was buried at Chapel of St John the Baptist, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [her brother] William (age 57) succeeded 2nd Earl Exeter, 3rd Baron Burghley. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 45) by marriage Countess Exeter.

On 14th November 1627 Elizabeth Waldegrave died. On 6th December 1629 [her step-son] Arthur Coke (age 40) died in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [Map]. Stuart Hooded Monument sculpted by Nicholas Stone (age 40) in St Andrew's Church, Bramfield [Map]. White and black marble; reclining effigy of Elizabeth with Arthur kneeling in prayer above within an arched Recess; Arms over the arch and surrounding it are seven Cartouche's.

Elizabeth Waldegrave: she was born to George Waldegrave. On 8th February 1608 Arthur Coke and she were married at Hitcham, Norfolk as recorded in the papers of the Winthrop Family Folio 36: "The viijth of Feb. beinge Shrovetuesday the L Cokes seconde soonne maryed the daughter and heire of Sir George Waldegrave at Hiccham". The Hitcham Register gives 09 Feb as the date of the marriage.

Arthur Coke: In 1587 he was born to Edward Coke and Bridget Paston.

On 3rd September 1634 [her husband] 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 [her niece] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 38).

Bridget Paston: she was born to John Paston. On 13th August 1582 Edward Coke and she were married.

In 1635 John Bankes (age 46) purchased Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map] from Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 57).

In 1635 [her brother] Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 62) and [her sister-in-law] Sophia Zouche (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 45 years. He the son of [her father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and [her mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.

On 4th June 1645 [her daughter] Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 42) died at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin.

On 3rd January 1646 Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 68) died.