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.

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

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).

On or before 2nd September 1602, the date she was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map], [her daughter] Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck was born to [her husband] Edward Coke (age 50) and Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 24).

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.

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).

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. 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 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).

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.