Paternal Family Tree: Cecil
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
In or before 1566 [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 23] and [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 17] were married.
On 29th February 1572 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon was born to Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 29] and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 24].
On 22nd April 1577 [his grandfather] John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 57] died. He was buried at St Michaels Church, Well. Baron Latimer of Snape abeyant between daughters [his aunt] Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland [aged 32], [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 29], Lucy Neville [aged 28] and Elizabeth Neville [aged 27].
On 28th February 1587 [his brother-in-law] William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester [aged 28] and [his sister] Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 44] and [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 39]. He the son of William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester [aged 55] and Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester [aged 52]. They were half fourth cousins.
In January 1589 [his brother] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Manners 15th Baroness Ros of Helmsley [aged 14] were married at Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland and Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland [aged 39]. He the son of [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 46] and [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 41]. They were fifth cousins.
After 1591 [his brother] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter [aged 12] were married. He the son of [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 48] and [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 43]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 4th August 1598 [his grandfather] William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 77] died. His son [his father] Thomas [aged 56] succeeded 2nd Baron Burghley. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Stamford [Map] with a large free-standing Elizabethan Period monument under the north chapel arch, in coloured marbles with a figure on tomb chest under an arched canopy supported on paired columns. Attributed to Cornelius Cure. The emblem of the Knights of the Garter on William's left shoulder. Leg Garter. In his right-hand he is holding the Lord High Treasurer Staff of Office; originally white.
The inscription on the monument is on contained within three panels: two on the south (Chancel) side, and one on the north (Chapel) side.
Sacred to God most good and great, and to memory. The most honourable and far renowned Lord William Cecil, Baron of Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England, President of the Court of Wards, knight of the most noble order of the Garter, Privy Counsellor to the most serene Elizabeth, Queen of England, &c., and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, under this tomb awaits the second coming of Christ: Who for the excellent endowments of the mind, was first made Privy Counsellor to Edward the sixth, King of England; afterwards to Queen Elizabeth: under whom being intrusted with the greatest and most weighty affairs of this kingdom, and above all others approved, in promoting the true religion, and providing for the safety and honour of the commonwealth; by his prudence, honesty, integrity, and great services to the nation, he obtained the highest honours: and when he had long enough to nature, long enough for glory, but not long enough to his country, quietly fell asleep in Christ. He had two wives: [his grandmother] Mary, sister of Sir John Cheeke, knight, of whom ie begat one son, Thomas, now Baron of Burghley; and Mildred, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, knight, who bore to him Sir [his uncle] Robert Cecil [aged 35], knight, Privy Counsellor to Queen Elizabeth and President of the Court of Wards; [his aunt] Anne, married to Edward, Earl of Oxford [aged 48]; and Elizabeth [aged 34] to William Wentworth, eldest son of Baron Wentworth.
Mary Cheke: she was born to Peter Cheke. In 1541 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley and she were married. In February 1543 Mary Cheke died.
Elizabeth Cecil: On 1st July 1564 she was born to William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley and Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley. On 26th February 1582 William Wentworth and she were married.
On 24th November 1598 William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester [aged 66] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 39] succeeded 4th Marquess Winchester, 4th Earl Wiltshire, 4th Baron St John. [his sister] Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
In 1601 [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 58] was created 1st Earl Exeter. [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 53] by marriage Countess Exeter.
In 1601 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 28] and Theodosia Noel [aged 16] were married. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 58] and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 53].
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Before 3rd September 1602 [his brother-in-law] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 24] and [his sister] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 60] and [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 54]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1603 [his daughter] Dorothy Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 30] and [his wife] Theodosia Noel [aged 18].
In 1609 [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 61] died.
In 1610 [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 67] and [his step-mother] Frances Brydges Countess Exeter [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Exeter. The difference in their ages was 37 years.
Before 1614 [his brother-in-law] Edward Denny 1st Earl Norwich [aged 44] and [his sister] Mary Cecil Countess Norwich were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 71] and [his mother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter. They were half second cousin once removed.
In October 1614 [his sister] Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester died.
In February 1618 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 45] and Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon were married. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 75] and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter. They were third cousin once removed.
Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2.310. [19th December 1618] Sir Edwin Riches [aged 57] Lady [Margaret aka Honora Worlich] dieng the last weeke in childbed, yt was geven out all over to be Sir Harry Riches [aged 28] Lady, and so was the matter mistaken two or three dayes, but I heare nothing but well of her, by those that saw her since this report. Sir Edward Cecill [aged 46] hath lost his litle daughter he had by this Lady Diana Drurie, but the best is she is saide to be quicke with child again and so not out of hope of an heyre male. Master Wake1 arrived here on Sonday and went the next day toward the King: he found goode entertainment at Paris, and though he kept himselfe private yet he was visited in great troupes both by Monsieur Betunes with the other ambassador that was his colleague and others, with so many caresses and such ouvertures that yf he durst have taken hold of them he might easilie have peeced all again, which they seeme very desirous of, and to lay all the blame on theyre owne minister. He sent to me as soone as he came, and to my seeming is much amended both in garbe and countenance. The Kinge comes this day to Tiballs and on Monday or Tewsday to White-hall: to morow is a christning at court of Sir Patricke Murreys sonne, where the Prince, the Duke of Lennox, and the countesse of Mongomerie are to be gossips. This inclosed letter comes about the busines I wrote concerning Master Abell Barnard. His wife2 claimes kinred of your sisters by the Culpepars and her eldest brother [Simon Clarke 1st Baronet] is a baronet.!t So with the remembrance of my best service to my goode Lady I commend you to the protection of the Almighty. From London this 19 of December 1618. Your Lordships at commaund.
John Chamberlain [aged 65].
To the right honorable Sir Dudley Carleton knight Lord Ambassador for his Majestie with the States of the United Provinces at the Hagh.
Note 1. Isaac Wake, English agent at Turin.
Note 2. Anne, daughter of Walter Clarke of Burford, Kent, and wife of Abel Barnard of Pyrton, Oxfordshire. Lady Carleton's half-sister Elizabeth married Sir John Sedley of Southfleet, Kent, whose maternal grandmother was Anne, daughter of John Colepeper of Aylesford, Kent.
Around 1620 [his son-in-law] James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele [aged 18] and [his daughter] Frances Cecil were married.
On 8th February 1623 [his father] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 80] died. He was buried at Chapel of St John the Baptist, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [his brother] William [aged 57] succeeded 2nd Earl Exeter, 3rd Baron Burghley. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter [aged 45] by marriage Countess Exeter.
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On 3rd August 1623 [his son-in-law] Christopher Wray [aged 22] and [his daughter] Albinia Cecil were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 2nd April 1624 John Tufton 1st Baronet [aged 80] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Nicholas [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baronet Tufton of Hothfield. [his sister] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 43] by marriage Lady Tufton of Hothfield.
In November 1625 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 53] was created 1st Viscount Wimbledon, 1st Baron Cecil of Putney. [his wife] Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon by marriage Viscountess Wimbledon.
On 17th October 1626 [his brother-in-law] Edward Denny 1st Earl Norwich [aged 57] was created 1st Earl Norwich. [his sister] Mary Cecil Countess Norwich by marriage Countess Norwich.
On 1st November 1626 [his brother-in-law] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Tufton. [his sister] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 45] by marriage Baroness Tufton.
On 5th August 1628 [his brother-in-law] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 50] was created 1st Earl of Thanet. [his sister] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 47] by marriage Countess of Thanet.
On 16th November 1628 [his son-in-law] Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham and [his daughter] Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby Parham. They were sixth cousins.
In 1631 [his wife] Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon died.
In 1631 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt [aged 64]. Portrait of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 58].
In 1635 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 62] and Sophia Zouche [aged 17] were married. The difference in their ages was 45 years. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
Before 1638 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt [aged 71]. Portrait of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 65].
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After 1638 Robert King [aged 39] and [his wife] Sophia Zouche [aged 20] were married.
On 18th March 1638 [his sister] Mary Cecil Countess Norwich died.
On 16th November 1638 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon [aged 66] died. He was buried at Cecil Chapel St Mary's Church, Wimbledon. Viscount Wimbledon, Baron Cecil of Putney extinct.
In 1691 [his former wife] Sophia Zouche [aged 73] died.
[his daughter] Anne Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon.
[his daughter] Utriche Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel at Utrecht.
[his daughter] Frances Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel. She married 1620 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, son of William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, and had issue.
[his daughter] Albinia Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel. She married 3rd August 1623 her fourth cousin once removed Christopher Wray, son of William Wray 1st Baronet and Frances Drury Lady Glentworth, and had issue.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel. She married 16th November 1628 her sixth cousin Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, son of William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham and Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Cecil 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
father: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cheke
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Cheke
Grandmother: Mary Cheke
Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Berners Baroness Berners
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 
9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 11 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fray
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock 
Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sergeaux Countess Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 
4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Walton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
mother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hill of Shilston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hill 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Champernoun 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Moyns
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Ingaldsthorpe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Tiptoft 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England