Richard Cecil
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He sent his son William to the grammar schools of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford Stamford] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantham_School Grantham], and in 1535 William entered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's_College,_Cambridge St. John's College, Cambridge]. Academically a success, William ran afoul of his father, when his heart was lost to Mary Cheke, daughter of a local widow, with only a fortune of 40 pounds to recommend her. William was immediately removed before he could take his degree, and was entered as a student at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray's_Inn Gray's Inn] in 1541. If the motive was to prevent a marriage, it failed. Two months after he came up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], William married Mary, probably secretly. We know the date Aug 8, 1541, from William's own diary entry.<sup>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1402159013&id=Wdngqyl9coAC&pg=RA5-PA63&lpg=RA5-PA63&sig=Pdl1T_NOgmfs-4gdFstauZXCu-o#PRA5-PA96,M1]</sup> Thomas, the future [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Exeter Earl of Exeter] and only fruit of this union was born at Cambridge on 5 May 1542, therefore presumably at his grandmother's house. The marriage was so distateful to Richard, that he is said to have altered his will, or at any rate, to have intended to do so. But the young wife did not live long, dying on 22 Feb 1544, after which William married again in 1545 to the much better received Mildred Cooke, a lady of some learning, and family connections. | He sent his son William to the grammar schools of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford Stamford] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantham_School Grantham], and in 1535 William entered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's_College,_Cambridge St. John's College, Cambridge]. Academically a success, William ran afoul of his father, when his heart was lost to Mary Cheke, daughter of a local widow, with only a fortune of 40 pounds to recommend her. William was immediately removed before he could take his degree, and was entered as a student at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray's_Inn Gray's Inn] in 1541. If the motive was to prevent a marriage, it failed. Two months after he came up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], William married Mary, probably secretly. We know the date Aug 8, 1541, from William's own diary entry.<sup>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1402159013&id=Wdngqyl9coAC&pg=RA5-PA63&lpg=RA5-PA63&sig=Pdl1T_NOgmfs-4gdFstauZXCu-o#PRA5-PA96,M1]</sup> Thomas, the future [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Exeter Earl of Exeter] and only fruit of this union was born at Cambridge on 5 May 1542, therefore presumably at his grandmother's house. The marriage was so distateful to Richard, that he is said to have altered his will, or at any rate, to have intended to do so. But the young wife did not live long, dying on 22 Feb 1544, after which William married again in 1545 to the much better received Mildred Cooke, a lady of some learning, and family connections. | ||
| − | When Richard died 19 Mar 1552/3<sup>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC04293172&id=0HHbZEfy6lYC&pg=PA13&dq=richard+cecil+burghley]</sup>, he left an ample estate behind him in the counties of Rutland, Northamptonshire and elsewhere. He died at his house in Cannon Row and was buried at St. Margaret's, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster Westminster]. | + | When Richard died 19 Mar 1552/3<sup>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC04293172&id=0HHbZEfy6lYC&pg=PA13&dq=richard+cecil+burghley]</sup>, he left an ample estate behind him in the counties of Rutland, Northamptonshire and elsewhere. He died at his house in Cannon Row and was buried at St. Margaret's, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster Westminster]. |
Richard's widow Jane died in 10 March 1587/8. <sup>[http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/WilliamCecil1]</sup> | Richard's widow Jane died in 10 March 1587/8. <sup>[http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/WilliamCecil1]</sup> | ||
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| + | Richard and Jane have a wall monument in the Cecil Chapel of St Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, with the effigies of themselves and their three daughters. | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
