William cecil biography
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil
William cecil biography
Here is a bio of this extraordinary Tudor man:
Birth: 13th September 1521 in Bourne, Lincolnshire
Parents: Richard Cecil, former Groom of the Robes, Constable of Warwick Castle and High Sheriff of Rutland, and his wife Jane Heckington.
Family: William Cecil had three sisters - Anne, Margaret and Elizabeth.
His grandfather David Cecil had been one of Henry VIII's favourites and was High Sheriff of Nottingham. Cecil could trace his ancestry back to an Owen from the reign of King Harold and a Sitsyllt from the time of Rufus.
Education: Cecil went to The King's School Grantham and then Stamford School.
At the age of 14 he started at St John's College, Cambridge, where he met men like John Cheke and Roger Ascham. It was at Cambridge that Cecil met Mary Cheke, John Cheke's sister, and fell in love. This rel