Biography of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 1572-1638

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

On 29th February 1572 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon was born to Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 29) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 24).

In 1601 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 28) and Theodosia Noel (age 16) were married. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 58) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 53).

In 1603 [his daughter] Dorothy Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 30) and [his wife] Theodosia Noel (age 18).

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

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

In February 1618 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 45) and Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon were married. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 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 (age 57) Lady [Margaret aka Honora Worlich] dieng the last weeke in childbed, yt was geven out all over to be Sir Harry Riches (age 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 (age 46) hath lost his litle daughter he had by this Lady [his wife] 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 (age 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.

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Around 1620 [his son-in-law] James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 18) and [his daughter] Frances Cecil were married.

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

On 3rd August 1623 [his son-in-law] Christopher Wray (age 22) and [his daughter] Albinia Cecil were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In November 1625 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 53) was created 1st Viscount Wimbledon, 1st Baron Cecil of Putney. [his wife] Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon by marriage Viscountess Wimbledon.

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 (age 64). Portrait of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 58).

In 1635 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 62) and Sophia Zouche (age 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 (age 71). Portrait of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 65).

After 1638 Robert King (age 39) and [his wife] Sophia Zouche (age 20) were married.

On 16th November 1638 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 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 (age 73) died.

[his daughter] Frances Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel.

[his daughter] Utriche Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel at Utrecht.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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[his daughter] Anne Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon.

[his daughter] Albinia Cecil was born to Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Theodosia Noel.

Ancestors of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 1572-1638

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 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 2 x Great Grand Daughter 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 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

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 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son 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 Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Walton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hill of Shilston

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hill

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Champernoun

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son 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 Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter 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 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Browne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Moyns

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Ingaldsthorpe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Tiptoft 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Biography of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 1572-1638

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Ancestors of Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 1572-1638