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  • Name: William CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Jan 1565/6 in Burghley b
  • Death: 6 Jul 1640 in Exeter House, St John's, Clerkenwell d
  • Burial: 9 Jul 1640 in Westminster Abbey u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas CECIL, Earl Of Exeter Birth: 5 May 1542 in St Mary the Great, Cambridge Death: 8 Feb 1622/3 in London
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy NEVILLE Birth: Abt 1548 Death: 23 Mar 1608/9 in London

Family:
Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Diana CECIL Death: 27 Apr 1654
  2. Elizabeth CECIL Birth: 1
  3. Anne CECIL Birth: 3 Death: After 2 Oct 1673

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  7. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p218],
place:
[Ref: CP V p218],
parents:
[Ref: CP V p218, CP VII p452f, CP VII p485]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p218],
place:
[Ref: CP V p218]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p218],
place:
[Ref: CP V p218]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth MANNERS
date:
[Ref: CP V p218]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth DRURY
date:
second marriage of William [Ref: CP II p150, CP V p218, CP V p42, CP XII/1 p219],
child:
[Ref: CP II p150, CP V p42, CP VII p452f, CP X p255, CP XII/1 p219]
Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Exeter, of Earldom cr 1605 [Ref: CP V p218]
2nd Earl of Exeter [Ref: CP V p42]
Earl of Exeter [Ref: CP I p59]

heir of his father [Ref: CP V p218]



Pedigree of William CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
                   /-----Richard CECIL
          /-----William CECIL, Lord Burghley
         |        |         /-----William HECKINGTON
         |         \-----Jane HECKINGTON
 /-----Thomas CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
|        |         /-----Peter CHEKE
|         \-----Mary CHEKE
|                  \-----Agnes DUFFIELD
William CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
|                                                               /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
|                                                      /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|                                                     |         \-----Maud PERCY
|                                             /-----George NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
|                                            |        |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|                                            |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                                            |                  \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|                                    /-----Sir Henry NEVILLE
|                                   |        |                  /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margaret De FERRERS
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP
|                                   |                 |         /-----Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY, Countess Of Warwick
|                                   |                           \-----Margaret De LISLE, Baroness Lisle
|                           /-----Richard NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir William BOURCHIER
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir William BOURCHIER, Count Of Eu
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor De LOUVAINE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John BOURCHIER, K.G., Lord Berners
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas Of Woodstock Duke Of Gloucester
|                          |        |        |         \-----Anne Countess Of Buckingham
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Alianore De BOHUN
|                          |         \-----Joan BOURCHIER
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir James BERNERS
|                          |                 |         /-----Richard BERNERS
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Anne BATEW
|                          |                  \-----Margery BERNERS
|                          |                          |         /-----Walter DALYNGRUDGE
|                          |                           \-----Philippa DALYNGRIDGE
|                          |                                    \-----Margaret CHAMOND
|                  /-----John NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|                 |        |                                    /-----Ralph De STAFFORD
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Maud De HASTANG
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John BURDET
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BURDET
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Katherine ARDERN
|                 |        |         /-----Humphrey STAFFORD
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De AYLESBURY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel STRANGE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Lawrence De PABENHAM
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Katherine PABENHAM
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth ENGAINE
|                 |         \-----Anne STAFFORD
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FRAY
|                 |                  \-----Catherine FRAY
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir John DANVERS
|                 |                           \-----Agnes DANVERS
|                 |                                   |         /-----William VERNEY
|                 |                                    \-----Alice VERNEY
|         /-----John NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
|        |        |                                             /-----John De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|        |        |                                    /-----Aubrey De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Maud De BADLESMERE
|        |        |                           /-----Richard De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----John FITZWALTER, Lord FitzWalter
|        |        |                          |         \-----Alice FITZWALTER
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Eleanor PERCY
|        |        |                  /-----John VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Richard CERGEAUX
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard SERGEAUX
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret SENESCHAL
|        |        |                 |         \-----Alice SERGEAUX
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Philippa FITZ ALAN
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Sibyl De MONTACUTE
|        |        |         /-----Sir George VERE
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De SCALES
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John HOWARD, Lord Plaiz
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John PLAIZ, Lord Plaiz
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret PLAIZ, Baroness Plaiz
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan De STAPLETON
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HOWARD, Baroness Plaiz
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----John WALTON
|        |        |        |                  \-----Joan WALTON
|        |        |        |                           \-----Margery SUTTON
|        |         \-----Dorothy VERE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Ralph De STAFFORD
|        |                 |                           /-----John STAFFORD
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Maud De HASTANG
|        |                 |                  /-----Humphrey STAFFORD
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CHEYNE
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CHEYNE
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret DEVEREUX
|        |                 |         /-----Sir William STAFFORD
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William LITCHFIELD
|        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret LITCHFIELD
|        |                  \-----Margaret STAFFORD
|        |                          |         /-----Hugh WROTTESLEY
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth WROTTESLEY
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir John GRESLEY
|        |                                    \-----Thomasine GRESLEY
 \-----Dorothy NEVILLE
         |                                                      /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
         |                                             /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |                                            |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
         |                                    /-----Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |                                   |                  \-----Alice FITZALAN
         |                           /-----Henry BEAUFORT, Duke Of Somerset
         |                          |        |                  /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De FERRERS
         |                          |         \-----Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
         |                          |                 |         /-----Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY, Countess Of Warwick
         |                          |                           \-----Margaret De LISLE, Baroness Lisle
         |                  /-----Charles SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester
         |                 |         \-----Joan HILL
         |         /-----Henry SOMERSET, Earl Of Worcester
         |        |        |                                    /-----Thomas AP GWILYM
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir William AP THOMAS
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Maud MORLEY
         |        |        |                  /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Dafydd GAM
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Gladys Ferch DAFYDD
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Gwenlian Ferch Gwilym Ap Hywel Grach
         |        |        |         /-----William HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BROMWICH
         |        |        |        |         \-----Anne DEVEREUX
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----John MERBURY
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth MERBURY
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Alice PEMBRIDGE
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERBERT, Baroness Herbert
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir John De WYDEVILLE
         |        |                 |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel GOBION
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas BEDLISGATE
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                  \-----Mary WYDEVILLE
         |        |                          |                  /-----Jean II Count Of Brienne And Conversano
         |        |                          |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Marguerite De Enghien
         |        |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
         |        |                                   |         /-----Francis De Baux, Duke Of Andria
         |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Andria
         |        |                                             \-----Sveva ORSINI
          \-----Lucy SOMERSET
                  |                           /-----Sir Richard BROWNE
                  |                  /-----Sir Thomas BROWNE
                  |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir John FITZ ALAN, Lord Arundel
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir John FITZ ALAN, Lord Arundel
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor MAUTRAVERS, Baroness Mautravers
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ARUNDEL
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward DESPENSER, K.G., Lord Of Glamorgan
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DESPENSER
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De BURGHERSH, Baroness Burghersh
                  |        |         \-----Eleanor ARUNDEL
                  |        |                 |         /-----Henry MOYNS
                  |        |                  \-----Joan MOYNS
                   \-----Elizabeth BROWNE
                           |                                    /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
                           |                           /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                           |                          |         \-----Maud PERCY
                           |                  /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
                           |                 |        |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
                           |                 |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                           |                 |                  \-----Katharine Of Hainault
                           |         /-----John De NEVILLE, K.G., Marquess of Montagu
                           |        |        |                  /-----John De MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Maud FRAUNCEYS
                           |        |         \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                           |        |                  \-----Eleanor De HOLAND
                           |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
                            \-----Lucy NEVILLE
                                    |                           /-----Sir John INGOLDTHORPE
                                    |                  /-----Thomas INGOLDTHORPE
                                    |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BURGH
                                    |         /-----Sir Edmund INGOLDTHORPE
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir Walter De La POLE
                                    |        |         \-----Margaret De La POLE
                                    |        |                  \-----Elizabeth BRADESTON
                                     \-----Isabel INGOLDTHORPE
                                             |                  /-----Sir Payn TYBETOT
                                             |         /-----Sir John TIPTOFT, Lord Tiptoft
                                             |        |         \-----Agnes WROTH
                                              \-----Joan TIPTOFT
                                                      |         /-----Sir Edward CHERLETON, K.G., Lord Cherleton
                                                       \-----Joyce CHERLETON
                                                                \-----Eleanor HOLLAND



Descendants of William CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
1. William CECIL, Earl Of Exeter m1. Elizabeth MANNERS m2. Elizabeth DRURY
m. Elizabeth MANNERS father: Edward MANNERS, Earl Of Rutland mother: Isabel HOLCROFT
m. Elizabeth DRURY father: Sir William DRURY, K.G. mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD

2nd generation

3. Elizabeth CECIL m. Thomas HOWARD, Earl of Berkshire
m. Thomas HOWARD, Earl of Berkshire father: Thomas HOWARD, Earl Of Suffolk mother: Catherine KNEVET
4. Anne CECIL m. Henry GREY, Earl of Stamford
m. Henry GREY, Earl of Stamford father: Sir John GREY mother: Elizabeth NEVILL

3rd generation

5. Frances HOWARD m. Conyers DARCY, Earl Of Holderness
m. Conyers DARCY, Earl Of Holderness father: Conyers DARCY, Earl Of Holderness mother: Grace ROKESBY
6. Diana GREY m. Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin
m. Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin father: Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin mother: Anne CHICHESTER
7. John GREY m. Katharine WARD
m. Katharine WARD father: Edward WARD, Lord Ward mother: Frances BRERETON

4th generation

8. John DARCY m. Bridget SUTTON
m. Bridget SUTTON father: Robert SUTTON, Lord Lexington mother: Mary St LEGER
9. Diana BRUCE m1. Sir Seymour SHIRLEY m2. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland
m. Sir Seymour SHIRLEY father: Sir Robert SHIRLEY mother: Catherine OKEOVER
m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland father: John MANNERS, Earl Of Rutland mother: Frances MONTAGU
10. Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin m1. Elizabeth SEYMOUR m2. Charlotte Jacqueline De ARGENTEAU
m. Elizabeth SEYMOUR father: Henry SEYMOUR, Baron Beauchamp mother: Mary CAPELL
m. Charlotte Jacqueline De ARGENTEAU father: Louis Conrad De ARGENTEAU, Count of Esneux mother: Marie Gilberte De LOCQUENGHIEN
11. Frances GREY m. Sir John WROTTESLEY
m. Sir John WROTTESLEY father: Sir Walter WROTTESLEY mother: Eleanor ARCHER

5th generation

13. Robert DARCY, Earl Of Holderness m. Frederica SCHOMBERG
m. Frederica SCHOMBERG father: Meinhardt SCHOMBERG, Duke of Schomberg mother: Caroline Elizabeth
18. Elizabeth BRUCE m. George BRUDENELL, Earl Of Cardigan
m. George BRUDENELL, Earl Of Cardigan father: Francis BRUDENELL, Lord Brudenell mother: Frances SAVILE
19. Sir Richard WROTTESLEY m. Mary LEVESON-GOWER
m. Mary LEVESON-GOWER father: John LEVESON-GOWER, Earl Gower mother: Evelyn PIERREPONT