*Dorothy Neville 
*Dorothy was born in 1548 in Snape, Yorkshire, England. *Dorothy's father was John Neville and her mother was *Lucy Somerset. Her paternal grandparents were *John Neville and *Dorothy de Vere. She had three sisters named Catherine, Lucy and Elizabeth. She was the second oldest of the four children. She died at the age of 59 on March 23rd, 1607 in London, Middlesex, England. She was buried in Westminister Abbey.General Notes
The Queen died in 1603. Thomas and his half-brother Robert were created earls on the same day by King James I in 1605; Robert as Earl of Salisbury in the morning, and Thomas as Earl of Exeter after lunch. The family had no connection with Exeter, it was simply a title that was free because the previous holder had been attainted for treason. Thomas had earned the title by serving Elizabeth and James well. The new King, James I, was invited to stay at Burghley by Thomas, one of the first English peers to ask the King to his home.
Sir Henry Percy wrote to William Percy of Dorothy Neville at the age of 15: For both is she very wise, sober of behavior, womanly, and in her doings so temperate as if she barw the age of double her years, of stature like to be goodly, and of beauty very well. Her hair brown, yet her complexion very fair and clear, the favour of her face everybody may judge it to have both grace and wisdom.
(The Cecil Family By George Ravenscroft Dennis)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1437 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England d.26 Jul 1469 in Edgecote, Bandury, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1468 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England d.Dec 1530 in Snape Castle, Snape, North Yorkshire, England
- b.1410
- b.1442 in Halstead, Essex, England d.07 Oct 1470 in Warwickshire, England
- b.1418 in West Horsley, Surrey, England d.18 Dec 1475
- b.17 Nov 1493 in Snape Hall, Snape, North Yorkshire, England d.1543 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1472 in Grafton, Worcestershire, England d.1500
- b.1520 in Snape Hall, Snape, Yorkshire, England d.22 Apr 1577 in Snape, Yorkshire, England
- b.1497 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.07 Feb 1526 in Yorkshire, England
- b.1548 in Snape, Yorkshire, England d.23 Mar 1607 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1524 in Monmouthshire, Wales d.23 Feb 1583
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Details of *Dorothy's family with Thomas Cecil Sr.
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