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Premier lord Richard Cecil

Richard was born in 1495 in UK. Richard's father was David Cecil and his mother was Alice Dickens Dicons. His paternal grandparents were Philip Cecil and Maud Vaugh. He was an only child. He died at the age of 92 on May 22nd, 1587 in St Margaret, Wesminster, UK.

General Notes
- Gentleman of the Privy Chamber; Sheriff of Rutland; Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1542 & 1543; Custodian of Windsor Castle; He supported the King (Henry VIII) in his breach with the Roman Catholic Church. It gave Richard a chance to buy confiscated Church lands; Jane brought the Lordship of Burghley as heir of father William Heckington of Bourne in the county of Lincoln;

Occupation Details
- Richard's occupation was Custodian of Windsor castle.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John "Baskerville" Cecil ^*
  - b.~  1300 d.>  1335
  
  Sir knight Thomas Cecil
  - b.~  1335 d.>  1370
  
  Joan Monnington
  - b.<  1310 d.>  1335
  
  Richard Cecil
  - b.~  1370 d.>  1400
  
  Margaret Winston
  - b.<  1336 d.>  1370
  
  Philip Cecil
  - b.~  1400 d.>  1455
  
  Margareth Phillips
  - b.<  1370 d.>  1400
  
  David Cecil
  - b.~  1455 in Stamford, UK d.14 Sep 1535 in UK
  
  Maud Vaugh
  - b.<  1410 d.>  1455
  
  Premier lord Richard Cecil
  - b.1495 in UK d.22 May 1587 in St Margaret, Wesminster, UK
  
  Alice Dickens Dicons
  - b.<  1474 d.>  1495
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Details of Richard's family with Jane Heckington

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