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Cecil, Baron Burghley

Pronounced "Cissel".

• References:
  • EXETER in [Burkes Peerage]
  • SALISBURY in [Burkes Peerage]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • The Cecils of Hatfield House, David Cecil, 1973.

Sir David Cecil,
or Cyssell.
He settled near Stamford, Lincolnshire (see map).
He mar Alice Dicons [dau of John Dicons, or Dicksons].
He died 1540.
Sir David and Alice had issue:

Sir Richard Cecil,
of Burleigh, S side of Stamford, Lincolnshire.
He mar Jane Heckington [dau of William Heckington].
He died 1553.
Sir Richard and Jane had issue:

1. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley,
   born 18 Sept 1520.