Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Location of Cecil tomb ("e", red circle)
in St.Nicholas' chapel ("6")
in Westminster Abbey.
See close-up.
From
[Brayley, vol.2, 1823].
Cecil tomb is
p.167 and
p.168 and
p.169
in
[Brayley, vol.2, 1823].
Has Latin transcripts
(though no English translations).
Engraving of St.Nicholas' chapel, 1812.
Cecil tomb on RHS.
See full size.
On sale here.
Printed in colour
opposite p.119
in
[Combe, 1812, vol.2].
Cecil tomb at Westminster Abbey.
Photo 2012.
See larger
and full size.
See similar shot.
See shot from left
and shot from right.
Effigies of Anne Cecil (higher)
and her mother Mildred Cooke (lower).
Mildred's husband and
Anne's father
William Cecil, Baron Burghley
is above.
To LHS is Burghley and Mildred's son
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
See photo
and photo.
To RHS are
the
three daughters of Anne Cecil
(Elizabeth, Bridget and Susan de Vere).
Cecil tomb at Westminster Abbey. Upper part.
Photo 2012.
See full size.
Detail of above.
Mildred's husband and
Anne's father
William Cecil, Baron Burghley
put
a small kneeling statue of himself on their monument
with the inscription:
"his eyes dim with tears for the loss of those who were dear to him beyond the whole race of womankind."
Photo 2012.
See full size.
Text of above.
Anne, Countess of Oxford;
daughter of William Cecil, Baron Burghley;
born 1556;
married Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford;
mother of Elizabeth, Bridget and Susan;
died 1588 in Greenwich Palace.
Text of above.
Robert Cecil, son of William Cecil, Baron Burghley,
by his wife Mildred,
born 1563,
married 1589 to Elizabeth Brooke.
He was
still alive when this tomb erected by his father,
not yet created 1st Earl of Salisbury.
2nd panel in the row at bottom.
Photo 2012.
See full size.
Text of above.
Mildred Cooke,
dau of Sir Anthony Cooke
by his wife Anne,
dau of
Sir William Fitzwilliam.
Wife of William Cecil, Baron Burghley.
Their children were Anne, Robert and Elizabeth.
3rd panel in the row at bottom.
Photo 2012.
See full size.
Text of above.
Burghley and Mildred's children:
Anne, wife of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford.
Robert.
Elizabeth, married William Wentworth.
Mildred died 1589, at Burghley House, Westminster, London.
4th panel in the row at bottom.
Photo 2012.
See full size.
Text of above.
The three daughters
of Anne Cecil
and Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford:
Elizabeth de Vere (born 1575).
Bridget de Vere (born 1584).
Susan de Vere (born 1587).
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