Christopher Cecil (1576 - bef. 1618)

Born May 1576 in Stamford Baron St Martin, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Died before 1618 before age 41 in Germany

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Biography

Christopher Cecil or Cecill was the son of Sir Thomas Cecil (later 1st Earl of Exeter) and his first wife Dorothy Neville or Nevill.

He was born at the family seat of Burghley House in Northamptonshire, England and was baptised at the parish church of St Martin Stamford Baron. His name in the baptism register was spelled with the Greek Chi and Ro (the shorthand for Christ), and his surname was also spelled Cicell. ^[1]

Xpofer ye sone of Sir Thomas Cicell knight 17 of May [1576]

Christopher was educated at Cambridge University. He entered Pembroke College in 1593 at the age of 17. After he left Cambridge, he was admitted to Gray's Inn on 4 November 1597. ^[2]
The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn shows that he was admitted on the same day as his younger brother Thomas to train as a lawyer: ^[3]

Folio 398

Christopher Cecill son of Thomas Cecill, Knight

Thomas Cecill son of Thomas Cecill, Knight

Venn reports that Christopher drowned while in Germany but does not give a date. ^[2] The Visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1618-19 show that Christopher was already dead by this year on his travels "ob. in perigrinatione". ^[4]

The Visitations made no mention of either a wife or children, and no widow or children were mentioned in the will of Christopher's father Thomas in 1622. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Parish register of St Martin Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire, England Accessed on Ancestry.co.uk Image
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge by Venn, J. A. (John Archibald), Publication date 1922-54 Internet Archive
3. ↑ The register of admissions to Gray's inn, 1521-1889, together with the register of marriages in Gray's inn chapel, 1695-1754 by Foster, Joseph, Publication date 1889 Internet Archive
4. ↑ The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 : with Northhamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss. by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles); Vincent, Augustine, 1584?-1626 Publication date 1887
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5. ↑ Will of Sir Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter. Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Piece Description: Piece 141: Swann, Quire Numbers 1-66 (1623) Accessed on Ancestry.co.uk Image

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