CECIL, David (c.1606-1643), of Wakerley, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1606, 1st s. of Sir Richard Cecil† of Wakerley, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Anthony Cope†, 1st bt. of Hanwell, Oxon.CP; C142/515/76. educ. Clare Coll. Camb. Mich. 1620, MA 1621;Al. Cant. l’Académie d’Equitation d’Angers 1625;A. Joubert, ‘Les gentilshommes étrangers...à l’Académie d’Equitation d’Angers au XVIIe siécle’, Revue d’Anjou, i (1893), 18. L. Inn 9 Aug. 1627.LI Admiss. m. c. Mar. 1627, Elizabeth (bur. 24 Mar. 1688), da. of John Egerton†, 1st earl of Bridgewater, 6s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).CP; VCH Northants. Fams. 33-4; Coventry Docquets, 554-5; Northants. N. & Q. iii. 111. suc. fa. 4 Sept. 1633; uncle as 3rd earl of Exeter, 6 July 1640. d. 18 Apr. 1643.CP.

Offices Held

Local: commr. swans, Lincs. 26 June 1635.C181/5, f. 14v. J.p. liberty of Peterborough 7 Dec. 1638–d.C231/5, p. 317. Commr. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, 7 Dec. 1638–d.C181/5, ff. 121, 183, 195. Dep. lt. Northants. 4 Dec. 1639–?Northants. RO, C2553. Custos rot. liberty of Peterborough 20 July 1640–d.C231/5, p. 398. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1 June 1641–d.C181/5, ff. 196, 214v, 222v. Ld. lt. Rutland 5 Mar. 1642–d.A. and O.

: of Wakerley, Northants.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CECIL, David (c.1606-1643), of Wakerley, Northants.

Will

18 Apr. 1643, pr. 2 Apr. 1645.PROB11/193, f. 42.

Estates

1633, inherited manor and advowson of Wakerley.C142/515/76. 1643, estate inc. property in Bainton, Burghley, Collyweston, Helpston, Pilsgate, Wittering, manor and rectory of Wothorpe, Northants.; Ketton, Rutland; and Stamford, Lincs.C142/710/4. 1662, estate of dowager countess of Exeter and of 4th earl of Exeter (mostly in Northants. and Rutland) valued at £1,480 p.a.Add. 34222, f. 38v; J.B. Crummett, ‘The Lay Peers in Parliament 1640-4’ (Manchester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 197.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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