300 EXETER. II. lGi'3. 2. William (Cecil), Earl of Exeter, &c, s. and Ii., by 1st wife, 6. 1500; Knighted, by James 1, 17 April 1003 ; stj/lrd Loud Burghley 1005-2;!; Lord Lieut, of co. Northampton, 1G23 ; V.C., 1626 ; K.G., 18 April, being installed, 5 Oct. 1630. He m. firstly, in 1589, Elizabeth, dc jure, suo jure Baroness dh Roos, <la. and h. of Edward (Manners), ;id E.uil of Kutland, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas HolcrOft. She d. and was bur. 10 May 1501, in Westni. Abbev. lie m. secondly Elizabeth, sister and coheir of Sir Robert, da. of Sir William Drdht, of Hawsted, co. Suffolk, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Stafford, of Blatherwick, co. Northampton. Ho <?. s.p.m.g.( a ) 0 July 1010, at Exeter House, St. John's Clerkenwell and was bur. the 0th at Wcstm. Abbev afsd. Fnn. Certif. in Public Record office. Will dat. 0 July 10:i0, pr. 13 July 1010, by hia widow anil universal legatee. She, who was b. 1 Jan. 1578, </. at Exeter house afsd., 2U Feb. and was bur. 4 March 1653/4, M.I. Will dat. 20 March, pr. 20 April 105 I f, 1 ') III. 1G-10. 3. David (Cecil), Earl of Exeter and Baron EuP.r.ni.EY, nephew and h. male, being only s. and h. of Sir Richard Cecil, of Wakerley, co. Northampton, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Anthony Copk, Bart., of Hanwell, Oxon, which Richard was 2d s. of the 1st Earl and d. 15 Feb. 103:5, aged 53. He was b. about 1000, and was M.l'. for Peterborough, 10 10. lie m. Elizabeth, 3d da. of John (Egerton), 1st Earl ok Bridgwater, by Frances, da. and coheir of Ferdinando (Stanley), 5th Earl of Derby. He d. in London, 18 April 1013 and was bur. at St. Martin's Stamford, co. Northampton. Will pr. April 1015. Hia widow was bur . there 21 March 1080/7. Her Will pr. 1G88. IV. 1G I3. 4. JonN (Cecil), Earl of Exeter, &c, s. and h., b. 1G2S (being aged 6 at the Her. Visit, of 1034) styled Lord Burghley, 1640-43. He was Lord Lieut, of co. Northampton, 1000-73. He m. firstly, 8 Dec. 1010, at St. Bride's, London, Frances, 1st da. of John (Manners), 8th Earl of Rutland, l.y Frances, da. of Edward (Montagu), 1st Baron Montagu of Bocohtok. She, who was b. at Haddon, co. Derby, d. 2 Dec. 1000, and was bur. 14, at St. Martin's, Stam- ford. He m. secondly 21 Jan. 1000/70, at Ashwell, Mary, widow of Francis Palmf.s, 4th da. of Mildmay (Fane), Earl of Westmorland, by his 2d wife, Mary, da. and coheir of Horatio (Verb), Baron Vere of Tilbury. He d. IS March 1077/8, at Burghley House, near Stamford and was bur. at St. Martin's afsd. Will pr. 1078. Her will pr. 1631. V. 1678. 5. Jolin (Cecil), Earl of Exeter, &c., s. and h., by first wife, b. about 1048, and styled Lord Buhgiiley, till 167S ; M.l'. for co. Northampton, 1075-73 ; Lord High Almoner at the Coronation of James II, 23 April 1085. Though he espoused the causo of the Prince of Orange in 1G88,( C 1 he declined taking the oaths of the Revolution. He m. (lie. from Bp. of Loudon, 4 May 1070 to marry at St. Mary le Savoy, he 21, Bach, she 21, widow) Anne, widow of Charles Rich, styled Lord Rich, da. of William (Cavendish), 3d Earl of Df.von- shiiie, by Elizabeth, da. of William (Cecil), 2d Earl of Salisbuhy. He d. at Issy, near Paris, 20 Aug. 1700 and was bur. 20 Oct. following, at St. Martin's, Stamford. M.L Will pr. May 1701. His widow d. 18 June 1703, and was bur. 30 at St. Martin's afsd. Her admon. 28 Jan. 1703/1, and again 4 Nov. 1707 to a creditor. Jessop, " it is clear that the first Lord Exeter was a person of very ordinary abilities and that if he had been born of other parentage, we should have heard nothing of him." See Stephen's " Nat. Biwj." (") William Cecil his only son, the only child of his first wife, b. 1590, me. his mother the next year as Lord de Roos. lie d. s.p. 27 June 1018 (" a rapist " at Naples) before his father's accession to the Earldom, so that he is not noticed in the text of this work. The Earl, by his second wife, had three daughters and coheirs, all of whom married and had issue. ( b ) Pedigree of Drtiry of Hawsted in Gage's " Thingoc Hundred, co. Suffolk. " (°) Seo list af Noblemen in arms for that cause, vol. i, p. 28, note " b," sub "Abingdon."
