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CECIL, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 SR 1012

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: CECIL, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598)

Date(s): 1536-1616

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Cecil | William | 1520-1598 | 1st Baron Burghley | statesman

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, acted as Secretary (1558-1572) and Lord Treasurer (1572-1598) to Queen Elizabeth I.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of bills, letters and miscellaneous documents of autograph interest created by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, 1536-1616, including letters, government and legal documents, and financial material. Other persons included in the collection are: John Wynter; Sir Marmaduke Constable; Sir Walter Mildmay; Sir Francis Walsingham; Rev Robert Abbot; Robert Cooke; Sir Robert Cary; Sir John Popham; Sir Edward Coke; Sir John Fortescue; Sir Robert Newcomen; Sir Julius Caesar; William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke; Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk; and Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 volume

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

No further list required.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Library Pamphlet Collection.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Government

Personal names
Abbott | Robert | fl 1600 | clergyman
Caesar | Sir | Julius | 1558-1636 | Knight | judge
Cary | Sir | Robert | fl 1600 | [Knight]
Cecil | William | 1520-1598 | 1st Baron Burghley | statesman x Burghley | 1st Baron
Coke | Sir | Edward | 1552-1634 | Knight | politician, lawyer and judge
Constable | Sir | Marmaduke | fl 1564 | [Knight]
Cooke | Robert | fl 1600 | messenger
Fortescue | Sir | John | ? 1531-1607 | Knight | statesman
Herbert | William | 1580-1630 | 3rd Earl of Pembroke | statesman x Pembroke | 3rd Earl of
Howard | Charles | 1536-1624 | 1st Earl of Nottingham | statesman x Nottingham | 1st Earl of
Howard | Thomas | 1561-1626 | 1st Earl of Suffolk | statesman x Suffolk | 1st Earl of
Mildmay | Sir | Walter | 1520-1589 | Knight | statesman
Newcomen | Sir | Robert | fl 1607 | [Knight]
Popham | Sir | John | 1531-1607 | Knight | judge
Walsingham | Sir | Francis | 1530-1590 | Knight | statesman
Wynter | John | fl 1562 | messenger

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe