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Cecil, William, (1520-1598), 1st Baron Burghley, statesman

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Surname: Cecil
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1520-1598
Title: 1st Baron Burghley
Biography: ODNB link for Cecil, William (1520-1598) 1st Baron Burghley, statesman
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P143538 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5251 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Cecil
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1558-96: diaries, memoranda, journal etc
Hatfield House Library and Archives
HMC
NRA 32925

See HMC 9 Salisbury MSS
2
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Sloane MSS
3
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Harleian MSS
4
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Lansdowne MSS 1-22
5
corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Stowe MSS
6
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 5754, 5843
7
1571-78: corresp (16 items)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Rawl lett 88
8
1536-1616: misc corresp and papers
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
SR 1012
9
c1592: memorandum book
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Royal MSS
10
1579-1584: copies of corresp between Archbishop of Canterbury, and Burleigh, Walsingham, the Council etc
Sheffield City Archives
WWM
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse
11
1578-96: letters (40) to Richard Bagot
Folger Shakespeare Library
MS L.a.1-1076
NRA 20980
12
letters to Sir Julius Caesar
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 12497, 12505-07 passim
13
letters to Robert Cecil
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Ee ii 56
See Catalogue of MSS vol 2
14
late 16th cent: (copies) letters to Lord Cobham, Warden of the Cinque Ports, with related documents, previously in the possession of Sir Edward Dering (Phillipps MS 25750)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP 686
15
1585-93: corresp with Lord Ellesmere
Huntington Library
EL
NRA 24601 Egerton (Bridgwater)
16
1586: letters to Sir Christopher Hatton and William Davison
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Eg MS 2124
17
1569-71: (copies) letters to Thomas Heneage, Treasurer of the Queen's Chamber
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP 23
18
1588-90: letters from Sir John Maitland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 23109, 23241
19
1575-76: letters (11) to Peter Osborne
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
CLC/521/MS21607
NRA 30170
20
1559-85: corresp with Sir Ralph Sadleir
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 33591-94 passim
21
1565-90: corresp with Earl of Shrewsbury
Arundel Castle
NRA 12614 Fitzalan-Howard
22
1551-83: corresp with Sir Nicholas Throckmorton etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 35830-31, 35837 passim
23
official corresp with Sir John Leveson re Kent
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office
S
NRA 10699 Leveson-Gower
24
misc letters
Longleat House
TH
See HMC 58 Bath MSS II
25
1588-95: corresp with Lord Willoughby
Lincolnshire Archives
See HMC 66 Ancaster MSS
26
1564-1599: misc corresp
Cambridge University: Magdalene College, Pepys Library
See HMC 70 Pepys MSS
27
1566-97: letters and papers
Kent History and Library Centre
U1475; U1500
NRA 17989 Sidney

See HMC 77 De L'Isle and Dudley MSS II
28
letters, papers, private journal
Burghley House
NRA 6666 Cecil
29
1579-96: letters
Lambeth Palace Library
MSS 647-62
NRA 19123
30
c1554-95: corresp with Earls of Shrewsbury
Lambeth Palace Library
See HMC Joint Publication 6
31
1590-97: corresp with Archbishop Whitgift
Lambeth Palace Library
MSS 2004, 2009
32
letters rel to Cambridge University
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Mm 1 40
See Catalogue of MSS vol 5
33
1562-1593: corresp rel to Cambridge University
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See Cambridge University Archives: a Classified List, 1988, p63
34
1577: letter to Matthew Hutton (1529–1606), Dean of York
Lambeth Palace Library
L-2022-39
See Annual Return 2022