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	The London 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