Cecil, William, 1520-1598 (1st Baron Burghley, statesman)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1520 - 1598
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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Copies and extracts of letters and other documents, including correspondence of Roger Ascham, c. 1570
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.09.14
Scope and Contents
(1) ‘A comunicacon or discours of the Queenes highnes betwen fower Gent. at Montholl in Essex reported by Sir Thomas Smyth knight to his neybore ffrances Wiat gent. 1561 primo Aprilis; (2) copies of five letters from Sir Roger Ascham, (a) to ‘Mr Secretarie Cecill’, 6 October 1561, (b) to ‘Mr Secretarie’, 25 December 1553, (c) to ‘Mr Secretarie Cecill’, 8 June 1567, (d) ‘A lre written by R. A. for a gent. to a gentlewoman in waie of marriage’, (e) to the Bishop of Winchester, [1554]; (3) a...
Dates:
c. 1570
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, 1565 - 1598
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ee.03.56
Scope and Contents
A volume of 137 original letters, for the most part from William Cecil, Lord Burghley, to his son Sir Robert Cecil during the years 1593-98, and dealing principally with affairs of government. Many of them are autograph, others have only a few lines at the end in Lord Burghley’s handwriting, and others have only his signature. They are endorsed ‘The Lo. Tresr to my Mr’.The main sequence is prefixed by a letter from Sir William Cecil ‘To my very loving frend Mr William Phayer, the...
Dates:
1565 - 1598
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Miscellaneous collection of letters and other items
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.40
Scope and Contents
Includes: letter from Roger Ascham to William Cecil, 9 Jan. 1548; copy letter from Samuel Ward to James Ussher, 24 May 1637; letters from Francis Standish, Thomas Hearne, Samuel Noyes and unidentified to Simon Patrick; letters from Edmund Symondes, John Ste[?], Sir William Denny, John Vincent, and William Burgess to Thomas Rogerson, 1619-62 and undated; 'The Conquest of China by the Tartars', 1 fo., c. 1690; letter from John Strype, with memorandum concerning the Hicks MSS. Aug. 1714; letter...
Dates:
1548-1714
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Thomas Baker's copies of documents, mainly relating to Cambridge University, c 1722
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.01.40
Scope and Contents
1. 'Statuta pro collegio Divi Johannis Evangeliste' [A.D. 1530]. pp. 1-108. 2. 'Subscriptiones præfectorum, professorum, sociorum coll. etc. ab an. 1662 ad an. 1719. e libro originali.' pp. 111-126. 3. 'A clause of Sir Tho. Wendy's will concerning his charity towards the endowment of the vicaridge of Haselingfeild.' pp. 127-129. 4. 'Statuta Sanctæ et Ind. Trinitatis collegii Cantabrig. edita a visitatoribus regiis anno regni [Eliz.] secundo.' pp. 131-178. 5. 'Mr Chr....
Dates:
c 1722
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Thomas Baker's copies of documents, mainly relating to Cambridge University, c 1728
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.01.43
Scope and Contents
1. 'Letters [Original] to or from My Lord Burghley from a Volume of Original Letters MSS. of Jo. Bp. of Ely.' pp. 1-18. 2. 'Copies of Letters, taken from a Large Volume of Letters &c. in the late Bp. of Ely's Library, endorsed 10lib.00s.00d. wch probably was the price of the Book, and yet only Copies.' pp. 19-128. 3. 'The manner of the sicknes and death of Prince Henrye Sonne to Kinge James, Anno 1612.' pp. 129-140. 4. 'Count Arundells Apologie, beinge restrained, for...
Dates:
c 1728
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Thomas Baker's copies of documents, mainly relating to Cambridge University, 1740
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.01.47
Scope and Contents
1. 'Particulars concerning the scite, building and finishing King's College.' pp. 1-14. 2. 'Collections out of a MS. Intituled; Memoires written by the late Earle of Manchester, Son to the Lord Privy Seale, under his own hand; Ex Chartophylacio Regio.' pp. 17-26. 3. 'A short Account of some Passages of the Life and Death of Wentworth late Earle of Roscommon, To the … Lord Carteret.' pp. 27-44. 4. 'Particulars concerning Trinity Hall.' pp. 45-56. 5. 'Preamble to the Patent...
Dates:
1740
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Transcripts of Thomas Baker's copies of documents, mainly relating to Cambridge University, in the British Museum, c 1799
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.02.24
Scope and Contents
Transcript from Baker 8-10 (Harl. 7035-7037).1. Latin letters from the University to Laud bp. of London. pp. 1-7. 2. Letter from Wolsey to Hen. VIII. pp. 8-10 (= VIII. 174-176). 3. 'Acts, Instruments etc. transcribed from the University Black Book,' [i.e. The Black Parchment Book.] pp. 11-60. 3. 'Acts, Instruments etc. transcribed from the University Black Book,' [i.e. The Black Parchment Book, now in the Registry.] pp. 11-60. 5. Papers relating to Christ's College....
Dates:
c 1799
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).