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Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston, Mesne Lord (Lady)
Dates: C.1953-1956
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Sir Geoffrey Bainard, Baron of Baynard, Sheriff of York
Dates: C.1090-C.1100
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Sir Ralph de Bainard, Baron of Baynard
Dates: C.1066-1090
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Sir William Bainard, Baron of Baynard
Dates: C.1095-C.1119
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Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, Member of Parliament for Stamford, Governor of Hull, Privy Councillor, Knight of the Garter, created 1st Earl of Exeter in 1605., 2nd Baron Burghley from 1598, Knight of the Garter from 1601, Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire and Lord President of the Council of the North, 1599–1603, 1st Earl of Exeter from 4 May 1605, Privy Counsellor, Lincolnshire, and later Northamptonshire, Governor of Brielle, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1578., Countess of Exeter by marriage, daughter and co-heiress of John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer, 2nd Baron Burghley, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, Lord President of the Council of the North, Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire and Northamptonshire, Governor of Brill, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire., soldier and courtier, Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, Member of Parliament., English politician, Member of Parliament for Stamford., Thomas Cecil: 2nd Baron Burghley, KG, soldier and politician. Dorothy Neville: daughter and co-heiress of John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer., soldier, courtier and landowner.
Dates: 5 May 1542–7 February 1623
Eldest son of William Cecil and Mary Cheke. He inherited the Burghley title in 1598 and was raised to the earldom of Exeter in 1605. Through his marriage…
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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1st Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English courtier and landowner, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, Member of Parliament for Derbyshire before succeeding to the earldom, high bailiff of Tutbury.
Dates: 1592–1676
English nobleman identified in the supplied account as the recipient of Egmanton and other properties left by the fourth Earl of Clare.
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Secretary of State, Privy Councillor, Lord High Treasurer, Lord Privy Seal, Knight of the Garter, created Baron Burghley in 1571., Baron Burghley from 1571, Knight of the Garter from 1572, Lord High Treasurer from 1572., Secretary of State under Edward VI and Elizabeth I, Speaker of the House of Commons in 1563., Principal Secretary of State, principal secretary of state and Lord High Treasurer under Elizabeth I, Knight Companion of the Garter, English statesman, Privy Counsellor, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and University of Dublin, Lord Lieutenant of several counties.
Dates: 1520/21–4 August 1598
English statesman and principal minister to Elizabeth I. He founded the dynastic Cecil houses of Exeter and Salisbury and built Burghley House as a major family seat. His…
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