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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520/21 - 1598)

Collector of coins at Theobalds (Selwyn and Selwyn 517). He also "had a cabinet full of 'rare things of workmanship' that included rocks, coins, and other antiquities, including a strange mineral specimen sent to him from Prague by the notorious alchemist Edward Kelly" (Harkness, 32). Cecil donated "7 old maps of diverse countries" to the Tradescant collection (Leith-Ross, 164). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4983 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley Collector (minor)
 Relevant locations: Residence at Theobalds Palace, Cedars Park
 Relationships: William Cecil was a recipient of object(s) from Edward Kelley (1 Aug 1555-1 Nov 1597)

Robert Cecil (1 Jun 1563-24 May 1612) was a son of William Cecil
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution .
as Mentioned or referenced by - The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen .
as Mentioned or referenced by - 'The Profession of a Gentleman': Books for the Gentry and the Nobility (c.1560-1640).
 References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Cecil, Lord of the land of Mary, etc.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

47. Vox Populi, or News from Spain, translated according to the Spanish Copy. Observations on Holland. A Letter, or Apology, written by the Count Arundel to the Lord Treasurer Burleigh, touching his Title of Comes Imperii. (Don. Rev. Jo. Hall.) Iter Boreale, by four Clerks of Oxford.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

A Warning agaynst the dangerous Practises of Papistes, supposed to be writ by Secretary Cecil, or Sir Tho. Smith: The Bishop of Ely hath the like, and another rare Tract writ during the Rebellion in the North 1569. Archbishop Hutton's Sermon preached at Yorke before the Earl of Huntington (President of Her Majesty's Council) and o ther Noblemen. Index librorum Prohibitorum Authoritate Pii 4. Sixti 5, and Clem. 8 Paparum, 1597. Index Expurgatorius, 1599. Another in 4to. 1619.

Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Principall Benefactors to the precedent Collection. {King Charles.} {Queen Mary.} George Duke of Buckingham. Lady Katharine Dutchess of Buck: William Laud Archbishop of Cant: Robert Earle of Salisbury. William Earle of Salisbury. Earle of Carlisle. Lord Viscount Dorchester. Lord Viscount Faulkland. Lord Strange. Lord Goring. Lord Cambden. Countesse of Arundell. Lady Matrevers. Lady Denbeigh. Lady Wootton. 180Musæum Tradescantianum. Lady Mary Villers. Lady Goring. Lady Killegray. Lady Christian Leviston. Sir Thomas Roe. Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir Henry VVootonWooton. Sir Kenelme Digby. Sir Nathanael Bacon. Sir Butts Bacon. Sir Dudly Diggs. Sir Henry Vane. Sir Henry Palmer. Sir Robert Heath. Sir Peter Manwood. Sir John Trever. Sir William Boswell. Sir Clipsby Crew. Sir Alexander Gourdon. Sir James Bagg. Sir David Kirke. Sir Richard Wiseman. Sir John Smith. Sir John Wieldes. Sir Henry Meldree. Musæum Tradescantianum.181 Sir John Aemoote. Lady Roe. Lady Graimes. Doctor Owin. Doctor John Hill. Doctor Thomas Wharton. Doctor William Broad. Doctor Bugg. William Murray Esq. William Curteene Esq. Elias Ashmole Esq. Captain Weddell. Captain Plumbey. Captain Ireland. Captain Cleborne. Captain Prim. Captain Wood. Captain West. Captain Swanley. Captain Adam Denton. Captain Trenchfield. Captain David Atchinson. Mr. Nicolas, Secretary to the Navy. Mr. John Slany Merchant. Mr. Charleton Merchant. 182Musæum Tradescantianum. Mr. James Boovy Merchant. Mr. John Millen. Mr. Thomas Howard. Mr. White of Burntwood. Mr. Ofield. Mr. Ofley. Mr. Greene. Mr. Munke. Mr. Sadler. Mr. Bushell. Mr. Liggon. Mr. George Tomasin. In EEBO copy: Scratched out in original document and has "Thomason" written beside it in ink. Mr. Dells. Mr. Gage. Mr. Pergins. Mr. Robert Martyn. Mr. Trion. Mr. Woolfe. Mr. Browne. Mr. Martin Masters. Mr. Butler. Mr. Phillips. Mr. Harison. Mr. Pette. Mr. Short. Musæum Tradescantianum.183 Mr. Bound. Mr. Stone. Mr. Bartholomew Hagatt. Mr. Reeve. Mr. Francis Cline. Mr. Thomas Herbert. Mr. Rowland Bucket. Mr. Snelling. Mr. Rowe. Mr. Smith. Mr. Butterworth. Mr. le Goulz. Mr. William Martyn. Mr. Lanyon. Mr. Gasper Calthoofe. Mr. William Lambert. Mr. John Benson.