David Cecil was born in Halterennes, Herefordshire, England in 1456. He was the son of Richard Cecil and his wife Margaret Vaughn. David Cecil won fame at the Battle of Bosworth Field and served as Sergeant of Arms in the courts of both King Henry VII and King Henry VIII. He also served as Sheriff of Northamptonshire and as an Alderman of Stamford, England. In 1494 he married Alice Dycons, daughter of John Dycons, at Stamford. David and Alice Cecil had three known children: Richard Cecil who died in 1553, and was the father of the well known Elizabethan statesman Lord Burghley; 2nd son David Cecil; and daughter Joan Cecil who married Edmund Browne. After the death of his wife Alice, David Cecil married as his 2nd wife Joan Roos who would die in 1537. David Cecil died in 1535 at Stamford, England, and was buried at St. Georges Church in Stamford.
David Cecil was born in Halterennes, Herefordshire, England in 1456. He was the son of Richard Cecil and his wife Margaret Vaughn. David Cecil won fame at the Battle of Bosworth Field and served as Sergeant of Arms in the courts of both King Henry VII and King Henry VIII. He also served as Sheriff of Northamptonshire and as an Alderman of Stamford, England. In 1494 he married Alice Dycons, daughter of John Dycons, at Stamford. David and Alice Cecil had three known children: Richard Cecil who died in 1553, and was the father of the well known Elizabethan statesman Lord Burghley; 2nd son David Cecil; and daughter Joan Cecil who married Edmund Browne. After the death of his wife Alice, David Cecil married as his 2nd wife Joan Roos who would die in 1537. David Cecil died in 1535 at Stamford, England, and was buried at St. Georges Church in Stamford.
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