Sir Thomas Cecil, Knt., of Keldon

Thomas Cecil was born in 1578.1 He was the son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and Dorothy Neville.1 He married Anne Lee, daughter of Sir R. Lee.1 He died on 3 December 1662.2.

Sir Thomas Cecil of Keldon was the 4th son of Thomas Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, and the 2nd husband of Susan Oxenbridge, daughter of Robert Oxenbridge and Barbara White, and widow of Edward Cason of Pelham, member of the Middle Temple. She survived Thomas also.

Family

From “Burghley: The Life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of ...” By W. H. Charlton. Page 126:
GoogleBooks

The Earl had by his first wife, Dorothy Nevill, five sons and eight daughters, viz.:—

V. Thomas, who was born in 1578, and married Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Lee, Knt., Lord Mayor of London.

From https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/Ce...

“Thomas and Anne had four children: Benjamin, Dorothy, Charles and Anne, of which I only know further details on Dorothy.”

Comments

Updated 4 June 2019

• Not the father of John "Baptist" Cissell, of St. Mary's County. They may have shared a common ancestor around the year 1275. See Y DNA test results at ftDNA.
• Tudor Place is not a reliable source for children. Other citations seem clear there were no “surviving” sons.
• we do not seem to know who the father of John "Baptist" Cissell, of St. Mary's County was. See discussion: https://www.geni.com/discussions/195949?msg=1294347
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75944596/thomas-cecil seems in error: “Known as the Engraver. Made the first map of Maryland for the Crown.“. They link to a https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174756590/william-cecil which seems a mixup with John Cecil of St Mary’s in Maryland.
• Not the same person as Thomas Cecil (engraver)“Sir [SIC] Thomas painted portraits of Queen Elizabeth I & King Henry VIII. He was an engraver also. He came to America in 1635 & made the first map of Maryland. He was given a land grant for his effort by the English Crown. This was in Maryland.”

  ---

Notes

From Hardin Clay Roots

"Alias: Sir Knight Thomas /Cecil/ There is yet to be proof that this Thomas Cecil was the engraver who came to Maryland, nor that the Thomas Cecil who married Susan Oxenbridge fathered these children, it is still speculative. Burke's Peerage does not give this 2nd marriage to Susan Oxenbridge,, but the Oxenbridge family is very clear that the marri age, which is documented in London marriage records, was to Sir Thomas Cecil".

---

Notes from fourth cousin- Carol Sidders

"And for Thomas William Cecil's parents I have John Baptiste Cecil & Mary Calvert. Now we are talking about the mid 1600's for John & Mary. I found a note saying that maybe John Baptiste Cecil was born in England 1634. His parents were Thomas Cecil & Susan Oxenbridge. Now I don't know if this is Thomas the engraver. There was a Thomas Cecil that came over and drew a land map for the state of Maryland. He went back to England but sent a son over to claim some land for drawing up the map. But can't find his name on any boat or ship. Well I have his parents as Thomas Cecil & Dorothy Nevill."

---

From https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/13ecaa6a-dad8-4...

• Reference: DE/Fp/21360
• Title: Settlement
• Description: Between Sir Thomas Cecill of Felix Hall, Keldon, Essex, knight, and Dame Susan his wife, [formerly wife of Edward Cason of the Middle Temple, London,] and Edward Cason of Furneux pelham, esq, [son of Dame Susan], 1st, Francis Flyer of Brent Pelham, esq, and Thomas Flyer, his son and heir, 2nd, and Humphrey Browne, citizen and mercer of London, and John Sampson, citizen and haberdasher of London, 3rd, on the marriage of Edward Cason and Martha Flyer, daughter of Francis Flyer. Covenant to levy a fine between the 1st and 2nd parties so that Francis Flyer and Thomas Flyer may be tenants in a recovery in which Humphrey Browne and Thomas Sampson shall be demandants, and Edward Cason vouchee: Browne and Sampson to be trustees. The Lodge House, Old Barn and certain lands in Furneux Pelham to be a jointure for Martha.
• Field names given. Signatures. Seals
• Date: 6 Oct 1651
• Held by: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives

  ---

From http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/felixhall.html

THE MANOR OF FILLIOLS OR FELIX HALL

The Filliols were likely to have been rarely in Kelvedon fog they were constantly engaged, during the 13th and 14th centuries, in fighting against the French, the Scots or the Welsh. In 1346 the Manor passed to Sir John de Bohun of Midhurst, Sussex, through his marriage to Cecily Filliol. It passed 200 years later, again by marriage, to Sir Robert Southwell who died childless. In 1539 King Henry VIII gave it to the Long family after which it went, through marriage, to Sir William Russell, later Baron Thornhaugh, who sold it to Sir Thomas Cecil, younger son of the Earl of Exeter. It was resold in 1630 to Anthony Abdy, an eminent merchant of London — though of Yorkshire origins — whose three sons became baronets ...

References

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1635.htm#i16344 Cites
• BP2003 volume 1, page 1363. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
• Oxenbridge pedigree chart: link
• A Parochial History of St. Mary Bourne: With an Account of the Manor of ...By Joseph Stevens. Page 272. GoogleBooks “In addition to the above elder brother, William Oxenbridge had four younger brothers, and three sisters. His brothers were Henry, Gabriel, Richard, whose will is dated 1618, and John, whose will was indited at the same time, as it also bears date 1618 (Inquis. p. m.~). His sisters were—Elizabeth, who married Edward Woodward, Esq., Privy Chamber to King James; Susan, who was wedded, first to Edward Cason, Esq., of Pelham, Herts, Treasurer, 16th James; and second, to Sir Thomas Cecil, of Keldon, fourth son of Thomas, Earl of Salisbury, whom she survived. The third sister, Anne, lived unmarried at Windsor in 1634.”
• The Victoria history of the county of Hertford Author Page, William, 1861-1934, ed. Page 102. Archive.Org
• The visitations of Hertfordshire : made by Robert Cooke, esq.,Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546. Page 37. Archive.Org
• The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire By Henry Chauncy (sir.), Sir Henry Chauncy. Page 287. GoogleBooks. Sir Thomas Cecil died not long after the property settlement of 1641.
• from https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/Ce... whohnson posting 5/11/11: “... His first wife was Anne Leigh (or Ann Lee) the daughter of Sir Robert Lee, Alderman of London Thomas and Anne had four children: Benjamin, Dorothy, Charles and Anne, of which I only know further details on Dorothy. Thomas himself, married secondly to a Susan, the widow of Edward Cason of the Middle Temple, and mother by Edward to Edward Cason of Furneux Pelham, esq. Edward Sr was dead by 1651, when Susan and Thomas her then-husband made a marriage settlement for Edward Jr to marry Martha Flyer (settlement dated 6 Oct 1651) daughter of Francis Flyer of Brent Pelham, esq then living as well. Dorothy Cecil *may* have been the sole surviving heiress of her father Thomas. She married as his second wife to Thomas Cudmore of Kelvedon, co Essex, esq who died 25 Jul 1637“
• The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570 ..., Part 1 By College of Arms (Great Britain). Page 387. GoogleBooks “Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil of Kelvedon in Com. Essex, youngest brother of the Erle of Exeter. 2nd wife of Thomas Cudmore of Kelvedon in com Essex, 1634.”
• From https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/Ce... Paul Cudmore posting on 7:17/18: “I own an original ink drawing of a Cudmore Crest taken from Guilliame's Heraldry 1679 edition. This was acquired by my Grandfather in about 1909 through George C. Marton of "Martin & Allardyce" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Unusually I believe, this family crest contains a closed helmet and 25 shield elements within the Shield below the helmet. A dragon's head sits above the helmet and both the helmet and dragon face left. Two Standing Lions and two Lions on all fours (one with a crown-centered) are included in shield elements. The notation below the crest is as follows (scripted ink): “Thomas Cudmore of Kelvedon in Essex, Esq, son & heire of Thomas Cudmore, Exq, deceased, by by Dorothy eldest daughter and Co-heire of Sr. Thomas Cecill K.t Son of Thomas Earle of Exeter by Dorothy daughter & Coheire of John Nevill L.d Latimer son and heyre of Jo : L.d Latimer by Dorothy daughter and Coheyre of Sr George Vere K.t ro.ch s.d [not readable] Sr. Thomas dyed Anno 1662 layeth Buried in Stamford Baron in Northamption among his Ancestors.”
• Thomas Cecil in the Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: Thomas Cecil College: PEMBROKE Entered: 1593 Born: 1578 More Information: Matric. Fell.-Com. from PEMBROKE, c. 1593. S. of Sir Thomas, Knt. (afterwards Earl of Exeter). B. 1578. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Nov. 4, 1597. Buried Dec. 3, 1662. (Blore's Rutland, 80.) Source Information Ancestry.com. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
• Mr Thomas Cecill Esquire in the London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Name: Mr Thomas Cecill Esquire Gender: Male Record Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1605 Marriage Place: St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, London, England Spouse: Ann Lee Register Type: Parish Register AncestryImage
• From https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/oo/oxenbridge1.php: Susan Oxenbridge Shown by the Harleian editor of Visitation (Hampshire) as of this generation, with an asterix which apparently refers to her having been recorded by the Visitation records as of a later generation (see above), was this Susan who married ... m1. Edward Casonn of Pelham m2. Sir Thomas Cecil of Keldon (son of Thomas, Earl of Exeter) Main source(s): Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, Oxenbridge), Visitation (Hampshire, 1530+1575+1622-34, Oxenbridge)
• https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/cecil-cissell/about/results