#OTD
3rd February 1587
Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council met in William Cecil, Lord Burghley’s chambers at Greenwich and agreed to send Mary, Queen of Scots’ signed death warrant to Fotheringhay.
#WilliamCecil #LordBurghley #PrivyCouncil #Tudors #History
#OTD 10 Oct 1588
#RobertDudley was buried at St Marys Warwick
#ElizabethI was distraught, locking herself away until #LordBurghley had her door broken down - she kept 'his last letter' until her death
His widow #LetticeKnollys was interred with him in 1635
Unknown Artist
Portrait of #WilliamCecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-98), who was #BornOnThisDay
1590s
Bodleian Library, Oxford
#Cecil #LordBurghley #Tudor
Unknown Artist
Portrait of #WilliamCecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-98), who was #BornOnThisDay
1590s
National Portrait Gallery
#Cecil #LordBurghley #Tudor
Attributed to Marcus #Gheeraerts the Younger (1561–1636)
Portrait of #WilliamCecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-98), who was #BornOnThisDay
after 1585
National Portrait Gallery
#Cecil #LordBurghley #Tudor
Unknown Artist
Portrait of #WilliamCecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-98), who was #BornOnThisDay
after 1572
National Portrait Gallery
#Cecil #LordBurghley #Tudor
Unknown Artist
Portrait of #WilliamCecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-98), who was #BornOnThisDay
1560s
National Portrait Gallery
#Cecil #LordBurghley #Tudor
#OTD
13th September 1520
William Cecil, Lord Burghley was born at Bourne, Lincolnshire, to Richard Cecil and his wife, Jane Heckington.
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#WilliamCecil #BaronBurghley #LordBurghley #Minister #KingEdwardVI #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History
#OTD
3rd February 1587
Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council met in William Cecil, Lord Burghley’s chambers at Greenwich and agreed to send Mary, Queen of Scots’ signed death warrant to Fotheringhay.
#WilliamCecil #LordBurghley #PrivyCouncil #Tudors #History
#OTD 10 Oct 1588
#RobertDudley was buried at St Mary, Warwick
When told, #ElizabethI was distraught, locking herself away until #LordBurghley had her door broken down - she kept 'his last letter' until her death
His widow #LetticeKnollys was interred with him when she died in 1635