John Semark of Stamford

William Cecil Baron Burghley [1520-1598]

Robert Cecil 1st Earl of Salisbury [1563-1612]

 

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Introduction

 

 

Link between Cecil and Semark [St Medard Tree] now proved see :

 

[See Royal Servants Tree]

 

 

Stamford Connections

 

John Semark & Unknown had a daughter Margaret Semark (b Stamford abt 1440-53)

Margaret Semark married John Dic(h)ons

Margaret Semark & John  Dicons had a daughter Alice Dicons b c 1477 Stamford

 

From the Stamford Alderman Records, list of Alderman;

 

1476 John Dickons

1483 John Dickons Esq 2

1493 John Dickons 3

 

1504 David Cecil Esq (k)

1515 David Cecil Esq 2

1526 David Cecil Esq 3

 

 

“The Cecils of Hatfield House”

 

David Cecil married

 

  1. Daughter of a Stamford Alderman

 

  1. Daughter of a Lincolnshire Squire

 

From the Alderman records David Cecil became an Alderman of Stamford in 1504.

 

Richard Cecil son of David and Alice Dicons Cecil born circa 1496, married Jane Heckington. Son William Cecil Baron Burghley [1520-1598]

 

William Cecil , Baron Burghley married;

 

  1. Mary Cheke
  2. Mildred Cooke, Lady Burghley

 

Thomas Cecil 1st Earl of Exeter [1542-1623] son of William Cecil and Mary Cheke

Robert Cecil 1st Earl of Salisbury [1563-1612] son of William Cecil and Mildred Cooke

Anne Cecil Daughter of William Cecil and Mildred Cooke married Edward 17th Earl of Oxford

Elizabeth Cecil Daughter of William Cecil and Mildred Cooke married Lord Wentworth

 

Cecil Tree from “The Cecils of Hatfield House” [very large file 200k]

 

 

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