Robert Cecil 1563-1612
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Robert CECIL, 1st Earl of Salisbury 1563-1612
Biographical Note
Born at Cecil House, Strand, Westminster, son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520/21–1598). Politician and courtier.
Books
Catalogue of ca 1900 books at Salisbury House (The Strand), in 1637, in manuscripts at Hatfield; books were also held in other family houses. The library now at Hatfield House (moved from London in the early 18th century) was largely formed initially by Robert and his father, William, and added to by successive generations of the family. A number of manuscripts originally owned by Burghley, which descended to Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1626-85) were auctioned in London, 21.11.1687.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Beadle, R. Medieval English manuscripts at auction, 1676-c.1700, The Book Collector 53 (2004), 46-63.
- Cecil, D. The Cecils of Hatfield House, London, 1973.
- Croft, Pauline. "Cecil, Robert, first earl of Salisbury (1563–1612), politician and courtier." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006, I 501, 510-13.
- Jayne, S. Library catalogues of the English renaissance. Godalming, 1983, 168.
- The Marquis of Salisbury, The library at Hatfield House, The Library 5th ser 18 (1963), 83-87.