CECIL, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 SR 1012
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: CECIL, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598)
Date(s)	: 1536-1616
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Cecil | William | 1520-1598 | 1st Baron Burghley | statesman

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, acted as Secretary (1558-1572) and Lord Treasurer (1572-1598) to Queen Elizabeth I.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of bills, letters and miscellaneous documents of autograph interest created by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, 1536-1616, including letters, government and legal documents, and financial material. Other persons included in the collection are: John Wynter; Sir Marmaduke Constable; Sir Walter Mildmay; Sir Francis Walsingham; Rev Robert Abbot; Robert Cooke; Sir Robert Cary; Sir John Popham; Sir Edward Coke; Sir John Fortescue; Sir Robert Newcomen; Sir Julius Caesar; William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke; Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk; and Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 volume

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.

Finding aids:

No further list required.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Library Pamphlet Collection.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Mar 2001