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Family and Education
b. 28 Mar. 1591, o.s. of Sir Robert Cecil†, 1st earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth, da. of William Brooke†, 10th Lord Cobham.VCH Herts. Fams. 113-14. educ. Sherborne sch.;Hatfield House, CP 250/44. St John's, Camb. 1602-7, MA 1605;Al. Cant.; Hatfield House, CP 228/15; CP 190/146. MA Oxf. 1605;Al. Ox. G. Inn 1605;GI Adm. travelled abroad (France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Low Countries) 1608-11.HMC Bath, ii. 56; Hatfield House, CP 317/1. m. 1 Dec. 1608, Katharine (bur. 27 Jan. 1673), da. of Thomas, 1st earl of Suffolk, 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.).VCH Herts. Fams. 115-17. KB 1605;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 157. styled. Visct. Cranborne 4 May 1605; suc. fa. 24 May 1612;VCH Herts. Fams. 113. KG 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 31. d. 3 Dec. 1668.VCH Herts. Fams. 115.
Offices Held

Colonial: member, Virg. Co. 1611–12;Hatfield House, C 196/57; A. Brown, Genesis of the United States (New York, 1964), 542. N.W. Passage Co. 1612;CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 238. council for New England, 1620–?CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 188.

Local: j.p. St Albans liberty and borough 1612–d.;C181/2, ff. 172, 305v; C181/3, ff. 1, 264v; C181/4, ff. 77v, 131v; C181/5, ff. 12, 212v, 241v; C181/6, pp. 179, 396; C181/7, pp. 52, 283. Herts. by 1614 – 15 July 1642, by Feb. 1650–d.;C66/1988; C231/5, p. 530; Names of the Justices (1650), 26; C193/12/3, f. 45. Dorset by 1614 – 15 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Mar. 1657, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C66/1988; C231/5, p. 530; C193/13/3, f. 15; C193/13/4, f. 21v; Perfect List (1660), 13. Essex by 1614 – 15 July 1642; Hants by 1614 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Mar. 1657;C66/1988; C231/5, pp. 528, 530; C193/13/3, f. 56; C193/13/4, f. 85v. Kent by 1614 – at least40; Mdx. by 1614- 4 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C66/1988; C66/2858; C231/5, p. 533; C193/13/3, f. 40v; C193/13/4, f. 59; Perfect List, 31. Northants. by 1614 – at least40, by Feb. 1650–?Mar. 1660;C66/1988; C66/2858; C193/13/3, f. 47v; C193/13/5, f. 76v; C193/13/6, f. 64v. Surr. by 1614 – 19 July 1642; Wilts. by 1614 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Mar. 1657;C66/1988; C231/5, pp. 529, 532; C193/13/3, f. 68v; C193/13/4, f. 108. Westminster 1618 – at least40, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, Mar. 1660–d.C181/2, f. 331; C181/3, f. 15; C66/2859; C193/13/3, f. 81v; C193/13/4, f. 127v; C220/9/4, f. 114v; C193/12/3, f. 129v. Custos rot. St Albans 1612–?d.;C181/2, f. 172. Herts. 1619 – 42, by Oct. 1650–?d.Hatfield House, CP 129/178; C231/4, f. 89; Names of the Justices, 73. Commr. swans, Herts. 1612, 1634; Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1619; Hants and western cos. 1629; Essex and Suff. 1635. 1612 – July 1642C181/2, ff. 173, 340v; C181/4, ff. 2, 178v; C181/5, f. 28. Ld. lt. Herts.; Dorset 17 May 1641-July 1642.C231/5, p. 447; Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 19, 23; CJ ii. 660b; LJ v. 193a-b; A. and O. Ranger, Enfield Chase, Mdx. 1612–49, 1660.Hatfield House, CFEP Deeds 236/28; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 421; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 189. Commr. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty and borough 1612 -aft. Oct. 1659;C181/2, ff. 176, 339; C181/3, ff. 3, 264v; C181/4, f. 78; C181/5, ff. 134v, 135, 241v; C181/6, pp. 178, 180, 397. the Verge 1614;C181/2, f. 197v. Home circ. 1614 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/2, f. 212v; C181/3, ff. 7, 261; C181/4, ff. 13, 198; C181/5, ff. 8, 221v; C181/6, pp. 12, 372. Western circ. 1614, 1635 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/2, f. 213v; C181/4, f. 193v; C181/5, ff. 5, 220v; C181/6, pp. 8, 377. Hertford 1620; Dorset 1626;C181/3, ff. 14v, 212, 264v. London 1629, 30 Nov. 1641 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/4, f. 15; C181/5, ff. 214, 230, 264v; C181/6, pp. 1, 352; C181/7, pp. 1, 454. Surr. 12 May 1640, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 169, 238v. Herts. 18 June 1640, 4 July 1644, 24 Dec. 1664;C181/5, ff. 175v, 238v, 246; C181/7, p. 303. Mdx. 13 Jan. 1644 – aft.Jan. 1645, 13 Nov. 1660;C181/5, ff. 231, 246; C181/7, p. 67. Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 10, 302. Midland circ. 22 June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 370. sewers, St Albans 1617;C181/2, f. 297. Deeping and Gt. Level 1617–29;C181/2, ff. 281v, 326; C181/3, ff. 35, 214; C181/4, f. 19v. River Welland, Lincs. 1618;C181/2, f. 330. River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 1623, 1635, 19 May 1645, 4 Mar. 1657, 14 Dec. 1663;C181/3, f. 91v; C181/5, ff. 20v, 252; C181/6, p. 221; C181/7, p. 223. River Welland, Lincs., Rutland and Northants. 1623, 1634;C181/3, f. 99; C181/4, f. 160v. Notts. 1626;C181/3, f. 199v. Camb. Univ. and town 1627, 1631, 1638;C181/3, f. 219; C181/4, f. 87; C181/5, f. 120v. Cambs. and I. of Ely 1627;C181/3, f. 220v. River Stort, Essex and Herts. 1628, 1638;C181/3, ff. 251, 272; C181/5, f. 112v. Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1628;C181/3, f. 252. Northants. 1633–4;C181/4, ff. 140, 180. Mdx. and Westminster 1634 – aft.June 1645, 10 Jan. 1655-aft. Aug. 1660;C181/4, f. 190v; C181/5, ff. 81, 114v, 254v; C181/6, pp. 67, 398; C181/7, p. 37. Kent and Surr. 26 Nov. 1645;C181/5, f. 263v. London 15 Dec. 1645.C181/5, f. 266. Kpr. Theobalds Park 1619–51.CJ vi. 398a-b. Commr. subsidy, Herts. 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20–1, 23. highway repairs, 1622; preservation of royal game, 1622;C181/3, f. 76v. inquiry, Cheshunt commons, Herts. 1624;C181/3, f. 128v. Forced Loan, Essex, Mdx., Surr., Westminster 1626 – 27; Cambs., Dorset, Hants, Herts., I. of Ely, Kent, London, Northants., Suff., St Albans, Poole 1627;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 141, 144; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 11v, 17v, 22v, 25v, 34, 37, 51, 54v, 56v, 74v, 83, 84, 90; Bodl. Firth c.4. charitable uses, Herts. 1630 – 37; Surr. 1630;C192/1, unfol. knighthood fines, Herts. 1630–2;E178/5345, ff. 3, 7; E178/7154, f. 678. gaol delivery, Surr. 12 May 1640, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 169, 239v. Newgate gaol, 30 Nov. 1641 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 214, 230v, 264v; C181/6, pp. 1, 352; C181/7, pp. 1, 454. Herts. 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 240v. Gov. Charterhouse 1644.Hatfield House, CFEP Deeds 74/3. Commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; Western Assoc. 19 Aug. 1644; levying of money, Hants 10 June 1645;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, Herts. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Dorset 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Westminster 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28).

Civic: high steward, Hertford 1612 – at least40; St Albans 1663–d.C.F. Patterson, Urban Patronage in Early Modern Eng. (Stanford, Ca. 1999), 248; CP, xi. 406. Freeman, King’s Lynn Sept. 1649.HMC 11th Rep. iii. 182; Cal. Lynn Freemen, 162.

Central: PC, 1626–42.APC 1626, p. 117; PC2/53, p. 207. Commr. to consider how to provide financial aid for foreign allies 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 574. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. 1629-at least 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of the High Commission (Oxford, 1913), 357. Commr. knighthood fines, 1630;CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 174. fisheries, 1630; poor relief, 1630;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, pp. 136, 147. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1631;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 6. transportation of felons, 1633;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 547. exacted fees, k.b. 1638.PC2/49, f. 145v. Member, Fishery Soc. by 1639;PC2/50, f. 69v. council of war, 1639.M.C. Fissel, Bishops’ Wars (Cambridge, 1994), 71. Commr. treaty of Ripon, 1640;Alnwick Castle ms. vol. 14 (BL microfilm M.286), f. 100. taxing the peerage, subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR. Member, cttee. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 343a. cttee. for sequestrations, 5 May 1643;LJ vi. 32b. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643.A. and O.; Mins. and Pprs. of the Westminster Assembly 1643–1652, ed. C. Van Dixhoorn (Oxford, 2012), i. 113. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644; Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646;A. and O. cttee. for the revenue, 26 Mar. 1646.CJ iv. 491b; LJ vi. 399a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. gt. seal, July-Oct. 1646.CJ iv. 599b; LJ viii. 409a. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647; cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647;A. and O. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.LJ x. 295b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648;A. and O. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b. Cllr. of state, 14 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Nov. 1652.CJ vi. 141a, vii. 221a; A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 180. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; indemnity, 18 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Scottish: PC, 1633.Reg. PC Scot. 1633–5, p. 116.

Court: capt. band of gent. pensioners, 1635-bef. June 1642.Badminton, Beaufort archives, Fm H2/4/1, ff. 17v-18v.

Parlimentarian
CECIL, William, Visct. Cranborne (1591-1668), of Hatfield, Herts., Cranborne, Dorset and Salisbury House, The Strand, Westminster.
: 2nd earl of Salisbury (1591-1668), of Hatfield, Herts.; Cranborne, Dorset 1591 – 1668 and Salisbury House, Westminster., The Strand.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, aft. 1644;Hatfield House, Herts. ?miniature, S. Cooper, 1646.Hatfield House, Herts.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CECIL, William, 2nd earl of Salisbury (1591-1668), of Hatfield, Herts.; Cranborne, Dorset and Salisbury House, The Strand, Westminster.

Will
2 Jan. 1665, pr. 23 Dec. 1668.PROB11/328, f. 369.
Estates
held extensive estates, particularly around Hatfield, Herts. and Cranborne, Dorset; rental income, Oct. 1655-May 1656, £8,082 18s 9½d.Hatfield House, CFEP Accounts 146/2.
Oxford 1644
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