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Title
Tomb of the Earl of Exeter
Date
c.1598
Accession number
PE9_DB_S010
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Custodian
Church of St. Martin's Stamford
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
22/05/54
Access
at all times
Inscription description
Latin inscriptions across three panels (translation) Sacred to God most good and great, and to memory. The most / honourable and far renowned Lord William Cecil, Baron of / Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England, President of the Court / of Wards, knight of the most noble order of the Garter, Privy / Counsellor to the most serene Elizabeth, Queen of England, etc., / and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, under this tomb / awaits the second coming of Christ. / Who for the excellent endowments of his mind, was first made / Privy Counsellor to Edward the sixth, King of England; afterwards / to Queen Elizabeth: under whom being intrusted (sic) with the greatest / and most weighty affairs of this kingdom, and above all others / approved, in promoting the true religion, and providing for the / safety and honour of the commonwealth; by his prudence, honesty, / integrity and great services to the nation, he obtained the / highest honours: and when he had lived long enough to nature, / long enough to glory, but not long enough to his country, quietly / fell asleep in Christ ...' / He had two wives: Mary, sister of Sir John Cheeke, knight, of / who he begat one son, Thomas, now Baron of Burghley; and / Mildred, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, knight, who bore to him / Sir Robert Cecil, knight, Privy Counsellor to Queen Elizabeth and / President of the Court of Wards; Anne, married to Edward, Earl of Oxford; and Elizabeth to William Wentworth, eldest son of / Baron Wentworth.