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"The said Richard was of the Robes to Kinge Henry 8 & to King E.6. He deceased ye 19 of May 1552 and is interred in St Margaretts Church in Westmr. He was sonne to David Cecill of Stamford Esqr. High Sherif of ye county of Northampton in the 33 & 34 yeares King H.8. and is buried in St George his Church in Stamford."
 
"The said Richard was of the Robes to Kinge Henry 8 & to King E.6. He deceased ye 19 of May 1552 and is interred in St Margaretts Church in Westmr. He was sonne to David Cecill of Stamford Esqr. High Sherif of ye county of Northampton in the 33 & 34 yeares King H.8. and is buried in St George his Church in Stamford."
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Thanks to Michael Andrews-Reading who sent me a photograph of the monument to Richard Cecil and his wife Jane from the Church of St. Martin, Stamford, Leicestershire, so I can provide this first-hand transcription from that photograph.
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Now thanks to Michael Andrews-Reading who sent me a photograph of the monument to Richard Cecil and his wife Jane from the Church of St. Martin, Stamford, Leicestershire, so I can provide this first-hand transcription from that photograph.
  
 
The monument has five brasses, two larger ones for Richard and Jane, and three smaller ones, one for each daughter.  One of the larger ones is transcribe above, the second large brass reads:
 
The monument has five brasses, two larger ones for Richard and Jane, and three smaller ones, one for each daughter.  One of the larger ones is transcribe above, the second large brass reads:

Revision as of 07:56, 12 September 2007

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