Lady Frances Tufton

Lady Frances Tufton (Cecil)
Also Known As:	"Lady Diana Frances Cissell", "Countess of Thanet"
Birthdate:	February 28, 1581
Birthplace:	St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, Middlesex, England
Death:	June 12, 1653 (72) Rainham, Kent, England
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and Dorothy Cecil Wife of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet Mother of Mary Bishopp and John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet Sister of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, PC, KG; Catherine Cecil; Lady Mildred Trafford; Lady Lucy Cecil; Sir Richard Cecil, Earl of Wakerley and 7 others Half sister of Sophia Ann Cecil

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Lady Frances Tufton in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

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From “Burghley: The Life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of ...” By W. H. Charlton. Page 126:
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The Earl had by his first wife, Dorothy Nevill, five sons and eight daughters, viz.:—

His daughters were—

I. Catherine, who died unmarried.
II. Lucy, married William, Marquis of Winchester.
III. Mildred, married, first, Sir Thomas Read, Knight; secondly, Sir Edmund Trafford, of Lancashire, Knight.
IV. Mary, married Sir Edward Denny, who was afterwards created Baron Denny nnd Earl of Norwich. Their only daughter, Honora, married Sir James Hay, Knt., afterwards Earl of Carlisle.
V. Susan, who died unmarried.
VI. Elizabeth, married, first, Sir William Hatton, Knt.; secondly, Sir Edward (afterwards Lord) Coke, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
VII. Dorothy, married Sir Giles Alington.
VIII. Frances, married Sir Nicholas Tufton, afterwards Earl of Thanet

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1581	February 28, 1581	Birth of Lady Frances Tufton St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, Middlesex, England
1607	1607	Birth of Mary Bishopp Hothfield, Kent, England
1608	December 15, 1608	Birth of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet Hothfield, Kent, England
1653	June 12, 1653 Age 72	Death of Lady Frances Tufton Rainham, Kent, England

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