As Stephen Alford points out at the start of this biography, William Cecil is a character likely to fall victim to this yearning for historical glamour. We would rather focus on Elizabeth in all her ...

But love permits no grieving while your companion [ie.Queen Elizabeth] still sits upon her throne; and the greater love of Christ has bound you closely to Himself. So may you, my beloved, enjoy your ...

A look at the secret network behind Queen Elizabeth I's 40-year reign and the world's first secret service run by her spymasters Robert and William Cecil.

Elizabeth’s first priority on becoming Queen was to return England to the ... to aid her during her rule, including William Cecil, Lord Burghley as her Secretary of State and Sir Francis ...

On July 6th, 1564, Sir William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth’s Secretary of State, recorded in his journal: “My daughter Elizabeth christened by the Queen’s Majesty and Lady Lennox. The same night the Queen ...

Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England on 15 January 1559 ... One of the most important concerns during Elizabeth's early reign was religion. She relied primarily on Sir William Cecil for advice on ...

Lady Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, was the eldest daughter of Edward 17th Earl of Oxford by his first wife Anne, daughter of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and was buried in the chapel of St ...

At the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Dee was revered for the range of his scientific knowledge ... In the picture the Queen sits in the left middleground, Sir Walter Raleigh is on her left, and behind ...