Sir Rt Hon. Lord William Cecil KG PC
(1520-1598)
Privy Counsellor, 1st Baron Burghley (from 1571), Lord Privy Seal (1571-1572), Lord Treasurer (from 1572), 356th Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1572), and Lord Privy Seal (from 1590)
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This gateway is the only remaining portion of the Whitefriars 1285-1539. Richard II held a council and lodged here in 1392. Queen Elizabeth was entertained here in 1565 by the Lord Treasurer Burghley
Uffington Road, Stamford, United Kingdom where they was (1565)