Arms of Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG (1520-1598)
Category
Stained glass
Date
1400 - 1824
Materials
Lead, Stained
Measurements
550 x 410 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500277.10
Summary
A rectangular panel of stained glass with a shield bearing the arms of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burleigh (d.1598). The shield of six quarters, with an Earl's coronet above, is framed by a Garter and bordered by an oval surround of nineteenth century glass. Two fifteenth century(?)fragments can be seen in the lower corners; one with a man and dog and one depicting a boar.
Provenance
Much of the stained glass at Lyme Park was originally displayed in St Mary's Church in Disley. Some of this glass was removed in the early nineteenth century by Thomas Legh and re-housed in the Drawing Room and Porter's Lodge, probably during Wyatt's remodelling. Other fragments may be European in origin dating from a range of periods; it is thought that Thomas Legh may have collected these during his travels abroad.
Marks and inscriptions
[Two fragments of inscription] (Painted in black on fictive scrolls- indecipherable)