9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Burghley Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to Burghley:Burghley House,William Cecil,Lord Burghley Burgh·ley (bûr′lē), First Baron See WilliamCecil. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Ed...
To find out more about Burghley House and the collections within, visitburghley.co.uk– the Deer Park and restaurants are open throughout winter (check dates and times) so there is always something to enjoy, even while the House is sleeping! For more information on the Landi Company and the...
Apparently disappointed, he responds in Complaints (1591) by presenting Burghley as a mercenary parvenu, while for the first time claiming kinship to the "ancient" house of the Spencers of Althorp, thereby reversing the social hierarchy but problematizing his own criteria for gentility....