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role of Cecil
- In William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Life
…in Scotland and conclude the Treaty of Edinburgh (1560), which removed French forces from Scotland. His gift for compromise facilitated the church settlement in 1559; his financial sense, the recoinage in 1561. Elizabeth’s flirtation with John Dudley’s son Robert, however, weakened Cecil’s position. Despite threats of resignation and opposition to…
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