Vere, Edward de (1550 - 1604)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 11
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 39
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1550-04-12
Death Date: 1604-06-24

Notes

Ward of Sir William Cecil, 1562--12 April 1571. Imprisoned in the Tower for affair with Anne Vavasour ca. March--8 June 1581

Siblings

Female

Vere, Mary de (1550 - 1624)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Cecil, Anne (1556 - 1588)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1571-12-19
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Trentham, Elizabeth (1576 - 1612/13)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1591-12-27
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Vavasour, Anne ( - 1621)
    Type: other
    Union began: 1579
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Cecil, Anne (1556 - 1588)

  1. Female offspring: Vere, Susan de (1587 - 1629)
  2. Female offspring: Vere, Bridget de (b. 1584)
  3. Female offspring: Vere, Frances de (d. 1587)
  4. Female offspring: Vere, Elizabeth de (1575 - 1627)

From Trentham, Elizabeth (1576 - 1612/13)

  1. Male offspring: Vere, Henry de (1593 - 1625) (patron)

From Vavasour, Anne ( - 1621)

  1. Male offspring: Vere, Edward de (1581 - 1629)

Primary Title

17th Earl of Oxford

Titles

  • Lord Bolebec
    Assumed 1550-04-12
    Vacated 1562-08-03
  • 17th Earl of Oxford
    Assumed 1562-08-03
    Vacated 1604-06-24

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lord Great Chamberlain, England 1562-8-3 1604-06-24 Hereditary office
Chief Commissioner of Musters, Essex 1579 n.d.
Keeper, Essex 1603-7-18 1604-06-24
Steward, Essex 1603-7-18 1604-06-24 Also called Essex Forest

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Plaistow House, Essex
    De Vere apparently built a house here in the late 1580s--early 1590s
  • Wivenhoe, Essex
    Patrimony; sold
    Acquired: 1571
    Divested: 1584
  • Fisher's Folly, London (city-county)
    Purchased; sold
    Acquired: 1580
    Divested: 1588
  • The Savoy, London (city-county)
    Resident here after marriage; maintained residence here at least until 1576 and probably beyond
    Acquired: after 1571-12-16
  • Hackney House, Middlesex
    Also called King's House (or Manor or Place) and Brooke House. Died here
    Acquired: 1597
    Divested: 1604-06-24
  • Stoke Newington, Middlesex
    Acquired: by 1592
    Divested: 1597

Lands

  • Essex
    Major holdings: most sold between 1579--85
  • Essex: Castle Hedingham
    Acquired: 1571
    Divested: 1591-12-02
    Patrimony; alienated to father-in-law William Cecil, Baron Burghley, and put in trust for de Vere's daughters
  • Essex: Earls Colne Manor
    Divested: 1584-09-01
    Sold
  • Essex: Earls Colne Priory
    Acquired: 1588-06-08
    Divested: 1592
    Granted; sold
  • London (city-county): Vere (or Oxford) House
    Acquired: 1571
    Divested: by 1598
    On Candlewick Street at London Stone. Patrimony, but controlled by the Earl of Leicester during wardship; title validated by royal grant 11 June 1572; sold

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1596-1597 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Oxford's Bearward
Performance 1584-1585 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Oxford's Musicians
Performance 1585-1585 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Oxford's Musicians
Dismissal 1580-1580 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1580-1581 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1580-1581 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1580-1581 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1581-1582 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1581-1581 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1581-1582 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1581-1582 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1582-1583 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1582-1583 Town Hall, Liverpool , Lancashire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1582-1583 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1583 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1583 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1583 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1583 Guildhall, Abingdon , Berkshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1584 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1584 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1584 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1583 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1583-1584 Town Hall, Fordwich , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1584 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1584 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1584 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1584 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1584 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1585 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1585 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Dismissal 1584-1585 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1585 Guildhall, Totnes , Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1585 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1584-1585 Town Hall, Maidstone , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1585-1585 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1585-1585 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1585-1585 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1585-1585 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1585-1586 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1594-1595 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Oxford's Bearward Vere, Edward de (1550 - 1604) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Oxford's Musicians Vere, Edward de (1550 - 1604) Musicians 2
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, Edward de (1550 - 1604) Players 37

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886.
Fairweather, F.H. 'Colne Priory, Essex, and the Burials of the Earls of Oxford.' Archaeologia 87 (1937): 275–95.
Nelson, Alan H. Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Liverpool English Texts and Studies 40. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 2003.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Round, J. Horace. 'Notes on the Lord Great Chamberlain Case.' The Ancestor 4 (Jan. 1903): 7–28.