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Vere, John de (1516 - 1562)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1516
Death Date: 1562-08-03

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Dorothy ( - 1547/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1536-7-2
    Union ended: 1546-6-6
    Note: Separated on this date
  2. Golding, Margery (1526 - 1568)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1548-8-1
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Male

  • Vere, Aubrey de ( - )
  • Vere, Geoffrey de ( - )

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 16th Earl of Oxford

Titles

  • 16th Earl of Oxford
    Assumed: 1539/40-03-21
    Vacated: 1562-08-03
  • Lord Bolebec
    Assumed: 1526
    Vacated: 1539/40-03-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Essex 1540/1 1562
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1545
Lord Lieut, Essex 1550 -9 -25 1553 Held jointly
Privy Councillor, England 1553 -9 -3
Lord Lieut, Essex 1556/7 -1 -17 1558 -10 -29
Lord Lieut, Essex 1559 -5 -1

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hedingham Castle, Essex

Lands

  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Essex: Earls Colne Manor
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Oxford, Oxfordshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance - Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow, Shropshire Earl of Oxford's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1
Earl of Oxford's Players Vere, John de (1516 - 1562) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • 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
  • Nelson, Alan H. Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 2003
  • Nelson, Alan H. Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 2003
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.