Vere, John de (1516 - 1562)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 7
Total events naming patron - 25
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 4
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Female

Vere, Frances de (1517 - 1577)
Vere, Anne de ( - 1571/72)

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.

Offspring

From Golding, Margery (1526 - 1568)

  1. Male offspring: Vere, Edward de (1550 - 1604) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Vere, Mary de (1550 - 1624)

From Neville, Dorothy ( - 1547/8)

  1. Female offspring: Vere, Katherine de (1538 - 1600)

Primary Title

16th Earl of Oxford

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hedingham Castle, Essex

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1556-1556 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1556-1557 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1556-1557 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1556-1557 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1557-1557 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1557-1558 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1558-1558 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1558-1558 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln , Lincolnshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Oxford's Players
Performance 1564-1565 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 25

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.
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.
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)