Skip to main content

Vaux, William (1535 - 1595)

Tag this record

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1535-08-14
Death Date: 1595-08-20

Notes

Imprisoned in the Fleet for recusancy 18 Aug. 1581; released ca. 19 April 1583, but forced to remain in the London area until 1590

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1557-6-1
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1563
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: or 1564

Primary Title

  • 3rd Baron Vaux

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Vaux
    Assumed: 1556-10
    Vacated: 1595-08-20

Details of Offices

Began
Commissioner of Musters, Northamptonshire 1569
JP, Northamptonshire 1569

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Harrowden, Northamptonshire
  • Hackney house, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1583
    Divested: 1590

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - The Marsh, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Vaux's Bearward
Performance - The Marsh, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Vaux's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Vaux's Bearward
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Vaux's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Vaux's Bearward
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Vaux's Bearward

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Vaux's Bearward Vaux, William (1535 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Lord Vaux's Bearward Vaux, William (1535 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Lord Vaux's Bearward Vaux, William (1535 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Lord Vaux's Bearward Vaux, William (1535 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Lord Vaux's Bearward Vaux, William (1535 - 1595) Performing Animals 1
Lord Vaux's Bearward Vaux, William (1535 - 1595) Performing Animals 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