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Nicholas 1St Baron VAUX, Of Harrowden, Sir

Nicholas 1St Baron VAUX, Of Harrowden, Sir[1, 2]

Male Abt 1460 - 1523  (~ 63 years)

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  • Name Nicholas 1St Baron VAUX  [3, 4, 5
    Suffix Of Harrowden, Sir 
    Born Abt 1460  Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    _UID 762C2AE5EB0C418795F8A6F0272B772C88ED 
    Died 14 May 1523  Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I13366  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father William VAUX, Sir,   b. Abt 1437, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1471, Battle Of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Killed) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Mother Katherine PENISTON,   b. Abt 1440, Courtesello, Piedmont, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Bef 22 Dec 1456  [4
    Family ID F6915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Aft 1484  2ND Husband 1St Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Bef 29 Jan 1507-1508  2ND Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden, so created 27 April 1423, KB (1497); born c 1460; allegedly educated at Oxford; procured nullification of his father's attainder on Henry VII's coming to the throne, also restoration of his estates Nov 1485; Steward Olney and Newport Pagnell, Bucks, Nov 1485; fought at Battle of Stoke 1487, following which he was knighted; High Sheriff of Northants 1495-96, 1501-2 and 1516-17; Constable of Rockingham Castle 1502, Lt Guisnes Castle in English-held Picardy 1502 and 1509 on, Knight for the Body to Henry's VII and VIII; married 1st Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of 5th Lord (Baron) FitzHugh and widow of Sir William Parr, KG (hence grandmother of Queen Katharine Parr), and had three daughters; married 2nd between 17 Nov 1507 and 29 Jan 1507/8 Anne, daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Green, of Boughton and Green's Norton, Northants, and died 14 May 1523. [Burke's Peerage]

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    3. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 94-12 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2874 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, X:309 (c) (Reliability: 3).