Nicholas 1St Baron VAUX, Of Harrowden, Sir

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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]

Nicholas married after 1484 in 2ND Husband 1St Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married before 29 Jan 1507-1508 in 2ND Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]