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William VAUX, Sir

William VAUX, Sir[1]

Male Abt 1437 - 1471  (~ 34 years)


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  • Name William VAUX  [2, 3
    Suffix Sir 
    Birth Abt 1437  Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    _UID BD157C214B0242E7834A11ECBB365EE6E41D 
    Death 4 May 1471  Battle Of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Killed) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I13509  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father William VAUX, Sheriff Of Northampton, Sir,   b. Abt 1410, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1460 (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Maud LUCY,   b. Abt 1409, Wapenham, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F6914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katherine PENISTON,   b. Abt 1440, Courtesello, Piedmont, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef 22 Dec 1456  [2
    Children 
     1. Nicholas 1St Baron VAUX, Of Harrowden, Sir,   b. Abt 1460, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1523, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)
    Family ID F6915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

  • Notes 
    • William (Sir), of Harrowden; on the triumph of the Yorkists 1461 was attainted 1461 and deprived of his vast possessions, including feudal Lordships in Beds, Berks, Bucks, Cambs, Herefs, Leics, Northants, and Warwicks; fled to Italy then France but returned to England on restoration of Henry VI, fighting on the Lancastrian side at Battle of Barnet 14 April 1471 and being killed at Battle of Tewkesbury 4 May 1471; married by 22 Dec 1456 Katharine (Lady-in-Waiting to Henry VI's wife Margaret of Anjou), daughter of George Penis(t)on, of Courtesello, Piedmont, and English refugee. [Burke's Peerage]

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

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

    3. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, VIII:263 (Reliability: 3).