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William VAUX, Sir[1]

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Name William VAUX [2, 3] Suffix Sir Birth Abt 1437 Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England [3]
Gender Male _UID BD157C214B0242E7834A11ECBB365EE6E41D Death 4 May 1471 Battle Of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Killed) [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 d. 10 Dec 1460 (Age ~ 50 years)
Mother Maud LUCY, b. Abt 1409, Wapenham, Northamptonshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID F6914 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Katherine PENISTON, b. Abt 1440, Courtesello, Piedmont, Italy d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage Bef 22 Dec 1456 [2] Children 1. Nicholas 1St Baron VAUX, Of Harrowden, Sir, b. Abt 1460, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England d. 14 May 1523, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England
(Age ~ 63 years)
Family ID F6915 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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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]
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Sources - [S579] Jim Weber.
- [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 2874, 26 May 2003. (Reliability: 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).
- [S579] Jim Weber.