Nicolas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Nicolas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (* around 1460 - 14 May 1523 ) was an English knight , peer and politician.
Family environment
Nicolas Vaux came from a not very important English noble family from Northamptonshire . He was the son of Sir William Vaux , lord of Harrowden, who because of his loyalty to the House of Lancaster and to King Henry VI. had emerged. After Henry's defeat and Edward IV's accession to the throne from the House of York , William Vaux was outlawed ( attained ) on November 4, 1461 and his property was expropriated. He remained Henry VI. continued faithful and fell on May 4, 1471 on the side of the Lancaster party at the Battle of Tewkesbury .
Life and political career
Nicolas Vaux was born Sir Williams around 1460 and, according to hearsay, was raised in Oxford . He too was a supporter of the House of Lancaster; therefore he joined the pretender of the house, Henry VII of the house of Tudor . After his victory in the Battle of Bosworth over Richard III. From the House of York, Nicolas Vaux obtained the lifting of the ostracism of his father on the occasion of the accession of the new king. At the same time, his confiscated goods were returned to him in November 1485 ('as the king's trusted and beloved nobleman'). He was also appointed on November 19, 1485 for life steward of Olney and Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire , and on August 7, 1486 commander for Northamptonshire and 1488 head of the mustering in this county. He fought for Henry VII on November 16, 1487 at the Battle of Stoke and was beaten to Knight Bachelor for it on the battlefield . On November 25, 1487, he took part in the coronation celebrations on the occasion of the coronation of the king's wife, Elizabeth of York . On June 17, 1497, the king was promoted to Knight Banneret on the battlefield of Blackheath .
In 1492 he accompanied the king to Boulogne , where in 1501 he received Catherine of Aragón , the future wife of the English heir to the throne, and accompanied her to England. At the subsequent wedding of the princess in St Paul's Cathedral with the heir to the throne Arthur, Prince of Wales , the eldest son of Henry VII, he also took part.
Borne by the trust of the king, he held many offices: 1495 to 1496, 1501 to 1502 and 1516 to 1517 he was High Sheriff of Northants, in June 1502 he became Constable of Rockingham . He was both Henry VII and Henry VIII body chamberlain ( Knight of the body ). Under Henry VIII he took part in the campaign against France in 1513, later after the peace agreement with France he accompanied Princess Mary, the king's sister, to Abbeville for her wedding to King Louis XII. from France. In July 1520 he took part in the meeting between Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII. In recognition of his services, the king summoned him to Parliament on April 27, 1523 by Writ of Summons , making him Baron Vaux of Harrowden .
He died three weeks after his elevation to peer on May 14, 1523 in a hospital of the Order of St. John . He was married to Elisabeth, the widow of Sir William Parr, the grandmother of the 6th and last wife of Henry VIII, Katharina Parr .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d The Complete Peerage, Volume XII, Alan Sutton, London 1982, pp. 216-220.
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 25.
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 29.
- ^ Peerage: Vaux of Harrowden at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baron Vaux of Harrowden 1523 |
Thomas Vaux |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vaux, Nicolas, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vaux, Sir Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English peer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1460 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1523 |