William Vaux

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Sir William Vaux of Harrowden († May 4, 1471 in Tewkesbury ) was an English knight .

Life

He was the son of William Vaux († 1460) and Maud Lucy. He was a Knight Bachelor and lived on the Harrowden Estate in Northamptonshire and owned numerous other royal fiefs in other counties.

During the Wars of the Roses he was loyal to the House of Lancaster and King Henry VI. His wife Catherine Peniston was a lady-in-waiting of the Queen Consort Margaret of Anjou . He fought at the Battle of Towton in March 1461 . As a result of the defeat in this battle, Edward IV was able to ascend the throne of the House of York and William Vaux was therefore attained on November 4, 1461 and his property was expropriated.

He himself fled into exile in France with Queen Margaret of Anjou . In 1471 he was in the retinue of Margaret of Anjou, who returned to England with an army. He fought for Margaret and the House of Lancaster on May 4, 1471 at the Battle of Tewkesbury . The battle ended in heavy defeat. Sir William Vaux was killed in battle, his wife and Margaret of Anjou were captured by the Yorkists.

His son and heir, Nicholas Vaux, could not until 1485 under King Richard III. effect the retroactive lifting of the ostracism of 1461 and got the family's lands back.

Marriage and offspring

He was married to Catherine Peniston, daughter of Gregory Peniston from Courtesello in Piedmont . He had two children with her:

literature

  • IS: L .:  Vaux, Nicholas . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 58:  Ubaldini - Wakefield. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1899, p. 192 (English, mentioned by son).
  • The Complete Peerage . Volume XII. Alan Sutton, London 1982, pp. 216-220.
  • Magna Carta Ancestry. A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Douglas Richardson, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4520-5 .
  • Plantagenet Ancestry. A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Douglas Richardson, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7 .
  • Alison Weir: The Wars of the Roses. Random House Publishing, 1995, ISBN 978-0-345-40433-6 .
  • George Lipscomb: The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham. Volume I, JW Robins, London 1847.
  • Daniel Lyons, Samuel Lyons: Magna Britannia. T. Cadell and W. Davies, London 1813.
  • Davis Hughson: London, being an accuracte Description of the British Metropolis. Volume VI, W. Stratford, London 1809.
  • Lister M. Matheson: Death and Dissent. Two Fifteen Century Chronicals. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 1999, ISBN 978-0-85115-725-2 .
  • J. Madison Davis: The Shakespeare Name Dictionary. Routledge 2004, ISBN 978-1-135-87572-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Vaux, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vaux of Harrowden, Sir William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH before 1461
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1471
Place of death Tewkesbury