Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (13 September 1588 – 8 September 1661) was an English peer. He was the son of George Vaux (1564–1594) and his wife Elizabeth Vaux (daughter of John Roper, 1st Baron Teynham, born about 1564), and the grandson and heir of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden. He succeeded his grandfather as Baron Vaux of Harrowden in August 1595, just before his seventh birthday.[1][2][3]
Early life and religion
The Vaux and Roper families were
He returned to England in 1611, apparently to intercede for his mother, who had been arrested for recusancy.
Military career
On 3 January 1621, Vaux was summoned to the
Vaux paid £300 to purge his personal attendance on Charles I at York in March 1639[1] for the military expedition into Scotland known as the First Bishops' War.
Marriage and estate
When Edward was seventeen, his mother sought to arrange his marriage to
Edward Vaux's wife Elizabeth died on 17 April 1658, aged 71. Vaux died on 8 September 1661, aged 74. Both were buried at
On Edward's death without legitimate issue, the Barony of Vaux of Harrowden was inherited by his brother Henry who died without issue in 1663.[10]
In 1632, he added to his property in the area by purchasing the Manor of Little Harrowden from John Sanderson, his wife Cecily and John Sanderson junior.[11]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g "Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden". Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d Cokayne, p. 19.
- ^ a b Burke, p. 533.
- ^ Fraser, p. 31-33.
- ^ a b Kenyon, p. 8.
- ^ Manning, p. 74.
- ^ Manning, p. 86.
- ^ Manning, p. 75.
- ^ Fraser, pp. 124–125, 181, 199.
- ^ Burke notes "Banks, in his Stemmata Anglicana, cites [a] monumental inscription, in the Church of Eye, Suffolk, to prove, that on the death of Edward, Baron Vaux, in 1661, the title devolved upon his brother, Henry, who, he conjectures to have been poor, and therefore, that he did not claim the dignity." See Burke, p. 533
- ^ Feet of Fines, Northants, Michaelmas 7 Charles I. Cited in 'Parishes: Little Harrowden', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4 (1937), pp. 185-187. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66345 Date accessed: 5 April 2015.
References
- Burke, John (1831). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland: Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. H. Colburn & R. Bentley. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. G. Bell & sons. p. 19.
- Fraser, Antonia, Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot, Nan Talese/Doubleday, 1996, ISBN 0-385-47189-0.
- Kenyon, J.P. The Popish Plot, Phoenix Press, reissue 2000
- Manning, Roger B, An Apprenticeship in Arms: The Origins of the British Army 1585–1702, Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-19-926149-0, excerpted at Google Books
- Salzman, L.F., ed. (1937). "Parishes: Great Harrowden". A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4. pp. 178–185. Retrieved 28 November 2008.