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Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1460 – 1523 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1460

Birth Location: Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire

Death Date: 14 May 1523

Death Location: Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England

Father: Sir Harrowden

Mother: Katherina Pedemontani

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Fitz-Hugh, Anne Harrowden

Children(s): Lady Vaux, Katherine Throckmorton

Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle was born in 1460 in Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire, the child of Sir William Vaux of Harrowden and Katherina Peniston de Courtowsell Pedemontani. Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle married Elisabeth Fitz-Hugh, Anne Greene Baroness Harrowden, and had children including Lady Baroness Anna Catherine Vaux, Katherine Throckmorton. Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle passed away in 1523 in Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England.

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  • Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle was born in 1460 in Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire, the child of Sir William Vaux of Harrowden and Katherina Peniston de Courtowsell Pedemontani.
  • Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle married Elisabeth Fitz-Hugh, Anne Greene Baroness Harrowden, and had children including Lady Baroness Anna Catherine Vaux, Katherine Throckmorton.
  • Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle passed away in 1523 in Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Lord Knight's Ancestors

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Lord Knight
1460 – 1523
Birth Place: Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire
Parents
Sir William Vaux of Harrowden
1435 – 1471
Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England
Katherina (Peniston de Courtowsell) Pedemontani
1440 – 1509
Courtesello, Piemonte, Italy
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Lord Knight's Descendants

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Lord (Nicholas Vaux, Sir) Knight (1460 – 14 May 1523) m. Elisabeth Fitz-Hugh (1455 – 28 Feb 1513) m. Anne (Greene Baroness) Harrowden (1490 – 14 Apr 1523)
  1. 1. Lady (Baroness Anna Catherine) Vaux (1488 – 1571) m. Sir (George Baron Throckmorton of) Coughton (1480 – 6 Aug 1552)
    1. 1. Sir (Knight Robert) Throckmorton (1512 – 12 February 1581) m. Lady (Muriel) Berkeley, (12 Jul 1512 – 6 October 1541) m. 3RD (BARONESS LADY ELIZABETH HUSSEY OF HUNGERFORD,) THROCKMORTON (1510 – 23 Jan 1554) m. Lady (Katherine\Catherine London) Marrow (1459 – 1503)
      1. 1. Muriel Throckmorton (1547 – 1615) m. SIR (THOMAS TRESSAM Of RUSHTON II) (HS) (Sep 1543 – 11 September 1605) m. Thomas Bartley (Abt 1540 – 1648)
        1. 1. Mary Bartley (1565 – abt 1663) m. John Yeates (01 Feb 1568 – abt 1665)
  2. 2. Katherine Throckmorton (1488 – 1571)

Lord Knight's Timeline

3 Records

1460
1460
Birth of Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle in Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire
Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire
1523
14 May 1523
Age 63
Death of Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle in Hospital of the Knights of St. John Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Hospital of the Knights of St. John Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
1523
14 May 1523
Age 63
Death of Lord Nicholas Vaux, Sir Knight 1st Baron of Harrowden, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle in Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England
Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Great Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 May 1523
    Event Place: Hospital of the Knights of St. John Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 May 1523
    Event Place: Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ludgate, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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