Elizabeth Vaux

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Elizabeth Vaux (Cheney)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Death: November 20, 1556 (46-55)
Northamptonshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Thomas Cheney, Kt., of Irthlingborough and Anne Cheney
Wife of Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Mother of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden; Maud Vaux; Anne Bray and Nicholas Vaux
Sister of John Cheney

Occupation: Wife of Lord Thomas Vaux
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About Elizabeth Vaux

She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Cheney of Irtlingburgh and Anne Parr (who was the daughter of Sir William Parr and Lady Elizabeth Fitzhugh.

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  • 'Elizabeth Cheyne1,2
  • 'F, b. circa 1505, d. 20 November 1556
  • Father Sir Thomas Cheyne3,2 b. c 1449, d. 13 Jan 1514
  • Mother Anne Parr3,2 b. c 1475, d. a 4 Nov 1513
  • ' Elizabeth Cheyne was born circa 1505 at of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England; Age 9 in 1514.1,2 A contract for the marriage of Elizabeth Cheyne and Sir Thomas Vaux, 2nd Lord Vaux of Harrowden, Governor of Jersey was signed on 6 May 1511.1,2 Elizabeth Cheyne married Sir Thomas Vaux, 2nd Lord Vaux of Harrowden, Governor of Jersey, son of Sir Nicholas Vaux, 1st Lord Vaux, Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Constable of Rockingham Castle and Anne Greene, between 25 April 1523 and 10 November 1523; They had 2 sons (William, 3rd Lord Vaux of Harrowden; & Nicholas) & 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Reginald Bray; & Maud).1,2 Elizabeth Cheyne died on 20 November 1556 at of Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England; Buried at Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire.1,2
  • 'Family Sir Thomas Vaux, 2nd Lord Vaux of Harrowden, Governor of Jersey b. 25 Apr 1509, d. a 12 Mar 1556
  • Child
    • ◦William Vaux, 3rd Lord Vaux of Harrowden+1 b. c 14 Aug 1535, d. 20 Aug 1595
  • Citations
  • 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 219-221.
  • 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 291.
  • 3.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 80.
  • http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3501.htm#...
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  • 'Elizabeth CHENEY (B. Vaux of Harrowden)
  • 'Born: 1505, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
  • 'Died: 20 Nov 1556, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England
  • 'Notes: when she married Lord Vaux, her age 18, him age 14, his father died and he succeeded. While they were not relations, his father had once been married to her grandmother, and so they had Throckmorton cousins in common.
  • Father: Thomas CHENEY of Irthlingborough (Sir)
  • Mother: Anne PARR
  • 'Married: Thomas VAUX (2° B. Vaux of Harrowden) 1523, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
  • Children:
    • 1. William VAUX (3° B. Vaux of Harrowden)
    • 2. Anne VAUX
    • 3. Maud VAUX
    • 4. Nicholas VAUX
    • 5. Catherine VAUX
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHENEY.htm#Elizabeth CHENEY (B. Vaux of Harrowden)
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Elizabeth Vaux's Timeline

1505
1505
Probably Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
1535
August 14, 1535
England, UK
1540
1540
Northamptonshire, UK
1542
1542
Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1556
November 20, 1556
Age 51
Northamptonshire, England
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