Sir William Vaux, V, of Great Harrowden

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Sir William Vaux, V, of Great Harrowden

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Birthplace: Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Death: May 04, 1471 (30-39)
Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (Killed in the Battle of Tewksbury )
Place of Burial: Harrowden, Northamptonshire
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir William Vaux, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire and Maud Matilda Vaux
Husband of Catherine Peniston and Catherine Fox
Father of Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden; Joan Vaux, Lady Guildford; Sir William Fox, VI and Margaret Fox
Brother of Sir Roland Vaux; Nicholas de Vaux; Philippa de Vaux and Eleanor de Vaux

Occupation: Sir William Vaux of Great Harrowden
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About Sir William Vaux, V, of Great Harrowden

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  • killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471. His wife, Catherine Penyston or Pennison, was born in the Piedmont region of Italy and came to England with her father, Gregory Penyston, as a political refugee. She was a lady in waiting to Margaret of Anjou. Their children, Jane and Nicholas, were educated in the household of Margaret Beaufort, where Catherine may also have had a place. She was still living at the time of Margaret’s death.

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Sir William Vaux, V, of Great Harrowden's Timeline

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Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
1460
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Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1462
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Great Harrowden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
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Hasland, Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom)
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1469
Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1471
May 4, 1471
Age 35
Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
May 14, 1471
Age 35
Harrowden, Northamptonshire
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Harrowden, Northampshire, England