Biography of Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote 1584-1631
Paternal Family Tree: Vere
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Fitzwilliam 1504-1588
On 03 Aug 1562 [her grandfather] John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford (age 46) died. His son [her father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 12) succeeded 17th Earl of Oxford.
On 16 Dec 1571 a triple wedding was celebrated at Whitehall Palace [Map] ... with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38) present ...
Edward Dudley 4th Baron Dudley (age 46) and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Sutton of Dudley. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
[her father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 21) and [her mother] Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 21) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 60). He the son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 45) and Christina North Countess of Worcester. They were third cousin once removed.
On 06 Apr 1584 Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote was born to Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 33) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 27) at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire.
On 05 Jun 1588 [her mother] Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 31) died. She was buried at the Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey [Map]. She shares a monument with her mother [her grandmother] Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley (age 62). The monument rises to twenty-four feet, and is constructed of various coloured marbles, after a design of the Corinthian order. The Latin inscriptions, which are very long, were written by [her grandfather] Lord Burleigh (age 67) himself, and set forth the varied accomplishments and the virtues of the two ladies who are represented in effigy in the lower part of the monument. The figure of Lord Burleigh (age 67), in his robes, and in a kneeling attitude, appears in the upper part of the monument.
In 1591 [her father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 40) sold Hedingham Castle [Map] to his father-in-law [her grandfather] William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 70) in trust for his three daughters [her sister] Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 15), Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 6) and [her sister] Susan Vere Countess Montgomery (age 3) by his first wife [her mother] Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford.
Before 27 Dec 1591 [her father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 41) and [her step-mother] Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She brought her husband a dowry of £1000 bequeathed to her in her father's will, payable at the rate of 500 marks a year for three years. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
On 28 Apr 1599 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 19) and Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 49) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. He the son of William Norreys and Elizabeth Morrison Countess Lincoln.
On 27 Jun 1601 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys Rycote (age 76) died at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]. His grandson [her husband] Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baron Norreys Rycote. Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 17) by marriage Baroness Norreys Rycote.
Around 1603 [her daughter] Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote was born to [her husband] Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 23) and Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 18).
On 24 Jun 1604 [her father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 54) died at his home In King Street Covent Garden. His son [her half-brother] Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford (age 11) succeeded 18th Earl of Oxford.
On 28 Jan 1621 [her husband] Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 41) was created 1st Earl Berkshire, 1st Viscount Thame. Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 36) by marriage Countess Berkshire.
On 29 Jan 1622 [her husband] Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) shot himself with a crossbow at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]; probably deliberately.
On 31 Jan 1622 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) died of the wounds he had received two days earlier. He was buried at Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire [Map]. His daughter [her daughter] Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote. Earl Berkshire and Viscount Thame extinct.
On 27 Mar 1622 [her son-in-law] Edward Wray and [her daughter] Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire and Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 37).
In 1624 [her former brother-in-law] Henry Clinton (age 37) and Elizabeth Hickman were married. He the son of Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln and Elizabeth Morrison Countess Lincoln.
Before 1631 Hugh Pollard 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 46) were married. She the daughter of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. They were second cousin twice removed.
Around Jan 1631 Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 46) died. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
After 1647 [her former husband] Hugh Pollard 2nd Baronet (age 44) and Mary Stevens (age 28) were married.
On 27 Nov 1666 [her former husband] Hugh Pollard 2nd Baronet (age 63) died at Whitehall Palace [Map]. His brother [her former brother-in-law] Amyas Pollard 3rd Baronet (age 50) succeeded 3rd Baronet Pollard of King's Knympton in Devon.
Henry Clinton and Eleanor Harrington were married. He the son of Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln and Elizabeth Morrison Countess Lincoln.
[her daughter] Bridget Pollard was born to Hugh Pollard 2nd Baronet and Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sergeaux Countess Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Courtenay 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
GrandFather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Trussell
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Trussell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Donne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandMother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford
Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
GrandFather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Mother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cooke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Cooke
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Saunders of Banbury in Oxfordshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Saunders
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer of Hodnell in Warwickshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Spencer
GrandMother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam
7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England