Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden 1588-1661

Before 13th September 1588 [his father] George Vaux [aged 23] and [his mother] Elizabeth Roper were married.

On 13th September 1588 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden was born to George Vaux [aged 23] and Elizabeth Roper.

On 13th July 1594 [his father] George Vaux [aged 29] died.

On 20th August 1595 [his grandfather] William Vaux 3rd Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 60] died. His grandson Edward [aged 6] succeeded 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden.

On 23rd December 1605 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 61] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Knollys. The difference in their ages was 39 years. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 44] and [his future mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 41]. They were third cousin once removed.

Before 1616 [his brother-in-law] Henry Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny [aged 36] and [his sister] Catherine Vaux Baroness Bergavenny [aged 23] were married at Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire.

In 1616 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 72] was created 1st Viscount Wallingford. [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 33] by marriage Viscountess Wallingford.

On 1st December 1622 Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 72] died. He was buried at Birling, Kent [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baron Abergavenny. [his sister] Catherine Vaux Baroness Bergavenny [aged 30] by marriage Baroness Abergavenny.

In 1626 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 82] was created 1st Earl Banbury. [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 43] by marriage Countess Banbury.

In 1627 [his future step-son] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury was born to William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 83] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 44]. Given the advanced age of William Knollys the true father was believed to be Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 38] who Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury married shortly after the death of Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury.

In 1631 [his future step-son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury was born to William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 87] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 48]. Given the advanced age of William Knollys the true father is believed to be Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 42] who Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury married shortly after the death of Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury [aged 4]. He married (1) before February 1655 his first cousin twice removed Isabella Blount, daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (2) 4th October 1655 Anne or Abigail Sherard, daughter of William Sherard 1st Baron Sherard and Abigail Cave Baroness Sherard, and had issue.

On 25th May 1632 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 88] died. His son [his future step-son] Edward [aged 5] de jure 2nd Earl Banbury, 2nd Viscount Wallingford, 2nd Baron Knollys. Parliament disallowed the succession on the basis that Edward had been born when William was some eighty-two years old and Edward was, in fact, the son of Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 43] whom Edward's [his future wife] mother [aged 49] subsequently married around a month after William's death.

Around 30th June 1632 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 43] and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 49] were married some five weeks after the death of her first husband William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [deceased] on 25th May 1632. They, Edward and Elizabeth, when teenagers, had been subject to marriage negotiations which broke down as a consequence of the Gunpowder Plot and she had married William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury some thirty-nine years her senior. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 68]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 23rd August 1632 [his sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset [aged 42] died.

On 3rd June 1640 [his brother-in-law] Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk [aged 57] died at Suffolk House, Suffolk Street. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son James [aged 21] succeeded 3rd Earl Suffolk, 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.

Before June 1645 [his step-son] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury [aged 18] was killed in a duel. His brother Nicholas [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Earl Banbury, 3rd Viscount Wallingford, 3rd Baron Knollys although was never summoned to Parliament as a consequence of questions over his father's paternity.

Around 7th July 1649 [his sister] Catherine Vaux Baroness Bergavenny [aged 57] died.

Before February 1655 [his step-son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 24] and Isabella Blount [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 58] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 55]. He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 72]. They were first cousin twice removed.

On 4th October 1655 [his step-son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 24] and Anne or Abigail Sherard [aged 22] were married. He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 72].

On 17th April 1658 [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 75] died.

On 8th September 1661 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 72] died. His brother Henry [aged 70] succeeded 5th Baron Vaux Harrowden. He left all of his estates to his presumed son Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 30].