Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford 1593-1625

Before 27th December 1591 Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 41] and Elizabeth TrenthamCountess 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 24th February 1593 Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford was born to Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 42] and Elizabeth TrenthamCountess of Oxford.

On 26th January 1595 [his brother-in-law] William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby [aged 34] and [his half-sister] Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of [his father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 44] and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. He the son of Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 55]. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 28th April 1599 [his brother-in-law] Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 19] and [his half-sister] Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 49] and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. He the son of William Norreys and Elizabeth Morrison Countess Lincoln. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 27th June 1601 Henry Norreys [aged 76] died at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]. His grandson [his brother-in-law] Francis [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote. [his half-sister] Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote [aged 17] by marriage Baroness Norreys of Rycote. Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire inherited the Rycote and Wytham estates. His title to his estates was challenged by his uncle, Sir Edward Norreys, but the latter died in 1603, whose estates also passed to Lord Norreys.

On 24th June 1604 [his father] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 54] died at his home in King Street Covent Garden. His son Henry [aged 11] succeeded 18th Earl of Oxford.

In 1609 [his mother] Elizabeth TrenthamCountess of Oxford purchased Hedingham Castle [Map] from her late husband's three daughters by his first wife so that Hedingham Castle [Map] remained in the estate of her son Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford [aged 15].

Around December 1612 [his mother] Elizabeth TrenthamCountess of Oxford died.

On 28th January 1621 [his brother-in-law] Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 41] was created 1st Earl Berkshire, 1st Viscount Thame. [his half-sister] Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote [aged 36] by marriage Countess Berkshire.

On 1st January 1624 Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford [aged 30] and Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter [aged 58] and Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter [aged 45]. He the son of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth TrenthamCountess of Oxford. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Around 1625 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford [aged 31].

In June 1625 Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford [aged 32] died. His second cousin Robert [aged 49] succeeded 19th Earl of Oxford.

On 12th November 1629 Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin [aged 30] and [his former wife] Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin [aged 33] were married. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter [aged 63] and [his former mother-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter [aged 51].

On 26th February 1654 [his former wife] Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin [aged 58] died. She was buried at the Ailesbury Mausoleum, St Mary's Church, Maulden [Map] which her husband Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin [aged 55] commissioned.