16th Earl of Oxford John de Vere

1516 - 1562  (46 years)

• Name	John de Vere  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	16th Earl of Oxford
  Birth	1516	Essex, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	(Castle Hedingham)
  		Castle-Hedingham By Simondaw at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4375023
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Aug 1562	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Essex, England   [1, 4]
  	(St Nicholas Churchyard at Castle Hedingham)
  		St. Nicholas Churchyard Castle Hedingham, Braintree, Essex, England Find a Grave: #2283526
  Person ID	I14421	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	15th Earl of Oxford John de Vere,   b. 1482, Essex, England d. 21 Mar 1540, Halstead, Essex, England (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Countess of Oxford Elizabeth Trussel,   b. 1494, Staffordshire, England d. Jul 1527, Staffordshire, England (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1508	Rowley, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F5564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Countess of Oxford Dorothy Neville,   b. 1515, Staindrop, Durham, England d. Jan 1548, England (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1536	Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F5231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Margery Golding,   b. 1528, Belchamp St Paul, Essex, England d. 2 Dec 1568, Earls Colne, Essex, England (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1548	Essex, England
  	(St Paul)
  Children	1. 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere,   b. 12 Apr 1550, Essex, England d. 24 Jun 1604, London, England (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1516 - Essex, England Marriage - 3 Jul 1536 - Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Marriage - 1 Aug 1548 - Essex, England Death - 3 Aug 1562 - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Burial - - Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-VERE Veare/Vere/de Vere Coat of Arms

  
  

  Places

  Castle-Hedingham By Simondaw at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4375023

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, John de Vere 1516-1562. 16th Earl of Oxford John de Vere - Strong supporter of Queen Mary. He was responsible for the burning of several 'heretics', men and women, who spoke out against Catholicism. It is suggested that as many as sixteen of his prisoners were condemned and burned, including his own servant. John de Vere was known to be a womanizer with a scandalous reputation entangled in many unscrupulous situations, including bigamy, of which he never formally charged. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123933906/john-de_vere [S508] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;). Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). [S1539] Ancestry.com, England, Select Essex Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;).