'John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford' (
1516 –
03 August,
1562) was born to
John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trussel, daughter of Edward Trussel. He was styled 'Lord Bobelec'
1526 to
1540 before he succeeded his fathers title.
He married first Dorothy Neville, daughter of
Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland in
Holywell,
Shoreditch,
London on 3 July,
1536, and second Margery Golding in
Belchamp St Paul on 1 August,
1548. His weddings produced three children; Catherine de Vere by his first wife Dorothy, and Mary de Vere and
Edward de Vere, later the 17th Earl, by his second wife Margery. After his death, he was buried in
Castle Hedingham,
Essex on
31 August,
1562.
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will