Elizabeth (Scrope) de Vere (abt. 1468 - 1537)

Born about 1468 in Bolton, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Beaumont — married 1477 (to 19 Dec 1507) in England

Died 26 Jun 1537 at about age 69 in Essex, England

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Biography

Sir RICHARD Scrope m. ELEANOR Washbourne, Richard & his wife had children, one of which was:

ELIZABETH Scrope (-26 Jun 1537, bur Wivenhoe).

She m. firstly as his second wife, WILLIAM de Beaumont Viscount Beaumont, son of JOHN Beaumont Viscount Beaumont & his wife Elizabeth Philip (Edenham, Lincolnshire 23 Apr 1438-19 Dec 1507).

She m secondly ([28 Nov 1508/10 Apr 1509]) as his second wife, JOHN de Vere Earl of Oxford, son of JOHN de Vere Earl of Oxford & his wife Elizabeth Howard (8 Sep 1442-Hedingham Castle 10 Mar 1513, bur Colne Priory).

Sir John Seyntclere, brother-in-law of Elizabeth (Scrope) de Vere (d.1537), Countess of Oxford, wife of John de Vere (1442-1513), 13th Earl of Oxford.

John Seyntclere was one of the witnesses to the will of his sister-in-law, Elizabeth (nee Scrope) de Vere (d.1537), Countess of Oxford, in which he and his family were generously remembered in the following bequests:

Item, I give and bequeath unto my brother, Sir John Seyntclere, knight, a basin and an ewer of silver chased gilt, the fellow of the same that I have bequeathed unto my sister Brewes, weighing five score and 6 ounces.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my sister, Dame Frances, his wife, a cup of silver and gilt of the value of £4 sterling, or else £4 in ready money; item, my trussing bed of black velvet and black satin paned, with curtains of tawny sarsenet to the same; item, a counterpoint of blue cloth of baudekin, one featherbed with bolster, one long pillow, one pair of fustians, and 2 pair of sheets of 2 breadths and a half.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my nephew, John Seyntclere, one of my great goblets of silver all gilt with a cover to the same, having a grayle of flower-de-luce about the same goblet.

Burial

Place: Wivenhoe, Essex, England

Sources

• THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/31, ff. 202-3 John Seyntclere