Anne Vavasour [57023] ²⁵

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lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm>. The Earl of Oxford <Bios/EdwardDeVere(17EOxford).htm> was retained under house arrest for a short time and, following the Born to Anne Vavasour of an illegitimate child fathered by him in 1581 (Sir Edward Vere), was briefly in the Tower of London. He had seduced the beautiful Anne Vavasour, and "on Tuesday at night Anne Vavasour was brought to bed of a son in the maidens' chamber. The E. of Oxeford is avowed to be the father" (Letter of Walsingham, 23 Mar 1580/1, Hist. MSS. Com., Hastings MSS, vol. ii, p. 29). The Earl <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdwardDeVere(17EOxford).htm> was under restraint for some weeks and not admitted to Court until Jun 1583. Oxford <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdwardDeVere(17EOxford).htm> and his followers reaped the fruits of this scandal in a duel, and a series of frequent and fatal brawls lasting over several years. The birth of this child led to a long-running feud with Sir Thomas Knyvett <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasKnyvett(1BEscrick).htm>, uncle of Anne Vavasour, which resulted in the deaths of three followers of De Vere and Knyvett <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasKnyvett(1BEscrick).htm> as well as injury to both men.
In 1591 Richard Warburton was involved in a dispute with the copyholders of the manor of Over Whitley (Whitley Superior), a duchy of Lancaster manor in Cheshire, recently granted to him by the Queen <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm>. Robert Cecil <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertCecil(1ESalisbury).htm> was probably his patron at this time, and he certainly was in 1595, when, in Sep, Warburton wrote from Plymouth excusing his sudden return from a voyage, the purpose of which is not known. It is likely that it was Cecil <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertCecil(1ESalisbury).htm> who brought Warburton in for Bridport in 1601. Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Bindon, received nominations at several Dorset boroughs for this Parliament, offering them to Cecil <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertCecil(1ESalisbury).htm>. Warburton was named to one committee, concerned with the order of business, 3 Nov 1601. In 1602 Cecil <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertCecil(1ESalisbury).htm> secured Warburton a command at Brill under Sir Francis De Vere <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/FrancisVere.htm>, who in 1605 urged Salisbury <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertCecil(1ESalisbury).htm> to allow him to return quickly to the Low Countries. The remainder of Warburton's career lies outside this biography. His widow was granted administration of his estate on 27 Jan 1610, and the new election return was dated 1 Feb 1610. The heir was his only child Cecil, so named after the godfather.

Anne married Edward of Oxford de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [2669] [LD27-FFK] [MRIN: 551615176], son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford [44999] and Margery Golding Countess Oxford [45000]. (Edward of Oxford de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [2669] [LD27-FFK] was born on 12 Apr 1550 in Castle Hedingham,⁴⁴⁴ died on 24 Jun 1604 in King's Hold, Hackney, Middlesex ⁴⁴⁴ and was buried on 6 Jul 1604 in Hackney.)

Anne next married Sir Henry Lee Knight [57025] [MRIN: 551615177].

Anne next married Sir Richard Warburton Knight [57026] [MRIN: 551615178], son of Peter of Hefferston Grange Warburton [57027] and Alice Cooper [57028], about 1603. (Sir Richard Warburton Knight [57026] died in 1610.)