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Paternal Family Tree: Trentham
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Sneyd 1546-1616
Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford was born to Thomas Trentham and Jane Sneyd at Rocester, Staffordshire [Map].
On 16th December 1571 a triple wedding was celebrated at Whitehall Palace [Map] ... with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38) present ...
Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley (age 46) and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dudley. The difference in their ages was 23 years. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
[her future husband] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 21) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 21) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 60). He the son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 45) and Christina North Countess of Worcester. They were third cousin once removed.
Around 1580 Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford was appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 46).
Before 25th May 1587 [her father] Thomas Trentham (age 49) died. On 25th May 1587 Thomas Trentham was buried at Rocester Abbey [Map].
Before 27th December 1591 Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 41) and Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess 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 [her son] Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford was born to [her husband] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford.
On 26th January 1595 William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby (age 34) and [her step-daughter] Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of [her husband] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 44) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. He the son of Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby (age 55). They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 2nd September 1597 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 63) granted licence to the executors of Sir Rowland Hayward to sell King's Place [Map] in the Hackney in north London to Elizabeth Trentham, her brother [her brother] Francis Trentham of Rocester (age 33), her uncle [her uncle] Ralph Sneyd (age 70), and her cousin, Giles Yonge (age 43). The acquisition of King's Place by Elizabeth Trentham and her relatives placed it 'beyond the reach of Oxford's creditors'.
On 28th April 1599 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 19) and [her step-daughter] Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 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 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (age 76) died at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]. His grandson Francis (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote. [her step-daughter] Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 17) by marriage Baroness Norreys of Rycote.
On 24th June 1604 [her husband] Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 54) died at his home In King Street Covent Garden. His son [her son] Henry (age 11) succeeded 18th Earl of Oxford.
In 1609 Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess 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 [her son] Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford (age 15).
On 1st April 1609 Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford sold King's Place Hackney [Map] to Fulk Greville 13th Baron Latimer 5th Baron Willoughby 1st Baron Brooke (age 54).
Around December 1612 Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford died.
GrandFather: Richard Trentham of Rocester Abbey
Father: Thomas Trentham
Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford
GrandFather: William Sneyd of Bradwell Cheshire
Mother: Jane Sneyd