John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford (1516 – 3 August 1562) was born to John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trussel, daughter of Edward Trussel. He was styled Lord Bolebec 1526 to 1540 before he succeeded to his father's 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.[1] His two marriages produced three children; Katherine de Vere by his first wife, Dorothy, and Edward de Vere, later the 17th Earl, and Mary de Vere by his second wife, Margery. After his death, he was buried in Castle Hedingham, Essex on 31 August 1562.
He was the patron of the Oxford's Men, a dramatic troupe, from 1555 until his death in 1562.[2]
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| Preceded by John de Vere |
Earl of Oxford 1540–1562 |
Succeeded by Edward de Vere |