Peter Vanlore

Sir Peter Vanlore (c. 1547 – 6 September 1627) was a Dutch-born English merchant, jeweller and moneylender in Elizabethan and Stuart England.

He was born circa 1547 in Utrecht, Netherlands, the third son of Maurits van Loor and his wife Stephania; Maurits Van Loor had a brother named Dirk Van Loor, and a sister named Marietje Van Loor. The parents of Maurits were Pieter Van Loor and Barbara Bolart. About 1568, he moved to England. On or before 19 July 1585, while living in the parish of St Benet Sherehog, he married Jacoba, daughter of Henry Teighbott or Thibault. He bought the manor of Tilehurst in Berkshire from Thomas Crompton in 1604 and also owned Wallingford Castle. He built and lived in a mansion at Calcot Park, which replaced the original manor house of Tilehurst. He was naturalised in 1607. He died at his home on 6 September 1627 and was buried in an elaborate tomb in the Ladychapel, St Michael's, Tilehurst.

Family

He married Jacoba Teighbott or Thibault on or before 19 July 1585, by whom he had 11 children including:

• Sir Peter Vanlore, 1st Baronet, bapt 1586, who married Susanna Becke of Antwerp, by whom he had a son and three daughters, including Jacoba who married Henry Zinzan (son of Sir Sigismund Zinzan).
• Jacoba Vanlore, bapt 1587, who married Johannes de Laeda
• Elizabeth Vanlore, who married Hans van den Bernden
• Anne Vanlore, who married Sir Charles Caesar
• Mary Vanlore, who married Sir Edward Powell, 1st Baronet
• Catherine Vanlore, who married Sir Thomas Glemham

References

• soc.genealogy.medieval - 10 Aug 2007
• http://www.stmichaeltilehurst.org.uk/

External links

• Royal Berkshire History: Sir Peter Vanlore (c.1547-1627)