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[[File:William Lord Vaux of Harrowden.jpg|right|thumb|250px|William, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, 1575]]
'''William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden''' (before 14 August 1535 – 20 August 1595) was an English peer. He was noted for his [[Roman Catholic]] faith and support of Catholic missionary activity.
==Life==
The son of [[Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden]], he succeeded his father as [[Baron Vaux of Harrowden]] in October 1556.
As a Catholic, Vaux was several times convicted of [[recusancy]] during the reign of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. He was committed to the [[Fleet Prison]] by the [[Privy Council]], and afterwards was tried in the [[Star Chamber]] on 15 February 1581 along with his brother-in-law [[Thomas Tresham II|Sir Thomas Tresham]] for harbouring the [[Jesuit]] [[Edmund Campion]] and contempt of court. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the Fleet and a fine of £1,000 (about £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|1000|1581|r=-3}}}} as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}<ref name="Cokayne">Cokayne, p. 19</ref><ref name="TP">{{cite web|url=http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/VAUX.htm#William%20VAUX%20(3%B0%20B.%20Vaux%20of%20Harrowden |title=William Vaux 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden|accessdate=28 November 2008}}</ref>
==Marriages and children==
William Vaux married firstly Elizabeth, daughter of [[John Beaumont (judge)|John Beaumont]] of Grace Dieu, [[Leicester]]. Their children were:
* [[Henry Vaux|Henry]]
* [[Eleanor Brooksby|Eleanor]]; married Edward Brokesby, Esq., of Sholdby, Leicester
* Elizabeth; a nun, at [[Caen]], in [[Normandy]]
* [[Anne Vaux|Anne]]
His second wife was Mary, daughter of John Tresham of [[Rushton, Northamptonshire|Rushton]], son of Sir [[Thomas Tresham I]]. Their children were:
* George (died 13 July 1594); married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Roper of Welle Place, [[Kent]]. They were parents to [[Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden]].
* William
* Henry
* Katherine
* Edward
* Ambrose
* Muriel; married George Foulshurst
==Properties and heirs==
In 1557 Vaux conveyed the [[manorialism|manors]] and [[advowson]]s of the family estates at [[Great Harrowden|Great]] and [[Little Harrowden]] to his second wife's grandfather, Sir [[Thomas Tresham I]], who died in 1559 and was succeeded by his grandson, another Sir [[Thomas Tresham II|Thomas]]. The Tresham Papers contain an account of the family disputes which resulted from a 1571 settlement of the properties, under which the younger Sir Thomas stood security for the payment of £500 (£{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|500|1571|r=-3}}}} as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}) to each of Vaux's daughters by his first wife.<ref name="Parish">Salzman, pp. 178–185</ref>
William Vaux's eldest son Henry renounced his rights to the family titles to his half-brother George with the intention of entering the priesthood,<ref name="Parish" /> but both Henry and George predeceased their father. On Vaux's death in 1595, he was succeeded by his grandson, George's son [[Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden|Edward]], who inherited the titles shortly before his seventh birthday.<ref name="Cokayne" /><ref name="TP" /><ref>Burke, p. 533</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ageneralandhera02burkgoog|title=A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland: Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance|publisher=H. Colburn & R. Bentley|last=Burke|first=John|year=1831|accessdate=2008-11-28}}
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerage00cokagoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage00cokagoog/page/n28 19]|quote=william vaux, 3rd baron vaux of harrowden.|title=Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant|last=Cokayne|first=George Edward|authorlink = George Cokayne|year=1898|publisher=G. Bell & sons}}
*{{cite web|title=Parishes: Great Harrowden|work=A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4|editor-last=Salzman|editor-first=L.F. |year=1937|pages=178–185| url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66344|accessdate=2008-11-28}}
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