Between 29 April 1507 and 4 July 1509 Elizabeth became the second wife of
John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, whose first wife was Christian Foderingey (born c. 1481, died before 4 November 1498), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Foderingey (c. 1446 – 1491) of
Brockley, Suffolk, by Elizabeth Doreward (c. 1473 – 1491), daughter of William Doreward of
Bocking, Essex, by whom the 15th Earl had no issue. By her marriage to the 15th Earl of Oxford, Elizabeth had four sons and three daughters: •
John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford (1516 – 3 August 1562), who married firstly, Dorothy Neville (died c. 6 January 1548), second daughter of
Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, by whom he had a daughter, Katherine de Vere, who married
Edward Windsor, 3rd Baron Windsor. The Earl married secondly,
Margery Golding (d. 2 December 1568), by whom he had a son,
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and a daughter,
Mary de Vere. • Aubrey de Vere (d. 1580), who married firstly Margaret Spring, the daughter of John Spring of
Lavenham, by whom he had two children: Anne and Hugh. Aubrey de Vere married secondly, Bridget Gibbon, the daughter of Sir Anthony Gibbon of
Lynn, Norfolk. • Anne de Vere (d.1617) married first Christopher Shernborne (d. 7 July 1575) with whom she had a son, Francis Shernborne, Esquire. Anne married second
John Stubbs, whose right hand was cut off on 3 November 1579 for his authorship of
The Discovery of a Gaping Gulf which criticised
Queen Elizabeth's proposed marriage to
Francois, Duke of Alençon. • Hugh Vere married Eleanor Walsh, the daughter of William Walsh. Hugh Vere and Eleanor Walsh had a son, Robert, who inherited the title as
19th Earl of Oxford. • Robert de Vere (died c. 1598), who married firstly, Barbara Berners, by whom he had a son, John Vere, and a daughter, Mary Vere, and secondly, Joan Hubberd, sister of Edward Hubberd (d. 1602), by whom he had no issue. • Geoffrey Vere (d. 1572), who in 1556 married Elizabeth Hardekyn (d. December 1615), daughter of Richard Hardekyn (d. 1558) of Wotton House near
Castle Hedingham, by whom he had four sons, John Vere (c. 1558 – 1624) of Kirby Hall near
Castle Hedingham,
Sir Francis Vere (born c. 1560), Robert Vere (b. 1562), and
Sir Horatio Vere (b. 1565), and a daughter, Frances Vere (born 1567), who married, as his second wife, the colonial adventurer and author,
Sir Robert Harcourt (1574/5–1631), of
Nuneham on 20 March 1598. • Elizabeth de Vere (born c. 1512), who married, as his second wife,
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (d. 28 June 1558), by whom she had three sons,
John Darcy, 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche (d. 3 March 1581), Aubrey (d. 1558–68) and Robert (died c. 1568), and two daughters, Thomasine and Constance, of whom the latter married Edmund Pyrton (died c. 1609). • Anne de Vere, (born c. 1522, died c. 14 February 1572), who married firstly,
Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick,
Lincolnshire, second but eldest surviving son of
Sir Robert Sheffield by Margaret Zouche, by whom she had a son and three daughters. Edmund Sheffield was slain 31 July 1549 during the suppression of
Kett's rebellion. Anne de Vere married secondly, John Brock, esquire, of
Colchester,
Essex, son and heir of John Brock of
Little Leighs,
Essex, by Agnes Wiseman, by whom she had no issue. •
Frances de Vere (c. 1517 – 30 June 1577), who married firstly,
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, by whom she was the mother of
Jane Howard,
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, Margaret Howard,
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, and Katherine Howard. Frances de Vere married secondly, Thomas Staynings, by whom she had no issue. Elizabeth died before July 1527, and was buried in the Church of St Nicholas,
Castle Hedingham,
Essex, where her effigy can be seen on the black marble tomb erected for Elizabeth and her husband, the 15th Earl. ==Footnotes==