Sources yet to be consulted: 17th Earl in [Aubrey's "Brief Lives"] See p.270 of vol.2 of 1898 edn. Source citations are included at the bottom of the page. Katherine Chiljan, 1998.

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford . The Elizabethan Court poet Edward de Vere has, since 1920, lived a notorious second, wholly illegitimate life as the putative author of the poems and plays of William Shakespeare. a preliminary website presentation by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship. Built c. 14th century demolished c. 1710. Sisters Place built c. 1714..jpg 1,500 × 2,000; 815 KB

The De Vere Society Dedicated to the proposition that the works of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford The Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, B.M.

Seventy-seven of Oxford's letters and memoranda survive from the period 1563-1604, almost all written in his own distinctive italic hand and addressed to either his father-in-law, Lord Burghley, or his brother-in-law, Sir Robert Cecil. The Earl gave himself the penname 'Spear-shaker' due to his ability at tournaments, the author points out.

See p.305 and p.306 in 1950 edn. Returning with Warwick in a successful attempt to restore Henry VI (September-October 1470), he was made constable of Ward, London, 1928, repub 1979. Letters and poems of Edward, Earl of Oxford, ed. Sources yet to be consulted: 17th Earl in [Aubrey's "Brief Lives"] See p.270 of vol.2 of 1898 edn.

Essayist Francis Bacon and playwright Christopher Marlowe may have their supporters, but for the last 90 years the favored candidate has been Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. Edward de Vere is in the 8th generation of the family tree for Margaret Stewart (Ahnentafel #234).

17th Earl of Oxford Dates: 1550 - 1604 Background: Aristocratic, educated first privately, then at Cambridge and Gray's Inn. See p.305 and p.306 in 1950 edn. 17th Earl of Oxford, age 25 (1575). 17th Earl of Oxford, age 25 (1575). Courtier poet Edward de Vere was identified as a candidate in 1918 by J. Thomas Looney, an English writer and teacher who assembled a profile of the author based on the content of the work. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford . Ward, London, 1928, repub 1979. Letters and poems of Edward, Earl of Oxford, ed. Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was one of the leading patrons of the Elizabethan age, but was he also William Shakespeare? Works by this author published before January 1, 1925 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. The work reconstructs Oxford’s life, assesses his poetic works, and demonstrates the absurdity of attributing Shakespeare’s works to him. Seventy-seven of Oxford's letters and memoranda survive from the period 1563-1604, almost all written in his own distinctive italic hand and addressed to either his father-in-law, Lord Burghley, or …

Edward de Vere. The Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, B.M. Kurt Kreiler's new book, The Man Who Invented Shakespeare, is the latest work to subscribe to this theory. LETTERS AND MEMORANDA OF EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL OF OXFORD . On this site stood a medieval mansion sometime home of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford. Katherine Chiljan, 1998. The first documentary biography of Oxford in over seventy years, … Several years later, the younger John de Vere fled to France with the “kingmaker,” Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. LETTERS AND MEMORANDA OF EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL OF OXFORD .

↑ Steven W. May, "The poems of Edward de Vere, seventeenth Earl of Oxford and Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex" in Studies in Philology, 77 (Winter 1980), Chapel Hill, pp.1-132. He was the second son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, who, with his eldest son, Aubrey, was executed (February 1462) under the Yorkist king Edward IV.