John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford - Inconsistencies

I will take on the de Veres.

Sorted.

The remaining “inconsistencies” are not inconsistencies in the Middle Ages.

His wife Elizabeth was descended from Owen Glendower. Just sayin’.

Thanks Anne. Yes. I just copied the lot.

The inconsistencies about royalty and nobility in the middle ages getting married as children -- annoys me no end. Get over it, SmartCopy! It's an arranged dynastic move!

I think it's a setting I've chosen though - it's a useful clue elsewhere in the tree, if they marry under 14; and important anywhere if they become parents under 12:-)

True.

It is useful in other places. I think I took mine off cause it annoyed me so much.

Lol.

You can raise the dates if you want to. I love it as a quick way to spot errors that I miss.

Hi All

With respect to Christian Foderingay, I suspect that the error of 1598, should not be corrected -100 but to 1508.

I am so sad to say that I came across something about 15 years ago that actually had her death noted by date - and I am very sure that she lived past 1500.

I remember it given the antics of Henry, that in fact, John did not resolve the childless situation by divorcing her