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27: 143: 364:, heir to the earldom of Pembroke. Burghley offered Herbert £3,000 plus an annuity, the payment of which would begin upon Burghley's death. Herbert, however, wanted immediate payment on the annuity, and when his proposal was rejected, he refused to marry Bridget. Baron Burghley was therefore compelled to settle for a less illustrious husband for Bridget. 343:
who became her father's heir, and later succeeded him as the 18th Earl of Oxford. Bridget already had an older illegitimate half-brother, Sir Edward de Vere, by her father's scandalous affair with the Queen's
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Bridget de Vere's second marriage was to Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet. The eldest son of Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st Baronet. By him, she left an only daughter, Bridget Pollard.
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The marriage between Norris and Bridget was not successful, and in 1606, Bridget and her husband separated.
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On 17 October 1601, Norris succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Norris, and Bridget was henceforth styled as
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where he committed suicide on 29 January 1622. His estates and titles became forfeit to the crown.
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Bridget died sometime between December 1630 and March 1631, aged 46, and was buried in
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On 28 January 1621, Norris was created 1st Viscount Thame and 1st Earl of Berkshire.
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At about the time Norris had been planning to divorce Bridget he was sent to
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in a tomb which she shares with her mother, grandmother and sisters. Her
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Burns, F.D.A. (2004). "Norris, Francis, earl of Berkshire (1579–1622)".
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In 1591, Bridget's father married secondly, Elizabeth Trentham, a
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On 28 April 1599, shortly after her 15th birthday, she married
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In 1597, Bridget's grandfather proposed to marry her to
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