During a remodelling of the family estate at Great Harrowden in young Edward's name, she incorporated hidden rooms for the harbouring of Catholic priests including her confessor, the dashing Jesuit John Gerard.
[5] For refusing to take the 1606 Oath of Allegiance to James I, entailing a denial of the pope's authority over the king, Edward was committed to the Fleet prison.
He was sentenced in the Kings Bench to perpetual imprisonment and loss of property on 1 March 1612, but he was transferred to the custody of the Dean of Westminster and had a grant of his forfeited lands in October 1612.
[1] On 3 January 1621, Vaux was summoned to the Parliament[1] which James reluctantly called to raise funds for the military assistance of his son-in-law Frederick V, Elector Palatine.
[8] Vaux paid £300 to purge his personal attendance on Charles I at York in March 1639[1] for the military expedition into Scotland known as the First Bishops' War.
However, in the Convention Parliament of 1660 the House of Lords questioned Nicolas's right to the title and through Nicholas and his descendants arose a long contest for the Banbury peerage (see Knollys family).