Ubaldini, Petruccio (fl. 1576). Actor (Italian). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 383]

Udall, Nicholas (c.1505-1556). Playwright. [MS ii, 451; Scheurweghs, Roister Doister, x-liii (1939); Edgerton, Nicholas Udall (1965); Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 1 (1971); DTRB, 24, 26, 198, 201, 212-4, 276, 426 (1984); Norland, Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 199-209, 267-79 (1995); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 278 (1999)]

Underell (fl. 1602). Actor (Worcester's 1602). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 384]

Underhill, Nicholas (c.1608->1652). Musician and minor actor (King's 1619-32); musician at Cockpit and in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Nungezer, 384; JCS ii, 609; Cutts, 'New Findings', 103 (1966); Sabol, 'New Documents', 25 (1966)]

Underhill, Samuel (fl. 1634). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965); BDECM, 1110 (1998)]

Underhill, Thomas (d. 1624) (Underell, Undrill). Musician (fl. 1603-31?). (same as Underell?) [JCS ii, 609; BDECM, 1110 (1998)]

Underwood, John (c.1588?-1624). Actor (Chapel 1601-c.1608; King's 1608-24); sharer. [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 384; JCS ii, 610; Riddell, 'Actors', 294 (1969); Wills, 142 (1993)]

Uxenbrydge, Sir. See Oxenbridge, Andrew.

Valence, John (fl. 1617-19). Actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1618-9). [Venn, ACant iv, 293 (1922); REED Cambridge, 956 (1989)]

Van Wilder, Philip. See Wilder, Philip van.

Vaughan, Alice Egerton. See Egerton, Alice.

Vaux, Edward, 4th Lord Vaux of Harrowden (1588-1661). Patron (Lord Vaux's 1601-9). (Husband of Elizabeth Howard Knollys Vaux; grandson of William Vaux) [ES ii, 103; Peerage xii.2, 224 (1959)]

Vaux, Elizabeth Howard Knollys (1586-1658). Performer in masques (Vision of the Twelve Goddesses, 1604; Masque of Blackness, 1605, both as Lady Elizabeth Howard; Hymenai, 1606, as Lady Knollys). (Daughter of Thomas Howard (III) and Catherine Knyvett Rich Howard; sister of Catherine Howard Cecil, Sir Charles Howard (III), Sir Edward Howard (II), Frances Howard Devereaux Carr, Henry Howard (I), Theophilus Howard, and Thomas Howard (VI); wife of William Knollys and Edward Vaux; niece of Philip Howard; sister-in-law of Lettice Knollys) [Peerage i, 401 (1910); ES iii, 278, 378; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 443 (1950); Peerage xii.2, 225 (1959); Lindley, Court Masques, 277 (1995)]

Vaux, William, 3rd Lord Vaux of Harrowden (1535-95). Patron (Lord Vaux's 1579). (Grandfather of Edward Vaux) [ES ii, 103; Peerage xii.2, 221 (1959)]

Venables, Thomas, Baron Kinderton (c.1513-80). Patron. [REED Cumb./West./Glouc., 445 (1986); REED Devon, 494 (1986)]

Vennar, Richard (c.1555-1615?). Playwright. [ES iii, 500]

Vere, Beatrice van Hemmema de, Countess of Oxford (d. 1653/7). Performer in masques (Chloridia, 1631; Tempe Restored, 1632; Temple of Love, 1635; Luminalia, 1638; masquer may have been Diana Cecil Vere Bruce, but probably not). [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant i, 305, 306 (1872); Grosart, Luminalia, 630 (1876); Peerage x, 257-8 (1945); Lindley, Court Masques, 279 (1995)]

Vere, Elizabeth. See Stanley, Elizabeth Vere.

Vere, John de (I), 13th Earl of Oxford (1442-1513). Patron (Oxford's 1492-99). [Peerage x, 239 (1945); DTRB, 407 (1984)]

Vere, John de (II), 15th Earl of Oxford (c.1483-1540). Patron (Lord Chamberlain's 1537-42). (Father of John de Vere (III); grandfather of Edward de Vere) [Peerage x, 245 (1945); DTRB, 407 (1984)]

Vere, John de (III), 16th Earl of Oxford (c.1512-62). Patron (Oxford's 1555-62). (Father of Edward de Vere, brother-in-law of Arthur Golding; uncle of Thomas Howard (II), Frederick Windsor and Sir Francis Vere) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 62 (1910); ES ii, 99; Peerage x, 247 (1945); REED Somerset, 47, 1002 (1996)]

Vere, Edward de, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604). Patron (Oxford's 1562-5, 1580-87, 1600-2), playwright. (Son of John de Vere (III); father of Bridget Vere Norris, Elizabeth Vere Stanley, and Susan Vere Herbert; nephew of Arthur Golding; son-in-law of William Cecil; brother-in-law of Peregrine Bertie, Robert Cecil, and Thomas Cecil (I); cousin of Thomas Howard (II), Frederick Windsor and Sir Francis Vere; father-in-law of Francis Norris and William Stanley (II)) [ES ii, 99; iii, 503; Ward, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford (1928); Peerage x, 250 (1945); Rowse, Eminent Elizabethans, 75 (1983); DLB 172: 181 (1996); Gurr, Playing Companies, 306, 313 (1996)]

Vere, Sir Francis (1560-1609). Patron (1600, in Holland). (Cousin of Edward de Vere; nephew of John de Vere) [Alexander, 'Percy Household Accounts', 11 (1987)]

Vere, Susan. See Herbert, Susan Vere.

Verney (fl. 1603). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1603). [Boas, University Drama, 400 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 299 (1922); Caylor, Leander, 6 (1993)]

Verney, Sir Francis (1584-1615). Playwright. [Foster, AOx, 1542 (1891); ES iii, 503; Eccles, Authors, 91 (1982)]

Vernon, George (fl. 1624-30). Actor (King's). [Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928); Nungezer, 386; JCS ii, 611]

Vertue, Owen (c.1586-1612<). Latin interlude writer(?). [Foster, AOx, 1554 (1891); Annals, 235 (1989)]

Vienville, M. de la. See De la Vienville, M.

Villiers, Frances Howard (c.1618-77). Performer in masques, as Lady Frances Howard (Luminalia, 1638; Salmacida Spolia, 1640). (Daughter of Theophilus Howard; sister of James Howard, Katherine Howard, and Margaret Howard Boyle; niece of Sir Charles Howard (III), Elizabeth Howard Knollys, Frances Howard Devereaux Carr, Henry Howard (I), and Thomas Howard (VI)) [Grosart, Luminalia, 630 (1876); Lindley, Court Masques, 277 (1995)]

Villiers, George, 1st (4th) Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628). Performer in masques (Mercury Vindicated, 1615; Pleasure Reconciled to Virture, 1618; Gypsies Metamorphosed, 1621). (Brother of John Villiers; father of Mary Villiers Stuart; brother-in-law of William Feilding; uncle of Basil Feilding, George Feilding, Elizabeth Feilding Boyle, Margaret Feilding Hamilton, William Villiers, and Anne Boteler Blount Weston) [Peerage ii, 392 (1912); Lindley, Court Masques, 273 (1995)]

Villiers, John, 1st Viscount Purbeck (c.1591-1658). Performer in masque (Gypsies Metamorphosed, 1621). (Brother of George Villiers; brother-in-law of William Feilding; uncle of Basil Feilding, George Feilding, Elizabeth Feilding Boyle, Margaret Feilding Hamilton, Mary Villiers Stuart, and William Villiers; son-in-law of Elizabeth Hatton) [Peerage x, 684 (1945); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 439 (1950); Orgel, Jonson Masques, 495 (1969)]

Villiers, Mary. See Stuart, Mary Villiers.

Villiers, William, Viscount Grandison of Limerick (1614-43). Performer in masques (Coelum Britannicum, 1634; Temple of Love, 1635). (Nephew of George Villiers and John Villiers) [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant i, 305, 312 (1872); Peerage vi, 75 (1926); Lindley, Court Masques, 275 (1995)]

Vincent (fl. 1597-8). Actor/musician (Chamberlain's 1597-98) (same as George Vincent? or Thomas Vincent (I)?). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 386; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 50 (1931)]

Vincent, George (fl. 1615-18). Actor/musician (Germany, Poland). [Riewald, 'New Light', 89 (1960); Schrickx, 'Pickleherring', 139-40, 147 (1983)]

Vincent, Peter (d. 1639; fl. 1618-39). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1622-3). [Venn, ACant iv, 304 (1922); REED Cambridge, 956 (1989)]

Vincent, Thomas (I) (fl. 1592-1600?). Bookkeeper at Globe, actor(?). [Nungezer, 386; JCS ii, 612; Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men' (1974); George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men' (1981)]

Vincent, Thomas (II) (c.1603?-33). Latin playwright. [Venn, ACant iv, 304 (1922); JCS v, 1232; RLDE 2/16: 1 (1990)]

Vincent, William (fl. 1622-42). Dancer, tightrope walker. [JCS ii, 612; REED Norwich, 233 (1984)]

Virnius, Johann Friedrich (fl. 1615). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 386]