Peter Vanlore

Who was Peter Vanlore?

Sir Peter Vanlore was a Dutch-born English merchant, jeweller and moneylender in Elizabethan and Stuart England.

He was born circa 1547 in Utrecht, Netherlands, the third son of Maurits van Loor and his wife Stephania. About 1568, he moved to England. On or before 19 July 1585, while living in the parish of St Benet Sherehog, he married Jacoba, daughter of Henry Teighbott or Thibault. He bought the manor of Tilehurst in Berkshire from Thomas Crompton in 1604 and also owned Wallingford Castle. He built and lived in a mansion at Calcot Park, which replaced the original manor house of Tilehurst. He was naturalised in 1607. He died at his home on 6 September 1627 and was buried in an elaborate tomb in the Ladychapel, St Michael's, Tilehurst.