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J. Thomas Looney found John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford is " hardly mentioned except to be praised " in Henry VI, Part Three.

The play ahistorically depicts him participating in the Battle of Tewkesbury and being captured.

Oxfordians, such as Dorothy and Charlton Ogburn, believe Shakespeare created such a role for the 13th Earl because it was the easiest way Edward de Vere could have " advertised his loyalty to the Tudor Queen " and remind her of " the historic part borne by the Earls of Oxford in defeating the usurpers and restoring the Lancastrians to power ".