 The marriage settlement was dated 16 November 1511 and the ceremony took place before 1 May 1512.Although the marriage settlement itself does not survive, evidence of its provisions is found in the 13th Earl's will.On 29 May 1514, Henry VIII, in the exercise of his royal prerogative, treated de Vere's marriage as technically invalid on the grounds that de Vere had been under the age of fourteen at the date of the marriage.