d e V E R E
The founder of the de Vere family from Ver near
Coutance in the western part of Normandy. A barony was created for this family,
most likely under the direction of the Bishop of Coutances.
Aubrey de Vere I
Aubrey de Vere I.
By the year 1086, Aubrey, I was established as a tenant-in-chief in his own
right as well as a tenant of the bishop in two counties. Aubrey de Vere I had:
Aubrey de Vere, II
Aubrey de Vere, II,
son of Aubrey de Vere I & Alice de Clare, b. prob. bef. 1090; d. 15 May
1141, slain in London; m. Alice de Clare, d. ca. 1163.
Aubrey de Vere II was of Great Addington and
Drayton. He was one of the greatest lay officials in the service of Henry I,
King of England. He was given a roving commission, under which he was to reform
the sheriffdoms of a large part of England. He was the Sheriff of London and
Middlesex. In 1133 he was the Justice and Master Chamberlain of England. As the
Master Chamberlain, he was the chief financial officer of the royal household.
Aubrey de Vere & Alice de Clare had:
Robert de Vere
Robert de Vere,
son of Aubrey de Vere & Agnes, b. prob. aft. 1164; d. bef. 25 Oct 1221; m. Isabel,
daughter of Hugh de Bolbec, d. 13 Feb 1248. Robert de Vere was the 3rd
Earl of Oxford. He was the Lord Chamberlain of England. Robert de Vere was a
signer of the Magna Charta Surety in 1215. Robert de Vere & Isabel had:
Hugh de Vere
Hugh de Vere,
son of Robert & Isabel (de Bolbec) de Vere, b. c. 1210; d. bef. 23 Dec 1263;
m. aft. 11 Feb 1222/23 to Hawise, daughter of Saher & Margaret (de
Beaumont) de Quincy, d. 3 Feb, after 1263. Hugh de Vere was the 4th Earl of
Oxford and the Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England.
Hugh & Hawise de Vere had three (3)
children:
1.
Isabel de Vere
2.
Robert de Vere, m. Alice de Sanford
3.
Hugh de Vere
Isabel de Vere
1) Isabel de Vere, daughter of Hugh
& Hawise (de Quincy) de Vere, m. Sir John de Courtenay, son of Sir
Robert & Mary (de Vernon) de Courtenay; d. 3 May 1274.
Sir John de Courtenay was the Baron of
Oakhampton.
Sir Hugh & Isabel (de Vere) de Courtenay
had a son:
Hugh de Courtenay
See de Courtenay