de VERE

Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 ©1996, Judy Parsons Smith

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[i].

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.[ii]  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 I I  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:

1.1. Hugh  de Courtenay  See de Courtenay


[i] “From Alfred to Henry III 871-1272”, by Christopher Brooke [W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York , NY © 1961], p. 164
[ii]
“From Alfred to Henry III 871-1272”, by Christopher Brooke [W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York , NY © 1961], p. 164