de VERE
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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