Dictionary of National Biography lists de Veres, Earls of Oxford from 1142 to 1703; family name deriv. Ver, nr. Bayeux; fnd. in England by Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere, taking estates of Wulfwine in Essex; seat at Castle Hedingham; blue boar [verres]; Vero nil verius. |
Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford (d.1194), supported Queen Maud and created Earl of Oxford.
Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford (1362-1392), bosom friend of Richard II, created Duke of Ireland, Marquis of Dublin, 1385, and Duke of Dublin, 1386; excercised regal powers through Sir John Stanley 1385-88; divorced, later annulled; charged with treason, 1387; marched on London and deserted by trioops at Whitney, escaped to Paris and setled at Louvain, 1389; died in boar-hunt; rebur. by Richard at Earl’s Colne, essex, 1395.
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl (?1340-1400); accom. Black Prince to Acquitaine.
John de Vere, 12th Earl (?1408-1462), executed for part in Lancastrian rising.
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (1443-1513), helped restore Henry VI, fought at Bosworth Field, and entertained henry VII at Castle Hedingham.
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), quarrelled with Sir Philip Sydney and disgraced at court for his temper.
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford (1593-1625)
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl (1626-1703)
Aubrey de Vere, 1626-1703.
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford (d.1703), last of the line, fought at the Boyne for William.
Sir Aubrey de Vere [also Vere], 2nd Baronet (1788-1846), published historical dramas and The Song of Faith (1842).
Sir Francis Vere (1560-1609), soldier in Holland; and his br. Sir Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury, governor of Utrecht, 1618, seige of Maastricht, &c.
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