 Aubrey I de VereBORN_SHORT ± 1040, DIED_SHORT 1112, approximately 72 years Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere (died circa 1112) was a tenant-in-chief in England of William the Conqueror in 1086, as well as a vassal of Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of Coutances and of Count Alan, lord of Richmond. A much later source named his father as Alphonsus. Biography His origins are obscure and various regions have been proposed for his birthplace. He was probably Norman, possibly from the eponymous town of Ver/Vire in western Normandy. Late medieval sources put forward claims of descent from Charlemagne through the Counts of Flanders or Guînes. In fact, their only connection with Guînes, in Flanders, was through a short-lived marriage; Aubrey I's grandson Aubrey de Vere III married Beatrice, heiress to the county of Guînes, in the 12th century but there was no issue and their marriage was annulled. In Domesday Book, Aubrey I and his wife held land in six counties in 1086. Both were accused therein of some unauthorized land seizures. Aubrey's estates held of the king were valued at approximately £300, putting him in roughly the middle ranks of the post-conquest barons in terms of landed wealth. More difficult to sort out are contemporary references to "Aubrey the chamberlain" and "Aubrey of Berkshire." The Latin name Albericus was not uncommon in 11th- and 12th-century Europe. A chamberlain to Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, bore the name Albericus, but it is unlikely that this man was Aubrey de Vere. An "Aubrey of Berkshire" was a sheriff in the early reign of Henry I; it cannot be ruled out that this man was Aubrey de Vere. His son and namesake Aubrey de Vere II held the office of royal chamberlain, so it is possible that Aubrey I had served the king in that office. Many royal household offices were hereditary. Shortly before 1104, Aubrey's eldest son Geoffrey fell ill and was tended at Abingdon Abbey by the royal physician, Abbot Faritius. The youth recovered but suffered a relapse, died, and was buried at the abbey. His parents founded a cell of Abingdon on land they donated: Colne Priory, Essex. Within a few years, Aubrey I and his son William joined that community. Aubrey died soon after taking the Benedictine habit, William passing away not long after his father. Both were buried at the priory, establishing it as the Vere family mausoleum. Aubrey de Vere II succeeded to his father's estates. Aubrey was married by 1086, when his wife is listed in Domesday Book as holding a manor in Essex. As his spouse's name is recorded as Beatrice in 1104 and she is named as the mother of his eldest son, she was almost certainly his wife in 1086. Beatrice attended the formal ceremony for the founding of Earl's Colne Priory. Besides Geoffrey, Aubrey II, and William mentioned above, the couple's children included Roger and Robert. Marriage/ Related to:  BeatriceChildren: | |||
1) Alice de Vere | |||
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6) Aubrey II de Vere, Nickname: Aubrey de VerBORN_SHORT 1090 of, Great Addington, Northamptonshire, England, DIED_SHORT 15 may 1141 London, Middlesex, England, 50 or 51 years, BURIED_SHORT Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Essex, England From the Wiki: Aubrey de Vere II (c. 1080 – 1141) — also known as "Alberic[us] de Ver" — was the second of that name in England after the Norman Conquest, being the eldest surviving son of Alberic or Aubrey de Vere who had followed William the Conqueror to England in or after 1066. Aubrey II served as sheriff of many shires and as a Justiciar under kings Henry I and Stephen.[1] King Henry I had declared the estates and office of the first master chamberlain, Robert Malet, to be forfeit, and in 1133 awarded the office to Aubrey and his heirs. The chronicler William of Malmesbury reports that Aubrey represented King Stephen in 1139, when the king had been summoned to a church council to answer for the seizure of castles held by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury. He was killed by a London mob in May, 1141, and buried in the family mausoleum, Colne Priory, Essex. The building of a stone keep at Hedingham, Essex, was most likely begun by Aubrey II and completed by his son and heir, Aubrey III. In addition to his patronage of Colne Priory, the new master chamberlain also founded a cell of the abbey St. Melanie in Rennes, Brittany, at Hatfield Broadoak or Hatfield Regis, Essex. His eldest son Aubrey de Vere III, was later created Earl of Oxford, and their descendants were to hold that title and the office that in later centuries was known as the Lord Great Chamberlain until the extinction of the male line in 1703.[2] Aubrey II married Adeliza/Alice (died 1163), daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard of Clare. BIRTH: Date> Probably before 1090. OFFICE: Sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1121, 1125. OFFICE: Justice. OFFICE: Chamberlain of England, 1133. RESIDENCE: Of Great Addington, Northamptonshire, England. RESIDENCE: Of Drayton, , Northamptonshire, England. DEATH: Cause> Slain in a riot in London. | |||
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