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Individual Record for: Aubrey II DE VERE (male)

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Alberic de Vere; described as King's Chamberlain by 1112; Sheriff of Londo n, and Middlesex 1121 or 1122, Jt Sheriff 1125, often Sheriff Essex, Jt Sh eriff Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Hunts, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Surrey 1129 and Ess ex, Herts, Leics, and Northants 1139; married Alice, daughter of Gilbert F itzRichard, Lord of Clare and Tunbridge, and sister of Gilbert, 1st Ea rl of Pembroke, and was killed in a riot in London 15 May 1141. [Burke's P eerage]

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lberic de Vere, being in high favour with King Henry I, was constitut ed by that monarch Great Chamberlain of England to hold the same in f ee to himself and his heirs with all dignities and liberties thereunto app ertaining as fully and honourably as Robert Malet, lord of the honour of E ye, in Suffolk, who had then been banished and disinherited, had holden t he same office. His lordship m. Adeliza, dau. of Gilbert de Clare (or, acc ording to Collins, Adeline, dau. of Roger de Yvery), and had issue:

Alberic, or Aubrey, his successor,
-----, canon of St. Osyth's, in Essex,
Robert, Lord of Twiwell, co. Northampton,
Godfrey,
William, chancellor of England,
Adeliza, m. to Henry de Essex,
Juliana, m. to Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk,
Rohesia, m. 1st to Geoffrey Mandeville, Earl of Oxford, and 2ndly, Payne B eauchamp, of Bedford.

In the 5th year of King Stephen [1140], when joint sheriff (with Richard B asset, then justice of England,) of Surrey, Cambridge, Essex, and sever al other counties, his lordship was slain in a popular tumult at London, a nd was s. by his eldest son, Aubrey de Vere. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dorman t, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 188 3, p. 549, Vere, Earls of Oxford, &c.]

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AUBREY DF VERE II, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, born probably befo re 1090, assented to his parents' gift of the church of Kensington to Abin gdon, and as their heir approved of the foundation of Colne Priory. Befo re the death of Gunter, Abbot of Thorney, in 1112 he acknowledged by chart er, as Aubrey the King's Chamberlain, that he held Twywell (Notthant s) of Thorney. He also held Great Addington and Drayton, in chief, and oth er small properties in Northants. On the death of his youngest brother Wil liam, he gave two ploughlands to Abingdon Abbey. As Aubrey de Vere, the Ki ng's Chamberlain, he confirmed the gifts of his father and mother and of h is men, and his father's gifts of certain tithes, to Colne Priory. He begi ns to attest 1121. He was sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1121 or 11 22 and joint sheriff in 1125; and sheriff of Essex in various years. He w as joint sheriff, with Richard Basset, of Surrey, Cambridge, Hunts, Norfol k, Suffolk, Bucks, and Beds from Michaelmas 1129, and of Essex, Herts, Lei cester, and Northants from Easter 1130. He was at the Council of Northampt on in 1131. He was a justice in Norfolk, at one time with Robert FitzWalte r, at another with Richard Basset. In July 1133, at Fareham, the King gran ted to Aubrey de Vere and his heirs his (the King's) Master Chamberlainsh ip of all England, in fee and inheritance. Aubrey was with the King at Wes tbourne, when Henry left England for the last time on 2 August 1133, and p robably crossed the Channel with him; for he attested 2 writs issued at Di eppe and 3 other acts at Falaise. He was with Stephen in 1136 at Westminst er (Easter) and at Winchestcr; in 1136 or early in 1137 at Clarendon; in 1 137 at Westminstcr, and at Portsmouth when Stephen was about to cross t he Channel in March, and after his return in December at Marlborough. He a lso attested various royal acts of doubtful date, and other charters. At t he end of August 1139, when the Synod at Winchester summoned Stephen to ac count for his arrest of the Bishops in June, the King sent Aubrey, as a m an practised in legal cases, to give them his answer; and Aubrey spo ke up boldly for his royal client. According to his son, he was Chief Just iciar of England. He founded a priory at Hatfield Broadoak, Essex, as a ce ll of St. Melaine of Rennes, and was a benefactor to Colne Priory and Colc hester Abbey. He married Alice, daughter of Gilbert FlTZRICHARD, Lord of C lare and Tunbridge, sister of Richard FITZGILBERT and of Gilbert, 1st EA RL OF PEMBROKE, and aunt of Gilbert and Roger, 1st and 2nd Earls of Hertfo rd. He was slain in a riot in London, 15 May 1141, and was buried in Col ne Priory. His wife survived hirn. 22 years, and became a nun at St. Osyth 's Priory. [Complete Peerage, X:195-9]


Master Chamberlain of England, 1133-1141


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