Notes

Note for: Aubrey* De Vere, BEF 1090 - 15 MAY 1141 Index

Burial:
     Date:   UNKNOWN
     Place:   Colne Priory,Essex,England

Individual note:
[Master File.ftw]

Sources: Norr, p25; Kraentzler 1139, 1333, 1345, 1379, 1429; A. Roots 246,
246D; AF; Americans of Royal Descent; The Greenes of R.I.; Hedingham Castl e
booklet; Ayers, p920; Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants; Magna Charta Suret ies
154-1, 155-1.
Roots: Aubrey de Vere II. Born probably before 1090. Slain at London; of
Great Addington and Drayton, Northamptonshire. Sheriff of London and Middl esex,
1121, 1125. Justice and Master Chamberlain of England, 1133.
Sureties: Aubrey de Vere II of Great Addington and Drayton, probably born
before 1090. Slain in London 15 May 1141. Sheriff of London and Middlesex;
Justice and Master Chamberlain of England, 1133.
Norr: Aubrey II de Vere.
K: Alberic (Aubrey) de Vere, 2nd Baron de Vere of Kensington, Earl of Oxfo rd.
Justiciare, 1st Great Chamberlain. Knight, 1140. Says died 1112 (and
that is kinda hard if he became a knight in 1140). Also Aubrey de Vere I I, Lord
of Hedham [Hedingham] and Master Chamberlain. Another birth date: 1062. At
Senlac [error].
Royal Descent: 2nd Baron de Vere.
Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants: Aubrey de Vere.
GRI: Great Chamberlain to Henry I.
Booklet: Aubrey II, a great Crusader, built the vast Norman Castle of
Hedingham in about 1140, rather surprisingly using the Archbishop of
Canterbury, William de Corbeuil, as architect. Aubrey II was referred to a s
"the King's Chamberlain" in 1112 and was created Lord Great Chamberlain of
England in 1133. As such he attended King Stephen at Westminster and at
Winchester in 1136. All subsequent holders of this great office of state w ere
his descendants. His daughter Rohesia married Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1 st Earl
of Essex, and it is thought that this connection (Essex was extremely unpo pular
in London) may have contributed to Aubrey's death in a riot in London in 1 141.
Ayers:; Aubrey de Vere, junior; Great Chamberlain 1133. Died 1141.
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Aubrey (or Alberic) de Vere II, 2nd but first surviving son and heir of Au brey I
and Beatrice; b. probably before 1090, assented to his parents' gift of th e
church of Kensington to Abingdon. As Aubrey de Vere, the King's Chamberlai n,
he confirmed the gifts of his father and mother and of his men, and his
father's gifts of certain tithes, to Colne Priory. He was sheriff of Londo n
and Middlesex in 1121 or 1122, and joint sheriff in 1125; and sheriff of E ssex
in various years. He was joint sheriff, with Richard Basset, of Surrey,
Cambridge, Hunts, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bucks and Bedfordshire from Michaelmas
1129, and of Essex, Herts, Leicester, and Northants from Easter 1130. In J uly
1133, at Fareham, the King granted to Aubrey de Vere and his heirs his (th e
King's) Master Chamberlainship of all England, in fee and inheritance.

He married Alice, daughter of Gilbert FitzRichard, Lord of Clare and Tunbr idge,
sister of Richard FitzGilbert, and of Gilbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and a unt
of Gilbert and Roger, 1st and 2nd Earls of Hertford. Aubrey was slain in a
riot in London, 15 May 1141, and was buried in Colne Priory. His wife surv ived
him 22 years, and became a nun at St. Osyth's Priory.

Aubrey and Alice had 5 sons and 4 daughters: (i) Aubrey III, (ii) Geoffrey ,
(iii) Robert, (iv) William, (v) Gilbert; (1) Alice, (ii) Rohese, (iii) Jul iane,
and (iv) N.N. [GEC, X, App J, pp. 113-116] Details on each are given under
each individual.

SOURCES:
1. Cokayne, G.E. _The Complete Peerage_. London: The St. Catherine Press,
1945; Volume X, pp. 195-199; Appendix J (same volume), pp. 112-116.
2. Ancestral File (AFN:8XJS-WS). Give his date of birth as "abt 1064.
Also shown in the AF at (AFN:8Q4M-XM) as Alberic de Vere, with birth date
of "abt 1020"; and at (AFN:GS54-8K) as Alberic de Vere, with birth date
of "abt 1062" and death date of 11 May, 1141.

Alberic de Vere; described as King's Chamberlain by 1112; Sheriff of Lond on 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]

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. [CP 10:195-9]