Paternal Family Tree: Vere
Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276
On 25th July 1316 Robert Fitzpayn 3rd Baron Fitzpayn [aged 16] and [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 8] were married.
In 1336 [his father] John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 23] and [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. They were third cousin twice removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Around 1338 Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford was born to John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 25] and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 29].
On 7th June 1338 [his uncle] Giles Badlesmere 2nd Baron Badlesmere [aged 23] died. Baron Badlesmere abeyant between his sisters [his aunt] Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley [aged 29], [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 29], Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton [aged 25] and Margaret Badlesmere Baroness Tibetot [aged 23].
On 24th January 1360 [his father] John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 47] died. He was buried at Colne Priory, Essex [Map]. His son [his brother] Thomas [aged 24] succeeded 8th Earl of Oxford.
Before 1361 [his brother-in-law] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 20] and [his sister] Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. She the daughter of [his father] John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 52]. He the son of John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Before 16th January 1362 [his brother] Thomas de Vere 8th Earl of Oxford [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Maud Ufford Countess of Oxford [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She the daughter of Ralph Ufford and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster [aged 52]. He the son of [his father] John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 53]. They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 24th May 1366 [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 57] died.
In September 1371 [his brother] Thomas de Vere 8th Earl of Oxford [aged 35] died. His son [his nephew] Robert [aged 9] succeeded 9th Earl of Oxford.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1375 Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford [aged 37] was appointed Constable of Wallingford Castle.
In 1377 [his brother-in-law] John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux [aged 40] and [his sister] Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont were married. She the daughter of [his father] John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1381 Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford [aged 43] was appointed Privy Council.
On 28th September 1384 [his brother-in-law] John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Devereux. [his sister] Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont by marriage Baroness Devereux.
Before 15th August 1385 Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford [aged 47] and Alice Fitzwalter Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 15th August 1385 [his son] Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford was born to Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford [aged 47] and [his wife] Alice Fitzwalter Countess of Oxford. He married (1) before 1399 his fifth cousin Alice Holland Countess of Oxford, daughter of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (2) 1406 Alice Sergeaux Countess Oxford and had issue.
On 22nd November 1392 [his nephew] Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland [aged 30] was killed whilst hunting at Louvain [Map]. His uncle Aubrey [aged 54] succeeded 10th Earl of Oxford.
Froissart Book 4 Chapter 88. These were the plans that had been concerted by many of the English, particularly the Londoners, for they hated the king [aged 29], and several now repented they had checked the mobs which attacked London from the different counties of England; for they had determined, according to their confessions when put to death, to murder the king, the earl of Salisbury [aged 46], the earl of Oxford [aged 58], and the whole of the king's council. Had this been done, the kingdom would soon have found another head; and the citizens, with the consent of the country, and the aid of the duke of Gloucester (who took great pains to excite trouble and confusion), would have selected a fit person to wear the crown, and placed the government and kingdom in a different state to what it then was. Such were the secret murmurings of the citizens, and others of their party, in their private meetings, the whole of which was told to the king by his spy; and greater blame was laid on the duke of Gloucester for all this business than on any other person.
On 16th June 1398 [his sister] Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont died.
Before 1399 Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford [aged 13] and Alice Holland Countess of Oxford [aged 6] were married. She the daughter of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 46] and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 35]. He the son of Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford [aged 60] and Alice Fitzwalter Countess of Oxford. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 15th February 1400 Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford [aged 62] died. His son Richard [aged 14] succeeded 11th Earl of Oxford. Alice Holland Countess of Oxford [aged 8] by marriage Countess of Oxford.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1401 [his former wife] Alice Fitzwalter Countess of Oxford died.
Archaeologia Volume 22 Section XVI. The pryncesc desyrous to make peace betwyxt the cytezyns and the duke, sent unto London these knyghtes, the Lord Albred de Ver,d the L. Symon Burle,e the L. Lewes Clyfford,f requestyng them, that for love of her, & at her request, they wold make peace with the duke, and end such tumultes for the generall evill or myschefe which comonly followeth such sedytions. The cytezyns, with all reverence, made answeare, that they wold do for her honor what soever she had commanded, but yet they willest or enjoyned the knyghts that came, to tell the duke in words, that he suffer the Lord Byshop of Wynchester to stande to his answeare, and be judged by his peeres, because at that tyme he was an ecclesyastycall person of such aucthoryty, they wold not suffer so greate losse without answeare and processe of lawe, & suffer the Lord Peter de la Mar to answeare for hym self, & prove hym selfe not gyltye, or otherwyse, as he had deserved, after the custome of the lawes of the realme to recyve manyfest judgment; the thyrd they wold account a traytor wheresoever he should be founde. The afore sayed knyghtes, no otherwyse then they had heard of the sayed citizens, reported unto the duke with full mouth those thyngs which had ben enjoyned them, whereby they made the duke very wofull, for whereas they had spoken of a traytor, this sayed he they speak of me, and ytt is not credible that they speak this of him.
Note c. The Princess was Joan, the widow of the Black Prince, who in her youth had been celebrated for her beauty as the "Fair Maid of Kent." She had been twice married or affianced before she became the wife of Edward, whom she survived nine years. Her death in 1385 is related by Walsingham (p. 343) to have been caused by her grief at the refusal of her son Richard the Second to pardon his half brother John Holand, who nevertheless after his mother's death was restored to favour, and created Duke of Exeter. Dr. Lingard says that the Princess obtained her son's full pardon. But according to Knyghton (col. 2676), it was by the intervention of the Duke of Lancaster and other lords, that the king's pardon was procured, as well as the indulgence of the Earl of Stafford, whose eldest son Sir John Holand had killed in their servants' quarrel. An ancient portrait of the Princess is copied in Strutt's Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities, No. XXXV. In her will, printed in Nichols's Collection, she declares her firm adherence to the Catholic faith, though five of the most distinguished supporters of Wicliffe are in the list of her executors.
Note d. Sir Aubrey de Vere was uncle to Robert Earl of Oxford, afterwards Duke of Ireland, the favourite of Richard the Second.
Note e. Of Sir Simon Burley, and the proceedings against him in the following reign, when he was beheaded on Tower Hill, a particular account is given by Froissart, his personal friend. Some inaccuracies in Froissart are pointed out by Tyrrel (Hist. Eng. vol. iii. p. 902), and a singular mistake in the MS. Ambassades, "Relation de la Mort," &c. where John Carnailly is substituted for Sir Simon Burley, has been noticed in the Archaeologia, vol. xx. p. 425, note.
Note f. Sir Lewis Clifford, an ancestor of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, became a leader among the Lollards, but afterwards recanted to Archbishop Arundel. Walsingham, p. 409. His very remarkable will, in which he enjoins his executors to bury him, "false and traytor to his Lord God," with extraordinary indignities, is preserved in Dugdale's Baronage, i. p. 341. It may not be unworthy of remark, that his descendants have adhered to their ancient faith.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter de Bolbec
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 
4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Grandfather: Alphonse Vere 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
father: John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford 9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Foliot
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jordan Foliot 7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Osmond Stuteville
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stuteville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Stuteville 6 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Say 5th Baron Burford 
4 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Say 6th Baroness Burford 5 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Marmion Baroness Burford 
Grandmother: Jane Foliot 8 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere 
Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard
mother: Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerald Fitzgerald 1st Lord Offaly 
4 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 2nd Lord Offaly 5 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eve Bermingham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Lord Offaly 6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Granville Baroness Offaly 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Longespée Earl Salisbury 
son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Longespée Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Emmeline Longespée Baroness Offaly Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Riddlesford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Emmeline Riddlesford