VERE
, the See also:family of which is extolled by See also:Macaulay as " the longest and most illustrious See also:line of nobles that See also:England has seen," appears to have derived the surname which the See also:verse of See also:Tennyson has made synonymous with See also:ancient See also:blood, from the little See also:village of Ver near See also:Bayeux
.
Its founder, See also:Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere, appears in Domesday See also:Book (1(386) as the holder of a See also:great See also:fief in See also:Essex, See also:Cambridgeshire and See also:Suffolk
.
His son (or See also:grandson) and namesake was a trusted officer of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I., from whom he received the hereditary See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of great See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain in 1133
.
It was probably he who erected the See also:noble See also:tower which gave name to See also:Castle Hedingham, Essex, the See also:head of his fief, and which stands as the finest example of a private See also:Norman keep
.
Slain in 1141, he was succeeded by his son Aubrey, who had already become See also:count of Gulnes, in right of his wife, on her
grandfather's See also:death
.
Through the powerful See also:influence of his See also:sister's See also:husband, See also:Geoffrey, See also:earl of Essex, he obtained from the empress See also:Matilda, in 1142, the earldom of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, which was afterwards confirmed to his See also:house by Henry II
.
His younger son, See also:Robert (c
.
1170-1221), became 3rd earl in 1214, and, siding with the barons, became one of the twenty-five executors of Magna Carta
.
His See also:marriage with a Bolebec heiress brought in what was afterwards claimed as a See also:barony, and led to the See also:style of See also:Viscount Bolebec (or Bulbeck) for the earl's heirs
.
Robert, the 5th earl (1240-1296), who brought into his family the chamberlainship to the See also:queen by his marriage with the See also:Sandford heiress, sided with See also:Simon de See also:Montfort, and lost for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time his earldom and offices
.
See also:John, the 7th earl (1313-1360), was a distinguished soldier, fighting at See also:Crecy and See also:Poitiers and in all See also:Edward III.'s See also:wars in his time; and his marriage with a See also:Badlesmere heiress added to the lands and titles of his house
.
His son, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas (1337-1371), also a soldier, was See also:father of Robert, 9th earl, the famous favourite of See also:Richard II
.
In spite of his See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder (1388), his See also:uncle Aubrey (c
.
1340-1400), a follower of the See also:Black See also:Prince, was restored to the earldom, by consent of See also:parliament in 1393, but not to the great chamberlainship
.
As the earldom (which had been held in See also:fee) was granted to him in tail male, this is looked on by some as a new creation
.
His See also:elder son, Richard (d
.
1417), the next earl, held a command at See also:Agincourt, and was father of Earl John, who was beheaded as a Lancastrian, with his eldest son, in 1462
.
Their death was avenged by his younger son John, the 13th earl (1443-1513), who shared to the full in the See also:triumph of the Red See also:Rose
.
On the death of his See also:nephew John, the next earl (d
.
1526), the baronies (it was afterwards held) passed away to his sisters, but the earldom descended to his See also:cousin John (d
.
1540), though the See also:crown resumed the great chamberlainship
.
This John, who was in favour with Henry VIII., was grandfather, through his younger son Geoffrey, of the celebrated " fighting Veres," See also:Sir See also:Francis and his See also:brother Sir See also:Horace
.
His eldest son John, 16th earl (c
.
1512-1562), was in favour with Edward VI., See also:Mary and See also:Elizabeth, and contrived to recover for his family the office of great chamberlain
.
Hitherto the earls, in spite of their vicissitudes, had retained See also:possession of their ancient seat and great estates; but Edward, the son of Earl John, was a spendthrift
.
A brilliant, gifted courtier, in whom Elizabeth delighted, he quarrelled with his father-in-See also:law, See also:Burghley, " sent his patrimony flying," patronized players, poets and musicians, and wrote excellent verse himself
.
His son Henry, the 18th earl (1593-1625), was twice imprisoned in the Tower as an opponent of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham's policy, fought in the See also:Palatinate and the See also:Low Countries and died on See also:campaign at the See also:Hague in 1625
.
Then ensued the great dispute for the See also:inheritance of his See also:title and office (Hedingham Castle having passed away) between Robert Vere, his second cousin and See also:heir-male, and Robert, See also:Lord See also:Willoughby d'Eresby, son of his aunt, See also:Lady Mary Vere
.
The earldom was secured by the former, a poor officer in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, but the office was adjudged to Lord Willoughby, in whose descendants it is now vested
.
Earl Robert was slain before Maestricht in 1632, leaving an only son, Aubrey (1626-1703), 20th and last earl
.
His marriage with a Bayning heiress restored the fortunes of his house, and his Royalist intrigues under the See also:Commonwealth were rewarded at the Restoration by sundry favours, among them the command of a See also:regiment of See also:horse, known from him as " the Oxford Blues " and still See also:familiar as " the Blues " (Royal Horse See also:Guards)
.
See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. deprived him of his regiment and his lieutenancy of Essex for opposing his policy, but the prince of See also:Orange, whom he joined, restored them
.
His See also:long See also:tenure of the ancient earldom ended in 1703, when he died, the last known male descendant of the house of Vere
.
His daughter See also:Diana having married the 1st See also:duke of St Albans, their descendants are named De Vere Beauclerk, and received the barony of Vere (1705)
.
The See also:halo surrounding the name of Vere is seen as See also:early as 1626 in the stately See also:panegyric of See also:Chief See also:Justice See also:Crewe
.
" I suppose there is no See also:man that hath any See also:apprehension of gentry, or nobleness, but his See also:affection stands to the continuance of sonoble a name and house." In the great days of the house, Earl John, says See also:Stowe, rode into See also:London See also:city " with eighty gentlemen in a See also:livery of See also:Reading tawney, and chains of See also:gold about their necks, before him, and one See also:hundred tall yeomen in the like livery to follow him," wearing the famous badge of the See also:blue See also:boar (See also:verres), which is still to be seen in Essex churches and forming the sign of Essex inns
.
Another badge of the Veres was the See also:mullet in the first See also:quarter of their See also:shield, which, at See also:Barnet See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field, by a fatal See also:error, was taken for the See also:sun of See also:York
.
Among the offices they held were the forestership of Essex and the keepership of See also:Colchester Castle, and they founded the Essex religious houses of See also:Hatfield Broadoak, Hedingham and Earls See also:Colne
.
AuTHoRITIEs.—Domesday Book; See also:Abingdon Chron. and Red Book of the See also:Exchequer (Rolls See also:Series) ; See also:Pipe See also:Roll of 1 130 (See also:Record See also:Commission); See also:Dugdale's Baronage; G
.
E
.
C(okayne)'s See also:Complete See also:Peerage; See also:Doyle's See also:Official Baronage; See also:Collins's See also:Historical Precedents; Morant's See also:History of Essex; See also:Round's Geoffrey de See also:Mandeville and Feudal England; See also:Nichols's " Descent of the Earldom of Oxford " (See also:Arch
.
Journ. vol. ix.) ; Vere papers among the Round See also:MSS. in App. ix. to 24th See also:Report on Historical MSS
.
; Lord' Reports on the Dignity of a Peer; See also:Palmer's Peerage Law in England
.
The claim-ants' cases and the appendices of documents in the contest for the great chamberlainship (1902) are valuable for the history of the Veres
.
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