See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• VERE
• SIR FRANCIS VERE (1560-1609)

VERE (1560-1609)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier, was the son of See also:

• GEOFFREY
• GEOFFREY (1158-1186)
• GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

Geoffrey See also:

• VERE
• VERE, SIR FRANCIS (1560-1609)

Vere of Crepping See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, and See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of the 16th See also:

• EARL

earl 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 . He first went on active service under See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester in 1585, and was soon in the thick of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war raging in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries . At the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• SLUYS, BATTLE OF

Sluys See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Vere greatly distinguished himself under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams and Sir 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 See also:

• BASKERVILLE, JOHN (1706-1775)

Baskerville . In 1588 he was in the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of See also:

• BERGEN

Bergen-op-Zoom, which delivered itself from the besiegers by its own See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good fighting, and was knighted by See also:

• WILLOUGHBY

Willoughby on the 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 of See also:

• BATTLE

battle . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis became sergeantmajor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the English troops in the Low Countries, and soon afterwards the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief command devolved upon him . This position he retained during fifteen See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, with almost unbroken success . Working in See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close co-operation with the Dutch forces under See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice, he step by step secured the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country for the cause of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . Vere won the reputation of being the first soldier of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, his English troops acquired a cohesion and training fitting them to See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face the best See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish troops, and his See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp became the fashionable training-ground of all aspiring soldiers, amongst others not only his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, but men of such See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note as Ferdinando (See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord) See also:

• FAIRFAX, EDWARD (c. 1580-1635)

Fairfax, Gervase See also:

• MARKHAM, GERVASE (or JERVIS) (1568?-1637)
• MARKHAM, MRS
• MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT (183o- )
• MARKHAM, WILLIAM (1719-1807)

Markham and See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

Miles See also:

• STANDISH, MILES, or MYLES (c. 1584-1656)

Standish . Sir Francis served in the See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz expedition of 1596, and in 1598 was entrusted with the negotiation of the treaty whereby the Dutch agreed to take a greater See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden of the war than they had hitherto done . His success in this task obtained him the governorship of See also:

• BRILL

Brill and the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general . The culminating point of his career came when, in 1600, on the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of Barneveld, the states general decided to carry the war into the enemy's country . In the battle of Nieuwport (2nd See also:

• JULY

July 1600), one of the most desperately contested battles of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, Vere and Maurice completely defeated the See also:

• VETERAN

veteran Spanish troops of the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert .

This was followed by the celebrated See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• OSTEND (Flemish and French Ostende)

Ostend from July 16oI to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1602 . When 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 I. made See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, Vere retired from active service and spent the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his days in country See also:

• LIFE

life in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, occupying himself with the compilation of his Commentaries of the See also:

• DIVERS

Divers Pieces of Service wherein he had Command (1657; re-printed in See also:

• ARBER, EDWARD (1836– )

Arber's English Garner, 1883) . He died in 1609, soon after the truce recognized the independence of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces, and was buried in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . His younger brother SIR HORACE VERE, See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON VERE OF TILBURY (1565-1635), began his military career as the See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of Sir Francis's See also:

• COMPANY

Company in 1590 . Thenceforward he was continually on active service in the Low Countries, and, like his brother, took See also:

• PART

part in the Cadiz expedition of 1596; at Nieuwport and Ostend Sir Horace (who had been knighted at Cadiz) held command of some importance . On his brother's retirement Sir Horace, as See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, assumed command of the whole English force, which he held until 1607, being opposed to Ambrosio See also:

• SPINOLA, AMBROSE, MARQUIS DE LOS BALBASES (1569-1630)
• SPINOLA, CRISTOVAL ROJAS DE (d. 1695)

Spinola, the most famous of the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental generals of the 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, against whom he manoeuvred and fought in a manner equal to the best of his brother's, or even of See also:

• PARMA

Parma's, See also:

• WORK

work . From 1607 to 162o he saw but little active service except the siege of Jiilich (161o) . In 1620 he accepted the command of the See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers who were going to the assistance of the Elector See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine . This famous expedition to the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine and the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main was from the first a forlorn See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope . Opposed by his old adversary Spinola, Vere manoeuvred with success for two campaigns, but he was helpless against the armies of See also:

• TILLY, JOHANN TZERCLAES, COUNT OF (1559-1632)

Tilly and See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

Cordova, and in the end he could only furnish scanty garrisons for See also:

• FRANKENTHAL

Frankenthal, See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg and See also:

• MANNHEIM

Mannheim . Each of these places See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell after a desperate resistance, and their garrisons returned to England . In 1624 Vere was once more on service in the United Provinces .

The attempted See also:

• RELIEF

relief of See also:

• BREDA

Breda in the following year was considered one of the most brilliant feats of the time, and the general was made Baron Vere of Tilbury . In 1629 the sieges of Bois-le-duc (s'Hertogenbosch) and of Maestricht closed his military career . Lord Vere died suddenly in 1635 and was buried by the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his brother in Westminster Abbey . See Clements C . Markham, The Fighting Veres (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1888) .