Aubrey de Vere Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Lord Hedington

   Another name for Aubrey was Alberic II de Vere.

  General Notes:

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 246D:24-25 Adeyza or Adelaide de Clermont and Gilbert Fitz Richard were the parents of Adeliza (or Alice) de Clare who married Aubrey de Vere II. Aubrey was lain in London 15 May 1141, of Great Addington & Drayton, was the Sheriff of London and Middlesex and Justice and Master Chamberlain of England. Aubrey de Vere was the son of another Aubrey de Vere and his wife Beatrice. ¹⁶⁰

~Vere Pedigree, Kensington Picturesque & Historical, p. 56 ¹⁹²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
Aubrey de Vere, 2nd but 1st surviving son & heir and he was probably born before 1090. He assented to his parents' gift of the church of Kensington to Abingdon, and as their heir approved of the foundation of Colne Priory. Before the death of Gunter, Abbot of Thorney, in 1112 he acknowledged by charter, as Aubrey the King's Chamberlain, that he held Twywell (Notthants) of Thorney. He also held Great Addington and Drayton, in chief, and other small properties in Northants. On the death of his youngest brother William, he gave two ploughlands to Abingdon Abbey. As Aubrey de Vere, the King's Chamberlain, 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 begins to attest to Royal Charters in 1121. He was sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1121 or 1122 and joint sheriff in 1125; and sheriff of Essex in various years. He was joint sheriff, with Richard Basset, of Surrey, Cambridge, Hunts, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bucks, and Beds from Michaelmas 1129, and of Essex, Herts, Leicester, and Northants from Easter 1130. He was at the Council of Northampton in 1131. He was a justice in Norfolk, at one time with Robert FitzWalter, at another with Richard Basset.

In July 1133, at Fareham, the King granted to Aubrey de Vere and his heirs his (the King's) Master Chamberlainship of all England, in fee and inheritance. Aubrey was with the King at Westbourne, when Henry left England for the last time on 2 August 1133, and probably crossed the Channel with him; for he attested 2 writs issued at Dieppe and 3 other acts at Falaise. He was with Stephen in 1136 at Westminster (Easter) and at Winchestcr; in 1136 or early in 1137 at Clarendon; in 1137 at Westminstor, and at Portsmouth when Stephen was about to cross the Channel in March, and after his return in December at Marlborough.

He also attested various royal acts of doubtful date, and other charters. At the end of August 1139, when the Synod at Winchester summoned Stephen to account for his arrest of the Bishops in June, the King sent Aubrey, as a man practised in legal cases, to give them his answer. Aubrey spoke up boldly for his royal client. According to his son, he was Chief Justiciar of England. He founded a priory at Hatfield Broadoak, Essex, as a cell of St. Melaine of Rennes, and was a benefactor to Colne Priory and Colchester Abbey.

He married Alice, daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard, Lord of Clare and Tunbridge, sister of Richard Fitz Gilbert and of Gilbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and aunt of Gilbert and Roger, 1st and 2nd Earls of Hertford. He was slain in a riot in London, 15 May 1141, and was buried in Colne Priory. His wife survived him. 22 years, and became a nun at St. Osyth's Priory.

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Oxford), Vol. X, pp. 195-199

• Background Information. ⁷²²
Aubrey de Vere, son of the Norman Aubrey Vere and Beatrix, was of Great Addington and Drayton, Northamptonshire. he was likely born sometime before 1090, and was slain in a riot in London on 15 May 1141. He was buried in Colne Priory, which was founded by his father. In 1112, he was acknowledged by charter as Aubrey, the King's Chamberlain and that he held Twywell in Northamptonshire of Thorney. He also held Addington and Drayton in chief. He was sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1121/1122, and joint sheriff in 1125, and sheriff of Essex in various years. Along with Richard Basset he served as joint sheriff of Surrey, Cambridge, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire from Michaelmas 1129 and of Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire from Easter 1130. In 1131, he attended the Council of Northampton. He served as Justice in Norfolk at one period with Robert Ritz Walter and during another with Robert Basset. In July 1133, he was granted the position of Master Chamberlain of England.

Children listed in Cokayne's Complete Peerage:

Aubrey, third of this name, d. 26 Dec 1194; m. 1st Beatrice of Guisnes, m. 2nd, Eufeme, m. 3rd, Agnes of Essex
Geoffrey, lord of Clun, d. 1170; m. 1st widow of Warin Fitz Gerold, m. 2nd, Isabel de Say, daughter and heir of ellis de Say and widow of William Fitz Alan, who d. 1160
Robert, m. 2nd shortly after 1176, Margaret daughter and coheir of Baldwin Fitz Gilberts, who was Robert's mother's brother.
William, d. 24 Dec 1198, became Bishop of Hereford in 1186
Gilbert, attested charters for Colne issued by brother Aubrey and Aubrey's scond wife.
Alice, living in 1185, m. 1st, as his second wife, Robert de Essex, lord of Rayleigh, and m. 2nd Roger Fitz Richard, lord of Warkworth
Rohese, bur. Priory of Chicksand; m. 1st, Geoffrey de Manderville, 1st Earl of Essex, m. 2nd Payne de Beauchamp, lord of Bedford
Juliane, m. 1st Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, m. 2nd Walkelin Maminot; she was given Dovencourt with Harwich by her father
Daughter who married Roger de Raimes, lord of Rayne in Essex

~Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, pp. 251-253

Aubrey married Adeliza de Clare, daughter of Sir Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Tonbridge and Adélaide de Clermont, in 1106 in Kensington, Middlesex, England ¹⁴¹.^,192 (Adeliza de Clare was born about 1092 in Essex, England and died about 1163.)