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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. U. H.
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