Holinshed's Chronicles

Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford

Also known as: Auberie de Veer earle of Orenford · Family: England · Role: earl of Oxford · First appears: Richard II 57

Life events

  • 1393 · Aubrey de Vere was made Earl of Oxford.(Richard II 57)
    • “This yeare, the lord Auberie de Veere, vncle to the late duke of Ireland, was made earle of Oxenford.”

Richard II 57

  • younger kin: Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland “the lord Auberie de Veere, vncle to the late duke of Ireland, was made earle of Oxenford”
  • sworn: Richard II (Aubrey de Vere was created earl of Oxford.) “the lord Auberie de Veere, vncle to the late duke of Ireland, was made earle of Oxenford”

Henry IV 1

  • rivals with Thomas Erpingham “Sir Thomas Erpingham knight exercised the office of lord great Chamberleine, and gaue water to the king when he washed, both before and after dinner, hauing for his fées, the bason, ewer, and towels, with other things whatsoeuer belonging to his office: notwithstanding Auberie de Veer earle of Orenford put in his petitions to haue that office as due vnto him from his ancestors.”

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