950706.
Earl John de Veer & 950707. Countess Elizabeth Howard
4/23/1408, John born in England, 2nd s/o 1901412. Richard de Vere & 1901413.
Alice Sergeaux.
6/11/1410, Elizabeth born in England, heir & d/o 1901414. Sir John Howard & 1901415.
Joan Walton.
Bef. 10/26/1410, Elizabeth’s father died in the Holy Lands
while she was an infant [possibly before she was born].
1417, John age 9 at the death of his father. John became a
ward of the king in the governance of Thomas, Duke of Exeter.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
12/13/1424, Elizabeth age 14 at the death of her mother.
1/24/1425, Writ for IPM of
Joan wife of Thomas Erpyngham, Knight. Cambridgeshire: … She died on 13
December last. Elizabeth her daughter, who survives, is her next heir, aged 14
years and more on 11 June last. … Essex: Little Oakley, the manor and advowson
… Maldon and Woodham Mortimer, 8 messuages, 7 shops, … Suffolk: … East
Bergholt, a messuage, … Norfolk: … (S) CIsPM.
3/1/1425, Grant from heir to heir, … of the marriage of John
son and heir of Richard, late earl of Oxford, deceased, being a minor in the
king’s ward to the following persons, who have lent the king the following sums
… Ralph Cromwell, knight, 250 marks, …
Walter Hungerford, knight, 250 marks, and John Tiptoft, knight, 250 marks …
1425, Elizabeth’s grandfather, Sir John Howard, secured for her
the hand of John de Vere, the young earl of Oxford, who had refused a marriage
proposed to him by the King’s Council in order to wed her. Sir John settled on
Elizabeth many of the family properties near Lynn and all of the former de Boys
manors; and he assured John de Vere that she would inherit the Plaiz and Walton
estates of her parents.
1425, John married Elizabeth, without licence, “by the
advice of the said late duke” [Thomas of Exeter] , for which John was fined
3000 marks.
2/18/1426, John de Vere knighted at Leicester.
1429, John, knt., 12th Earl of Oxford, baronial
seat at Hedingham castle.
11/6/1429, Henry IV crowned king of England.
1430, John, earl of Oxford, to “move and persuade” notable
persons of the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire to lend the king money for
his voyage to France to “make a speedy end of his wars there.”
1431, John named to the Privy Council.
10/9/1433, William Dorset of London fined for not appearing
in court over a debt to John de Veer, earl of Oxford.
1434, John, Chief Commissioner of Essex.
1435, John given license to travel to the Holy Land.
7/26/1435, Commission to John Tyrell, knight … for the
muster of Richard, earl of Warwick, and John de la Veer, earl of Oxford, and
their retinues.
1436, John served in France, participating in the rescue of
Calais. An army of 10,000 men under Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of
Gloucester approached Calais, the Duke of Burgundy had no option but to raise
the sieges of Calais and Guînes and withdraw.
11/17/1436, Elizabeth, countess of Oxford, heiress to her
grandfather Sir John Howard. (S) Topo. Hist. of Norfolk, V7, 1807, Shereford.
2/20/1437, Inspeximus and confirmation, … to John, earl of
Oxford, kinsman and heir of Walter de Crepping …
3/22/1437, John asked for relief from paying the last £300
of his marriage fine.
11/6/1437, Elizabeth granted land in Essex to John Porter.
1439, John, Justice of the Peace in Essex, Hertford, and
Cambridge.
5/16/1441, John sailed from Portsmouth to France with York.
9/16/1442, … John earl of
Oxford. Recognisance for 500 marks, … and John Halle shall deliver up in
chancery all charters, evidences, writings and muniments concerning lordships,
manors, lands etc. of the earl and of Alice countess of Oxford his mother which
are in their keeping … (S) CCRs.
3/16/1445, Grant to Richard Veer, knight, of 22£. 4s. parcel
of the relief due in the Exchequer by John, earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth, his
wife, kinswoman and heir of John Howard, knight, the elder, and Margaret his
wife, to wit, daughter of John, son of the said John and Margaret, …
1449, John a guardian of the truce with France and Scotland.
6/15/1450, Commission to John, earl of Oxford, … to array
and try all men at arms … in Norfolk, …
3/4/1452, Restitution to John, earl of Oxford, … of the
keeping of the park and houses of Haveryng … as freely as any of his ancestors
… have pertained time out of mind.
8/1453, King Henry VI had a mental breakdown. [Richard, Duke
of York, appointed Protector of the Realm.]
4/13/1454, John one of the commissioners appointed to create
Prince Edward as Prince of Wales.
1454, John and others assigned to keep the seas for 3 years.
5/23/1455, John arrived to late to support King Henry IV at
the 1st battle of St. Albans. [The battle was fought the previous
day.]
11/1460, John granted retirement from military service.
6/28/1461, Edward IV crowned at Westminster, beginning the
House of York.
1462, John, a Lancanstrian and supporter of King Henry VI,
and his eldest son [Aubrey] arrested for treason on the accession of King
Edward IV. [John, in communication with the exiled royal family in Scotland,
was planning to feign support for King Edward and then kill him.]
2/23/1462, John de Vere, earl of oxford, tried by John
Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, and convicted of treason.
2/26/1462, John beheaded, and Elizabeth imprisoned.
[––Elizabeth––]
5/28/1462, Elizabeth granted her freedom.
1471, Most of the family estates granted to Richard, Duke of
Gloucester [later King Richard III.]
By 12/1472, Elizabeth lived at the nunnery at Stratford le
Bow. From there Elizabeth was taken by the Duke of Gloucester to Stepney, and
from there to Walbroke.
1/1473, Under duress, Elizabeth conveyed lands [28 manors]
to Richard, Duke of Gloucester. (S) The Last Days of Elizabeth Coutness of
Oxford, The English Historical Review, 1988.
3/21/1473, Elizabeth countess of Oxford, to the king. Bond
in £3000
payable at Easter next or levied etc. in London and elsewhere. (S) CCRs. [Condition,
that if the aforesaid countess appear personally daily before the king in
Council at Easter next, wherever he may be, and within three days after due
warning given to her by the king, to answer certain matters pending against
her, until she be dismissed from the council.]
1473, Elizabeth was returned to the nunnery.
1475, Elizabeth, Lady Scales, died at Stratford Nunnery;
buried at Austin Friars in London.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P860. (S) The Wars of the Roses,
Weir, 1995. (S) CPRs.
Children of John
and Elizabeth: [5 sons, 3 daughters]
i. John de Vere, born 1442 in England.
1462, John appointed Lord Great Chamberlain.
John married Margaret Neville, d/o Richard, earl of
Salisbury & Alice de Montagu, sister of Richard, “the Kingmaker”.
1464, John, 13th Earl of Oxford by King Edward
IV.
1469, John arrested for plotting against the King, then
pardoned, and fled to exile in France.
1470, with the return of Henry IV, John appointed Constable
of England.
4/14/1471, John a commander at the battle of Barnet; where
his brother-in-law, earl of Warwick died, after which he fled to Scotland, then
France. With the aid of King Louis IX, John became a pirate against the
English.
1474, John imprisoned in the fortress of Hammes, near
Calais.
1484, John escaped and went to the court of exiled Henry
Tudor [VII].
8/22/1485, John commanded the center at the battle of
Bosworth, a Lancastrian victory where King Richard III was killed.
1485, John appointed Lord High Admiral and Constable of the
Tower.
1486, The conveyances made to Richard III by John’s mother
were anulled by parliament.
6/16/1487, John commanded the center at the battle of Stoke
Field.
6/17/1497, John a commander at the battle of Blackheath [aka
battle of Deptford Bridge.]
3/10/1315, John died; his nephew John de Vere his heir [s/o
Sir George de Vere & Margaret Stafford].
ii. Jane de Vere (475353), born ~1445 in England.
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