General Notes

REFN: 2440AN
Alias:<ALIA> Alberic /De Vere/
REFN: P2441
In 1086 Aubrey De Ver, the ancesto r of the Earls of Oxford, in addtion to
his tenancies-in-chief in several cou nties, was an under-tenant of
Geoffrey bishop of Coutances in Kensington, Mid dlesex, and two places in
Northamptonshire. This indicates that his place of origin was Ver (as
indicated), which is 18 kil. South of Coutances and not Ve r in the
Bessin. [Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families]
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Alberic/Aubrey De Ver (a place in the Cotentin Peninsul a, Normandy),
probably himself a Norman; b. by 1040; by the Domesday Survey h eld
numerous manors, chiefly in Cambs, Essex, and Suffolk--Hedingham, Essex
being the chief one, but also in Hunts, Middx (including Cheniston, now
Kens ington) and Northants; references to him as Chamberlain occur c1110;
founded Earl's Colne Priory, Essex, where he and many of his descendants
are burried; Sheriff Berks by 1106; married Beatrice and died probably
1112. [Burke's Pee rage]
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AUBREY DE VERE I was almost c ertainly a Norman who derived his name from
Ver in the Côtentin and probably had connexions with the adjoining duchy
of Brittany. He was born probably bef ore 1040. The Conqueror granted him,
with other lands, the great estates of a n English thegn named Wulfwine in
Essex, Suffolk, and Cambridge. In 1084 he a ttested a royal charter for
Lessay as Aubrey the Chamberlain. In 1086 he held in chief 14 estates in
Essex, with 2 houses and 3 acres in Colchester, 9 est ates Suffolk, 7 in
Cambs, and 2 in Hunts. He also held Kensington in Middlese x and two
properties in Northants of the Bishop of Coutances, land in Hunts o f the
Abbey of Ramseyand land in two places in Essex of Count Alan of Brittan y.
The head of his barony was at (Castle) Hedingham in Essex, where he had
planted a vineyard. It is usually assumed that he is identical with, and
not the father of, the Aubrey De Vere who attested a writ at Westminster
(Septemb er 1102 to Easter 1103 and a charter for Abingdon (1101-06). Not
later than 1 106 he was acting as sheriff of Berkshire, being styled
simply Aubrey. Within the next few years he was acting as a justice in
Northants, being styled Aub rey the Chamberhiln, and as sheriff of
Berkshire, being styled Aubrey De Berk shire. At the dying request of his
eldest son, not later than 1106, he gave A bingdon Abbey his church of
Kensington with its appurtenances and 2 hides and 1 yardland; but as he
resided mostly in Essex, he founded a priory at Earls Colne as a cell of
Abingdon. He seems to have held 1 1/2 knights' fees of the Abbey of St.
Edmund. He married Beatrice, whose parentage is unknown. He die d before
1113 (almost certainly in 1112), at Colne Priory, and was buried wit h his
wife in the church there. [Complete Peerage X:194-5, (transcribed by Da ve
Utzinger)]
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The following post- em by Curt Hofemann, curt_hofemann@@yahoo.com,
certainly puts doubts as to the validity of the ancestry I have for
Alberic/Aubrey.
At present I am startin g this line with Aubrey De Vere I (d. 1088) &
Beatrice. Appendix J in vol. x of "Complete Peerage" even more
conservatively indicates that there is no pro of that this Aubrey of the
Conquest is father of the great chamberlain. There may have been one or
more intervening Aubreys. [Ref: Alan B. Wilson 14 Mar 1 996 message to
soc.genealogy.medival]
The parentage of Alberic/Aubrey De Ver e is unknown. He was not son of
Alfonso De Ghesnes, the confusion coming from a later Vere/Ghesnes
marriage. [Ref: TAF 19 Apr 1998]
FWIW, the following i s from Paul McBride's website:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/james/f 042.htm
The first mention of the De Veres is in the General Survey of England,
made by William the Conqueror, wherein the name of Alberic De Vere is
stat ed.
Alberic (Aubrey I.) De Vere, Count Aubrey, "