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Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, fought for Kings Edward I, Edward II and Edward III in France and in Scotland. His only son died before him and the title passed to his nephew John.
John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, was one of the commanders at the battles of Crecy, and Poitiers. He was killed during the siege of Rheims in 1360. He was succeeded by his son Thomas.
Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford, served with King Edward III in battle. He was married to Maud, daughter and heir of Sir Ralph de Ufford, Chief Justice of Ireland. After Thomas’s death his wife involved herself in a conspiracy against King Henry IV, she was sent to the Tower but later pardoned. Thomas was succeeded by his son Robert.
Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, at the age of 15 acted as Chamberlain of England at the coronation of Richard II. Richard II created him Marquess of Dublin in 1385 and in 1386 Duke of Ireland. Robert lost the so-called battle of Radcot Bridge, against the Lords Appellant (headed by Gloucester and Henry of Bolingbroke) in December 1387 and in the proceedings of the Merciless Parliament of 1388 was attainted for treason and sentenced to death, although by that time he had fled into self-imposed exile in France (and later Brabant). He died childless in 1392 and was succeeded by his uncle Aubrey. In 1395 he was re-buried in England in a funeral arranged and attended by Richard II.
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, was retained to ‘abide for life with the Black Prince’. In 1381 he carried the King’s sword and was at his side when Richard II faced Wat Tyler during the Peasant Revolt. He died in 1400 and was succeeded by his son Richard.
Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, was one of the commanders at Agincourt and a Knight of the Garter. He was succeeded by his son John.
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, became a prominent Lancastrian and was loyal to King Henry VI. When Edward IV took the throne in 1461, he and his eldest son came under suspicion and were arrested, attainted, tried and summarily executed by John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester and Constable of England. John’s second son, also named John, inherited.
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