George (Vere) de Vere (1443 - abt. 1503)

Born 1443 in Essex, England

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Died about 3 Apr 1503 at about age 60 in England

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Biography

George de Vere was the third son of John de Vere and Elizabeth Howard. He was born in about 1443, based on the fact that he was aged about 16 in 1459. ^[1]

He fought at the Battle of Barnet in April 1471 and was present with his brother Sir John de Vere at the seizure of St Michael's Mount, Cornwall in 1473. Along with brothers John and Thomas he was attainted in 1474; although this was reversed once Henry VII ascended the throne in 1485. ^[1] He was also made Chief Steward of St. Osyth's Priory, Essex.^[2]

He is said to have married firstly, Margaret Talbot, sister and co-heir of Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle. ^[3]They had no children before her death in 1472. ^[4]

George married Margaret Stafford prior to 1487.^[1] Their children included:

• George de Vere. Died without issue in 1498.
• John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford^[5]
• Ursula de Vere. Co-heir to her brother in 1526.
• Elizabeth de Vere. Co-heir to her brother in 1526.
• Dorothy de Vere. Co-heir to her brother in 1526. She died 7 February 1526/7.
• Margaret

He left a will dated 21 August 1500 requesting burial in the church at Earls Colne, Essex. ^[1] He made bequests to and mentioned^[6]:

• my wife Margaret
• my daughter Elizabeth
• my daughter Margaret
• my daughter Dorothy
• my brother Lord John de Vere, Earl of Oxford
• my cousin Richard Fitz Lewes, knt
• Lord John Eyer, prior of the priory of Earls Colne
• William Cooke, Doctor of the Decrees

In Dec 1502, he made some additions to his will:

• my son John Vere

His will was probated on 3 April 1503.^[1][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Book: Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011
   N.p.: Douglas Richardson, (n.d.), page RA2-PA413
   Google Books (accessed 12 November 2023)
2. ↑ STÖBER, KAREN. Late Medieval Monasteries and Their Patrons: England and Wales, c.1300-1540. Vol. 29. Boydell & Brewer, 2007. JSTOR
3. ↑ Book: Maclean, John, Sir, 1811-1895. 1n, Parochial and family history of the parishes of St. Mabyn and Michaelstow in the county of Cornwall
   Exeter, Eng., W. Pollard; 1875; page: 52
   Internet Archive (accessed 12 November 2023)
4. ↑ Ross, James, John de Vere, Thirteenth Earl of Oxford (1442-1513), ‘The Foremost Man of the Kingdom’, (Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2011), p. 24.
5. ↑ Wikipedia: John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/13/444 Transcription by Nina Green PDF