Aubrey de Vere
1085 – 1141
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Aubrey de Vere the second was the King's Chamberlain, sheriff of London and Middlesex and later, jointly, of eleven counties, and he appears in the Pipe Roll of 1130, the oldest surviving financial record of the English Crown. He was granted the hereditary Master Chamberlainship in 1133. He was killed in a London riot in May 1141, during the civil war. He married Alice de Clare, and their marriage is the point at which the house of Clare enters this family's line.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (CP vol. X pp.195-98, photographed): AUBREY DE VERE II, 2nd but 1st surviving son, b. probably before 1090; the KING'S CHAMBERLAIN; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1121/2, of Essex and (jointly, with Richard Basset) of ELEVEN counties 1129-30; in July 1133 at Fareham HENRY I "granted to Aubrey de Vere and his heirs his (the King's) MASTER CHAMBERLAINSHIP OF ALL ENGLAND, in fee and inheritance" - the hereditary office the family held for five centuries; sent by Stephen in 1139 to answer for the King before the Synod of Winchester, where he "spoke up boldly for his royal client"; his son called him Chief Justiciar of England; SLAIN IN A RIOT IN LONDON 15 May 1141 (acting with his son-in-law Geoffrey de Mandeville for the Empress); bur. Colne Priory. m. ALICE DE CLARE (his widow survived him 22 years and became a nun at St Osyth's). Direct ancestor. Added 22 Jul 2026.