Richard de Vere
1385 – 1417
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Richard de Vere, eleventh Earl of Oxford, sat as one of the peers at the Southampton trial in August 1415 and commanded in the centre at Agincourt eleven weeks later, under the King. He made his will on the eve of the campaign, came home, and died two years afterwards. He is buried at Earls Colne. His first wife, a granddaughter of John of Gaunt, died young and childless; both his sons were by his second wife, Alice Sergeaux, and it is through her that this family descends.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (CP vol. X pp.234-36, photographed 22 Jul 2026): RICHARD DE VERE, 11TH EARL OF OXFORD; b. probably 1385; one of the peers at the Southampton trial of Cambridge and Scrope, 5 Aug 1415; A COMMANDER AT AGINCOURT, 25 Oct 1415 (commanded in the centre, under the King; took a noble French prisoner; one French account even reported him killed); K.G. May 1416; relieved Harfleur 1416. m. 1st (before 1400) a dau. of the 1st Duke of Exeter (d.s.p. young); m. 2nd, 1406/7, ALICE SERGEAUX - BOTH his sons were hers: John 12th Earl and SIR ROBERT (our line). d. 15 Feb 1416/7; will dated 6 Aug 1415 (eve of the Agincourt campaign), pr. 27 Feb 1416/7; bur. Earls Colne - the tomb effigies survive (removed 1935 to St. Stephen's Chapel, Bures): Richard in the Garter, his feet on a lion, Alice with two small TALBOTS biting her robe. Direct ancestor. Added 22 Jul 2026.