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Birth:          1310 Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England
Death:          May 1366 
Burial:         Colne Priory

Notes
ancestry.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_de_Badlesmere,_Countess_of_Oxford
Maud de Badlesmere, Countess of Oxford (1310 – May 1366) was an English 
noblewoman, and the wife of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford. She, along with her 
three sisters, was a co-heiress of her only brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron 
Badlesmere, who had no male issue.

At the age of 11 she was imprisoned in the Tower of London along with her mother, 
Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere and her four siblings, after the former refused 
Queen consort Isabella admittance to Leeds Castle and ordered an assault upon her 
when she attempted entry.
Family[edit]
Maud was born at Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England in 1310, the second eldest 
daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de 
Clare. She had three sisters, Margery, Elizabeth, and Margaret; all of whom eventually 
married and had issue. She had one brother, Giles.

Her paternal grandparents were Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard, and 
her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana 
FitzGerald of Offaly.

On 14 April 1322, when she was twelve years of age, Maud's father was hanged, 
drawn and quartered by orders of King Edward II, following his participation in the Earl 
of Lancaster's rebellion and his subsequent capture after the Battle of Boroughbridge. 
Maud, her siblings,[1] and her mother had been arrested the previous October after 
the latter had ordered an assault upon Queen consort Isabella after refusing her 
admittance to Leeds Castle where Baron Badlesmere held the post of governor.[2] 
Maud's mother, Baroness Badlesmere, remained imprisoned in the Tower of London 
until 3 November 1322,[3] although it is not known when Maud and her siblings were 
released. Her brother Giles obtained a reversal of their father's attainder in 1328, and 
he succeeded to the barony as 2nd Baron Badlesmere. Maud, along with her three 
sisters, was Giles's co-heiress, as he had married but fathered no children by his wife, 
Elizabeth Montagu.

Marriages and issue[edit]
In June 1316, Maud, aged six, married her first husband, Robert FitzPayn, son of 
Robert FitzPayn. Welsh historian R. R. Davies relates in his book, Lords and lordship 
in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages how her father, Lord Badlesmere, when 
drawing up the marriage contract, sought to provide for Maud's future by ensuring that 
she would have independent means. He granted her land worth 200 marks per year, 
and her future father-in-law was constrained to endow her with three manors and their 
revenues.[4] The marriage did not produce children; and on an unknown date 
sometime before March 1335 Maud married secondly, John de Vere, 7th Earl of 
Oxford. Upon her marriage, Maud assumed the title Countess of Oxford. John was a 
captain in King Edward III's army, and as such participated in the Battle of Crécy and 
the Battle of Poitiers.

The marriage produced seven children:[5]

John de Vere (December 1335- before 23 June 1350), married Elizabeth de Courtney 
as her first husband.
Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (1336- 18 September 1371), married Maud de 
Ufford, by whom he had a son Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford (1338- 15 February 1400), married Alice 
FitzWalter, by whom he had three children, including Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of 
Oxford
Robert de Vere (died 1360)
Elizabeth de Vere (died 23 September 1375), married firstly in 1341, Sir Hugh de 
Courtney, by whom she had one son, Hugh de Courtney, Lord Courtney; she married 
secondly John de Mowbray, 3rd Lord Mowbray; she married thirdly on 18 January 1369 
Sir William Costyn
Margaret de Vere (died 15 June 1398), married firstly Henry de Beaumont, 3rd Baron 
Beaumont (4 April 1340- 17 June 1369), the son of John de Beaumont, 2nd Baron 
Beaumont and Eleanor of Lancaster, by whom she had issue; she married secondly Sir 
Nicholas de Loveyne; she married thirdly after 1375 Sir John Devereux, by whom she 
had issue.
Maud de Vere
In June 1338, Maud's brother Giles died without leaving any legitimate issue. A 
considerable portion of the Badlesmere estates was inherited by Maud and her 
husband.

Maud died at the de Vere family mansion Hall Place in Earls Colne, Essex in May 1366 
at the age of fifty-six years. Evidence given at the various inquisitions post mortem 
held after her death differ as to whether she died on the 19th, 23rd or 24th day of the 
month.[6] This source gives details of her numerous properties which were to be found 
in Essex and six other counties.

Maud was buried in Colne Priory. Her husband had died in 1360.

Parents
DE BADLESMERE Bartholomew (18 Aug 1275 - 14 Apr 1322)
DE CLARE Margaret (ABT 1 Apr 1287 - 22 Oct 1333)

Siblings
DE BADLESMERE Margery (1308 - 18 Oct 1363)
DE BADLESMERE Maud (1310 - May 1366)
DE BADLESMERE Elizabeth (1313 - 8 Jun 1356)
DE BADLESMERE Margaret (1315 - )

Marriage To DE VERE John (ABT 12 Mar 1312 - 24 Jan 1360)
    m. BEF 27 Mar 1335 

Notes

Parents
DE VERE Alphonse (ABT 1270 - ABT 20 Dec 1328)
FOLIOT Joan (Jane) (ABT 1268 - )

Children by DE VERE John ABT 12 Mar 1312 - 24 Jan 1360
DE VERE Margaret (ABT 1340 - 15 Jun 1398)

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