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Birth:          ABT 1039 Ver, Normandy
Death:          1112 Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
Burial:         Earls Colne Priory, Halstead, Essex, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Vere_I
Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere (died circa 1112-1113) was a tenant-in-chief in England of 
William the Conqueror in 1086, as well as a tenant of Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of 
Coutances and of Count Alan, lord of Richmond. A much later source named his father 
as Alphonsus.[1]

Biography[edit]

His origins are obscure and various regions have been proposed for his birthplace, 
from Zeeland to Brittany. He may have been Norman, possibly from the region of Ver in 
the Cotentin peninsula of western Normandy, but the evidence is such that no 
certainty is possible.[2]

In Domesday Book, he is listed as "Aubrey the chamberlain" and "Aubrey the queen's 
chamberlain" as well as Aubrey de Vere. He and his wife held land in nine counties in 
1086. Both were accused of some unauthorized land seizures.[3] Aubrey's estates 
were valued at approximately £300, putting him in roughly the middle ranks of the 
post-conquest barons of England in terms of landed wealth.[4] He served King Henry I 
in the first decade of his reign as a chamberlain and local justiciar in the counties of 
Berkshire and Northamptonshire.[5]

Sometime in or before 1104, Aubrey's eldest son Geoffrey fell ill and was tended at 
Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire by the royal physician, Abbot Faritius. The youth 
appeared to have recovered but suffered a relapse, died, and was buried at the 
abbey. His parents then founded a cell of Abingdon on land they donated for the 
purpose: Colne Priory, Essex. Within a year of the formal dedication in March 1111, 
Aubrey I joined that community and died soon. His youngest son William died not long 
after his father. Both were buried at the priory, establishing it as the Vere family 
mausoleum.[6] Aubrey de Vere II then succeeded to his father's estates.

Aubrey I was married by 1086. As his spouse's name is recorded as Beatrice in 1104 
and Beatrice is named as the mother of his eldest son, she was almost certainly his 
wife in 1086.[7] Beatrice attended the formal ceremony for the founding of Earl's Colne 
Priory. Besides sons Geoffrey, Aubrey II, and William mentioned above, the couple's 
children included Roger and Robert.[8]

Estates[edit]

The principal estates held by Aubrey de Vere in 1086: Castle Hedingham, Beauchamp 
[Walter], Great Bentley, Great Canfield, Earls Colne, [White] Colne, and Dovercourt, 
Essex; Aldham, Belstead, Lavenham, and Waldingfield, Suffolk; Castle Camps, 
Hildersham, Silverley, and Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire. He possessed houses and 
acreage in Colchester and a house in Winchester. As tenant of Geoffrey bishop of 
Coutances, he held Kensington, Middlesex; Scaldwell and Wadenhoe, 
Northamptonshire. Of the barony of Count Alan of Brittany, he held the manors of 
Beauchamp Roding, Canfield, and West Wickham, Essex. His wife held Aldham, 
Essex, in her own right of Odo bishop of Bayeux. The couple both were accused by 
Domesday jurors of expansion into Little Maplestead, Essex. Aubrey's seizures or 
questionable right of possession to estates included Manuden, Essex; Great 
Hemingford, Huntingdonshire; and Swaffham, Cambridgeshire. (Counties given are 
those of Domesday Book.)

Parents
DE VERE Alphonso (ABT 1010 - )
OF FLANDERS Katherine (ABT 1020 - )

Siblings
DE VERE Aubrey (Alberic) (ABT 1039 - 1112)
DE COKEFIELD Roger (ABT 1043 - AFT 1086)

Marriage To DE GUISNES (GAND) Beatrice (ABT 1040 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Henry (ABT 1005 - )
MANASSES Sibilla (ABT 1005 - )

Children by DE GUISNES (GAND) Beatrice ABT 1040 - 
DE VERE Roheise (Roesia) (ABT 1070 - )
DE VERE Alice (ABT 1075 - )
DE VERE ----- (ABT 1080 - )
DE VERE Aubrey II (ABT 1082 - 15 May 1141)

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