by
Penny Linder
Members of these families were some of the most famous and
illustrative families in early
This Vere, Weir, deVere,
.It is mostly information about members of these families in
very early
Some of these families might be your ancestors. If not, this book is still very interesting, entertaining and informative reading for anyone with the above surnames or their variant spellings. It brings to life and acquaints you with those very early family members that we can only read about now, the colorful lives they led, their famous titles and more. It always helps to learn more about others with the same surname.
This is an interesting book. The information in it was taken from authoritative, authentic and informative genealogy sources and depositories. It was not taken from the Internet and it was not taken from telephone books.
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Excerpt from the
book to show you the type of
information that is in my Vere, Weir, Devereux,
MAGNA
CHARTA, KING JOHN
In seeking facts about the Magna Charta Barons, the author was led into many bypaths of English History, meeting here the ruins of many a castle, there the traces of old manor houses, learning of curious custom dating back to those times and discovering hitherto unknown ancestors. It is a fascinating pursuit, and by no means ended.
This book is a study of our own history, of our origins, and the people who gave us the civilization which we prize today.
(Also copied from
this book is the Vere arms Also the monument effigy of Robert de Vere as it appears in the
The Family of de Vere is one of
the most illustrious in
Robert de Vere, third Earl of
Oxford, was born between 1164 and 1170.
The death of his elder brother made him hereditary Great Chamberlain of
England. This brother, Alberic, had been one of the unpopular counselors of King
John, but Robert took the opposite course, joined the barons in their
rebellion, and was made one of the Sureties for enforcing Magna Charta. He suffered excommunication like the
rest. After the battle of
His wife was Isabella, daughter and co-heiress of Walter de Bolebec who brought him the huge barony of Bolebec in Northumberland, by whom he had
I.
Hugh, born about 1210, succeeded as fourth Earl and died 1263. His wife was Hawise,
daughter of Saher de Quincy.
II
Henry of Great Addington,
More information was taken from this book.
AN EXCERPT FROM OUR VER, WEIR, deVERE,
THE ANCIENT SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS OF
A Record of
Interesting Tombs in
Published by Messrs. Edmund Durrant & Co.,
This book gave lots of detailed
information of the illustrations of, and explanations of, monuments effigies of
the famous deVere families in the
(I have included in my book the illustrations and the explanations of them.)
AN EXCERPT FROM THE VER,
WEIR, deVERE,
TO
THE
The Ring said
to have been given by Queen Elizabeth I to her favorite, the Earl of Essex, to be returned to
her if he was in trouble, when she would save him. When he was under sentence of death he tried
unsuccessfully to do so but was executed on
(I have also included in my book an illustration of this ring.)
SOME OTHER FAMILIES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THEM IN THE
VERE,
(Some of these
names are given in the book and in the index with their de, le etc.
prefix as
they were found in the original source.
Abrancis, Anderson, Androwes, Anstruther, Arderne, Argentine, Arnold, Atheling, Badlesmere, Bannatyne, Barre, Baskerville, Basset, Beauchamp, Beauclerk, Beaufort, Beaumont, Beauvais, Bell, Bellomont, Berners, Bertie, Bertram, Bigod, Blackwood, Bladen, Blount, Bohun, Boketon, Bolcawen, Bolebec, Bolebek, Boteler, Bourbourg, Bourchier, Bousser, Boyle, Brabazon, Breton, Brown, Bruce, Brune, Burgh, Burser, Campbell, Cantilupe, Capet, Carew, Carwardine, Castellan, Cecil, Chalomer, Chastellan, Cheney, Clare, Clavering, Cleland, Clermont, Cokayn, Colchester, Cole, Consull, Coote, Corrie, Couci, Courtenay, Creffy, Crophull, Crouch, Dalzell, Denholm, DeVere, Devereux, Dinham, Doddridge, Dorward, Douglas, Drayton, Ellison, Engaine, Engayn, Eresby, Essex, Fairfax, Fairservice, FitzAlan, FitzGerald, FitzJohn, FitzLewes, FitzPayne, FitzRichard, FitzRobert, FitzRoger, FitzWalter, FitzWilliams, Flanders, Fleming, Foliot, Forster, Fotheringray, Furnell, Furnival, Gedding, Geneville, Gimeges, Golding, Gooch, Goodall, Goxhill, Grantmesnil, Greene, Greinsheills, Grenville, Gwyn, Hamilton, Hammiltoun, Harcourt, Harlakenden, Harrison, Hay, Hobart, Holles, Hope, Hope-Vere, Houston, Howard, Hunt, Inglis, Isham, Jardine, Johnston, Johnstone, Kelrington, Kennedy, Ker, Kirk, Knightley, Knox, Lacie, Lacy, Lambart, Laurie, Lein, Lennard, Leventhorpe, Lockhart, Loftus, Lovain, Lowrie, Main, Mair, Maminot, Mandeville, Marshall, Mauduit, Mayne, Menzies, Meschines, Milbourne, Milne, Monchensi, Monsell, Monte Caniso, Montfort, Montgomery, Moore, Mortimer, Mountchensy, Mowbray, Munchensi, Musgrave, Neville, Newbigging, Nightingale, , Norris, Northburgh, O’Brien, Packington, Paulet, Perceval, Percy, Pery, Pike, Plantagenet, Platz, Pole, Quincy, Rammage, Ramsey, Rice, Rich, Richard, Robarts, Roos, Rouci, Rowe, Samford, Sandford, Sanford, Saunford, Say, Scott, Scroggs, Scroop, Segrave, Sergeant, Sergeaux, Serjeaulx, Seymour, Sharp, Sheffield, Shirley, Somervail, Spring, St. Cleres, Stafford, Stamford, Standish, Steill, Stewart, Strange, Stubbing, Studd, Symentoun, Symonds, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tasker, Thomson, Tibetot, Tiptoft, Tirwhit, Tonsburg, Tracy, Trentham, Tressell, Trussel, Tweddell, Ufford, Van Hemmena, Vere, Wake, Waleis, Wallis, Warenne, Warren, Watson, Weir, Whyte, Wier, Williamson, Willoughby, Windsor, Wingfield, Wolftenholm, Zouche