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2nd s. of Richard de Vere (d.1417), 11th earl of Oxford, by his 2nd w. Alice, da. of Sir Richard Cergeaux† of Colquite, Cornw., sis. and coh. of Richard Cergeaux and wid. of Guy de St Aubyn. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 506-7; CP, x, 236-7. m. lic. 5 Oct. 1450, Reg. Lacy, iii (Canterbury and York Soc. lxii), 86. Joan (1411-65), da. of Sir Hugh Courtenay† by his 3rd w. Philippa, da. and coh. of Sir Warin Archdeacon† of Haccombe; wid. of Sir Nicholas Carew (d.1447) of Mamhead and Weston Peverel, Devon, Add. 38133, ff. 117-18v; CCR, 1447-54, p. 377; C47/9/14, m. 4. 1s. Kntd. Leicester 19 May 1426. W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 131; Chrons. London ed. Kingsford, 95, 130. Reg. Order of the Garter ed. Anstis, i. 92-93, gives 26 May.
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Seneschal of Guyenne 5 Aug. 1441, Although on this occasion letters patent were issued and enrolled on the Gascon roll, the appointment never took effect: C61/131, m. 16; 134, m. 3. 15 Nov. 1445–?early 1447. C61/134, mm. 3, 4; English Chron. (Cam. Soc. lxiv), 117.

Capt. of St Lô 28 June 1444–5, Add. Ch. 3979. Caen castle c. Sept. 1449–24 June 1450. J. Stow, Annales, 387; R. Holinshed, Chrons. iii. 217.

Commr. of inquiry, Cornw., Devon Mar. 1452; arrest Apr. 1452, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Som. July 1456, Cornw., Devon Feb. 1459; gaol delivery, Exeter castle Mar. 1454; array, Devon Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458, Feb., Dec. 1459; to assign archers Dec. 1457; of oyer and terminer, Cornw., Devon, Som. June 1460.

Jt. keeper of the seas Apr. 1454–30 July 1455. Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of English ed. Stevenson, ii. 493; E101/71/4/935; PROME, xii. 345.

J.p. Devon 3 Dec. 1455 – Sept. 1456, 27 May 1457 – Nov. 1458.

Chamberlain and receiver in Devon for Henry Holand, duke of Exeter, by 9 May 1457. CAD, vi. C6133; C1/75/23.

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VERE, Sir Robert de (d.1461), of Haccombe, Devon.
Main residence: Haccombe, Devon.
Veer, Weer
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H.W.K.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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