Geoffrey Vere (1523 - aft. 1567)

Born 1523 in Colne, Essex, England

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Died after 1567 after age 44 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Geoffrey Vere was born in Essex, England.

Geoffrey Vere was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Geoffrey Vere of Crepping Hall, Essex was a younger son of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell.

He married Elizabeth Hardekyn (d. December 1615), daughter of Richard Hardekyn (d.1558) of Wotton House near Castle Hedingham. They had at least 5 children

1. John Vere (c. 1558 – 1624) of Kirby Hall near Castle Hedingham
2. Francis Vere (c.1560-18 Aug 1609)
3. Robert Vere (b. 1562)
4. Sir Horace (or Horatio) Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (b. 1565)
5. Frances Vere (born 1567), who married, as his second wife, the colonial adventurer and author Sir Robert Harcourt (1574/5–1631), of Nuneham on 20 March 1598.

Upon the the death of 16th Earl of Oxford in 1562, eight of estates went to the Earl’s brothers for the terms of their lives, two to Geoffrey, five to Aubrey and one to Robert. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Nelson, Alan H. Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. United Kingdom: Liverpool University Press, 2003. Page 191

See also:

• Geoffrey's son Francis Vere

• Wikidata: Item Q75252515

• The Peerage: Geoffrey Vere