Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford

Thomas de Vere
8th Earl of Oxford
Hedingham Castle, Essex, seat of the Earls of Oxford
Born	c. 1335
Died	12 – 18 September 1371 Great Bentley, Essex
Noble family	De Vere
Spouse(s)	Maud de Ufford
Issue	Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford
Father	John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford
Mother	Maud de Badlesmere

Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (c. 1336 – September 1371) was the second son of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, and Maud de Badlesmere. He was predeceased by his elder brother, Sir John Vere of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, who married Elizabeth de Courtenay, the daughter of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, and died before 23 June 1350 without issue.[1]

Thomas took part in several of the military campaigns of Edward III. He married, sometime before 10 June 1350, Maud de Ufford, daughter and heir of Sir Ralph de Ufford and Maud of Lancaster, the daughter of Henry of Lancaster, grandson of King Henry III.[1] After Thomas's death, his widow was indicted for involvement in a plot against King Henry IV, but was later pardoned.[2] When Thomas died in 1371, he was succeeded by his only son, Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford.

Footnotes

1. Richardson IV 2011, p. 268.
2. Ross, James (2022). "Vere [née Ufford], Maud de, countess of Oxford (1345?–1413), noblewoman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101272. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 11 December 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

References

• Cokayne, George Edward (1916). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. Vol. IV. London: St. Catherine Press.
• Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1460992709

Peerage of England
Preceded by John de Vere	Earl of Oxford 1360–1371	Succeeded by Robert de Vere