John de Vere

1408 - 1462  (53 years)

• Name	John de Vere  [1, 2]
  Birth	23 Apr 1408	Hedingham Castle, Kent, England   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1462	Tower Hill, London, England   [3, 4]
  Burial	Austin Friars, London, England   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I22849	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard de Vere,   b. Abt 1385   d. 15 Feb 1417 (Age ~ 32 years)
  Mother	Alice Sergeaux   d. 18 May 1452
  Marriage	Between 1406 and 1407  [3]
  Family ID	F13762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Howard,   b. Abt 1410   d. Abt 28 Dec 1473 (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	Between 22 May 1425 and 31 Aug 1425  [3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Joan de Vere   d. Aft 1467
  Family ID	F13763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2019

  
  

• Notes

  12th Earl of Oxford. Privy councilor, 1431, 1454. His career is marked by a consistent reluctance to take sides in the developing conflict between York and Lancaster. Ultimatelt, in 1459, he declared for Lancaster, just in time for the Yorkist victory at Northampton in July 1460. In February 1462 he was arrested for high treason, tried, convicted, and beheaded on Tower Hill.

  
  

• Sources

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