Thomas de Vere
8th Earl of Oxford
Hedingham Castle, Essex, seat of the Earls of Oxford
Bornc. 1335
Died12 – 18 September 1371
Great Bentley, Essex
Noble familyDe Vere
Spouse(s)Maud de Ufford
IssueRobert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford
FatherJohn de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford
MotherMaud 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. ^ a b 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.)

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Peerage of England Preceded byJohn de Vere Earl of Oxford 1360–1371 Succeeded byRobert de Vere
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