The Foundation for Medieval Geneology
Finding links to fmg.ac (from a geni.com page) to the de Vere heritage in many ways confirms my suspicions
that the whole
de Vere statement about the "holding" of
Belchamp Walter Manor and lands was a figment of Thomas Wright's
imagination. Or rather
it was just a convienient explanation for a Victorian/Georgian author to use to give an overall backgound
to the 500 years from Conquest to the "Raymond Years".
But, more likely just a gross over-simplification.
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The FMG website contains a LOT of information but it is not easy to interpret. Below is a screen-shot:
de Vere
Text below is from FMG and also appears on my page for de Vere.
The Domesday survey is dated 1086.
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AUBREY de Vere, son of --- ([before 1040]-Colne Priory, Essex [1112],
bur Colne Priory).
["Alberico de Ver" attested a charter of Conan II Duke of Brittany[1082] (who ruled in his own name from 1057 to 1066).
One passage in the Complete Peerage highlights the absence of proof that this was the same person as Aubrey who later held lands
in England[1083]. If it was the same person,
his career would have been a long one from [1057/66] to [1112], which suggests that they may have been different persons.]
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William I King of England granted him estates, particularly in north Essex, south Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. He attested a
royal charter as Chamberlain [camerarius] in 1084. [Domesday Book records “the land which belonged to Earl Aubrey”,
including Compton, Durrington, Winterslow, in Wiltshire, Iffley and Minster in Oxfordshire[1084].
It is not certain that
these entries apply to Aubrey de Vere who has not been identified with the comital title in other sources.
In addition, the unusual heading to the section "the land which belonged to…" suggests that it may have been
confiscated or relinquished before the date of Domesday.]
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Domesday Book records “Aubrey de Vere” holding numerous properties in Essex[1085]. He acted as
Sheriff of Berkshire in [1106][1086]. The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et
uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1087].
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m (before 1086) BEATRICE, daughter of ---. “Godefridus de Ver, Albrici senioris filius, Albrici junioris frater”
donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, which names “matre sua Beatrice”[1098].
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Aubrey de Vere & his wife had [six] children:
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For some reason I have the name Malet, a confirmed companion of the Conqueror, as being the person who was
"given" Thunderlow (or de Vere had it and it was given to Malet)
The dates in square brackets above seem to be somewhat inconsistant with 1086.
