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- DEATH: Executed, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England
BIOGRAPHY: 12th Earl of Oxford. From March, 1429/30, he was frequently appointed a commissioner for various purposes. In July, 1436, he mustered his retinue at Sandwich for the rescue of Calais. With six other peers and his brother, Sir Robert Vere, on May 28, 1454, he undertook to keep the sea for three years from April 3 last. In May,1455. he marched to St. Albans, but arrived the day after the battle. In February, 1461/62, he was arrested along with his eldest son, Sir Aubrey de Vere, for plotting against the Yorkist king, Edward IV. They were tried for treason in the palace of Westminster, condemned to death, and beheaded on Tower Hill, in the Tower of London. He was "unshakeable" in his loyalty to the Lancastrian king, Henry VI. He had five sons and three daughters.
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1408 - 1462 (53 years)
