Margaret de Vere

Not the daughter of Sir William Stafford of Hook and Southwick & Lady Catherine Stafford

Biography

Margaret Stafford, daughter and heiress of William Stafford, Knt., of Bishop's Frome in Herefordshire, by Elizabeth Wrottesley, daughter of Hugh Wrottesley, esquire, was born about 1465, and died after 1537, the date she settled a number of manors on her daughter and son in law, Elizabeth de Vere and Anthony Wingfield. [2]

Family

Margaret married first to Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, executed for treason in 1 Henry Vll (1485/6). He was the son of Humphrey Stafford and Eleanor Aylesbury, and the widower of Catherine Fray.

No issue by this marriage.

Margaret married second to George Vere, Knt., of Earls Colne, Essex (1443-1503). He was the son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, and his wife Elizabeth Howard, daughter of John Howard, knight, and the widower of Margaret Talbot. No issue of his first marriage.

Sir George Vere was attainted in Parliament in early 1475, together with his brothers, John and Thomas. Ross states that Sir George Vere was never officially pardoned, although Richardson states that his attainder was reversed when King Henry VII came to the throne in 1485.[2]

The children of Margaret Stafford and George Vere were:

two sons,

1. George Vere. Died without issue in 1498.
2. John de Vere, born 14 August 1499, 14th Earl of Oxford. The young earl was considered a wastrel: in 1523 the king ordered him to moderate his hunting, to eat and drink less, to give up late nights, and to be less extravagant in his dress. Married Anne Howard.

and four daughters,

1. Elizabeth, who married Sir Anthony Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk;
2. Margaret; about whom nothing further is known.
3. Dorothy, who married John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer; and
4. Ursula, who married firstly George Windsor (d. 1520), eldest son and heir of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor, who predeceased his father, and secondly Sir Edmund Knightley.[21]

Sir George Vere died in 1503, leaving a will dated 21 August 1500 (P.C.C. 21 Blamyr) which was proved on 3 April 1503.[7]; he lists:

Margaret his wife
Katherine his daughter
Margaret his daughter
Dorothy his daughter
His brother John, earl of Oxford
John Vere his son and heir
Richard FitzLewes his cousin

Cheney Court

https://herefordshirepast.co.uk/buildings/cheney-court-history/

The original Cheney court dated from the 15th century, and up until the mid 1800s was called China Court, the house being enlarged in around 1870 and then tragically lost forever when it burnt down in 1888, although the private chapel still remains. This is the modern replacement.

Legend has it that at one time there were two strange rooms in the house – Heaven and Hell. Heaven being adorned with paintings and panels of Sybils and boasting a ceiling full of cherubims. Hell was merely a closet of incredible depth, supposedly used when the house was a monastery in medieval times.

References

1. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 272-273. < GoogleBooks >; (document attached)
2. Douglas Richardson, (2013) Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 265
3. Blomefield, Francis. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk (W. Miller, Norfolk, England, 1739) Vol. 1, Page 55 < GoogleBooks >
4. https://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00008421&tree=LEO cites
   1. [S00119] Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977. ancestor Q 118 508.
   2. [S04575] Robinson, Rev. Charles J. (1873) A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. Page 25 < GoogleBooks > “Their son, William Stafford of Frome, left by his wife, Elizabeth Wrottesley, an only child, who married, first, Humphry Stafford of Grafton (by whom she had no issue); and, after his execution for treason in 1 Hen. VII., Sir George de Vere, Knt. By the latter she was mother of John de Vere, fourteenth Earl of Oxford. The de Veres were considerable owners in other parts of the county, but how long Cheyney Court remained in their possession we have not learnt.”
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stafford-466 Cites
   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Vere,_12th_Earl_of_Oxford
   2. Douglas Richardson, (2013) Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 265
   3. Douglas Richardson, (2013) Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 200.
   4. Douglas Richardson, (2013) Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 265.
   5. Unknown author, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 56; Stafford Family Index by Charles Stafford.
   6. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 738-739.
   7. DouglasRichardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 337.
   8. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 275.
   9. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 273.
   10. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 370.
   11. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 200.
   12. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 265.
   13. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 272.
   14. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 374.
   15. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. X, p. 244.
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Vere,_14th_Earl_of_Oxford
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neville,_4th_Baron_Latimer
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishops_Frome Bishop's Frome (or Bishops Frome) is a village and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England. It is 21 km (13 miles) northeast of the City of Hereford, 16 km (10 miles) west of Malvern, Worcestershire and 8 km (5 miles) south of Bromyard. As the name indicates, it is on the River Frome. Local agriculture includes the growing of hops and cider apples and wine is made nearby at the Frome Valley Vineyard. The parish church, St Mary's, contains a font over 700 years old and is approached through a handsome lychgate. A memorial in the church features the carved figure of a knight in armour, sword in hand and a lion at his feet. Although Bishop's Frome is in Herefordshire, its mail is handled in Worcester and its outward postcode is WR6.