Elizabeth de Vere (died 14 or 16 August 1375) was the daughter of

John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford (c. 12 March 1312 – 24 January 1360) was the nephew and heir of Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford who succeeded as Earl of Oxford in 1331, after his uncle died without issue. John de Vere was a trusted captai ...

and Maud de Badlesmere, and the wife of Sir Hugh Courtenay (died c. 1348), then

John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray John (II) de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray (29 November 1310 – 4 October 1361) was the only son of John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray, by his first wife, Aline de Brewes, daughter of William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose. He was born in Hovingham ...

, and then Sir William de Cossington. Before 3 September 1341 she married Sir Hugh Courtenay (died c. 1348), the eldest son of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (12 July 1303 – 2 May 1377), and Margaret de Bohun (d. 16 December 1391), daughter of Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex (c.1276 – 16 March 1322), by

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(d. 5 May 1316), the daughter of

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. They had one son, Sir Hugh Courtenay, who died without issue on 20 February 1374. Sir Hugh Courtenay died shortly after Easter term 1348, and was buried at Ford Abbey,

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. While on progress through

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is said to have 'placed a piece of cloth of gold as an oblation on his tomb' on 2 September 1349. Elizabeth de Vere married, secondly, before 4 May 1351, the marriage later being validated by

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of that date,

(d. 4 October 1361). She married thirdly, before 18 January 1369, Sir William de Cossington, son and heir of Stephen de Cossington of Cossington in Aylesford, Kent. Not long after the marriage she and her new husband surrendered themselves to the

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for debt. According to Archer, the cause may have been her stepson,

John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray John (III) de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (24 June 1340 – 19 October 1368) was an English peer. He was slain near Constantinople while en route to the Holy Land. Family John de Mowbray, born 25 June 1340 at Epworth, Lincolnshire, was the son of ...

's, prosecution of her for waste of his estates; he had been awarded damages against her of almost £1000. She died 14 or 16 August 1375.Cokayne dates her death to 23 September 1375.

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