Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford
Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford was the second son of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, and Maud de Badlesmere.
Life
Thomas was the second son of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, and Maud de Badlesmere.In October 1355, as part of Edward the Black Prince's army, Thomas and Reginald Cobham, ransacked the counties of Toulouse and Carcassonne and then returned to Bordeaux with significant spoils. By September 1359, Thomas was being considered for the thirty-six man council to govern England for the minor, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester.
Thomas married, sometime before 10 June 1350, Maud de Ufford, daughter and heir of Sir Ralph de Ufford and Maud of Lancaster. When Thomas died in 1371, he was succeeded by his only son, Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford.