1681 Thomas Vere born of George Vere
1704 Thomas Vere marries Mary Jary at St Michael at Plea
1705 Mary, daughter of Thomas Vere and Mary born, baptized at St Lawrence
1709 Barbary, daughter of Thomas Vere and Mary born, baptized at St Lawrence
1710 Mary Vere dies, buried at St Lawrence
1711 John, son of Thomas and Mary born, St Lawrence
1713 Thomas Vere becomes Sheriff of Norwich
1722 Alderman of South Conisford – worstead weaver
1734 Thomas Vere elected MP as a Whig
1735 Thomas Vere becomes mayor of Norwich
1744 Elected MP again
1744 Portrait of Mary Vesey by George Beare https://photoarchive.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/objects/461110/mary-vesey-mrs-john-vere-17131790
After 1732? John Vere marries Mary Beaumont, nee Vesey (1713-1790)
1766 Thomas Vere dies – monument erected at Thorpe St Andrew by only surviving son John
1768 John Vere is a freeholder in St George Tombland, voted for Harbord (Whig) and Bacon (Tory)
1783 John Vere, Esq; No. 231, King street
1784 freeholder in St George Tombland votes Whig
1786 freeholder in St George Tombland, votes Whig
1787 freeholder in St George Tombland, votes Whig
1790 February – John Vere dies. Had been Justice of the Peace, receiver-general of the land-tax for the county of Norfolk, governor of Bethel asylum. Gave money to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Bethel, clergymen’s widows, charity for promoting Protestant schools in Ireland. St George Tombland property to wife
1790 October – John Vere’s widow Mary dies – will leaves estate partly to niece Elizabeth Broke nee Beaumont (1748-1822), daughter of Elizabeth Vesey (1715-1791), Mary’s sister, who married Philip Bowes Broke. The Bowes Broke took on Vere as part of their family name after Elizabeth’s death in 1822.
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