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The building of a stone keep at Hedingham, Essex, was most likely begun by Aubrey II and completed by his son and heir, Aubrey III.
At some time between 1144 and 1146 the Constable of Bourbourg, arranged a divorce for his daughter Countess Beatrice with Earl Aubrey's consent, after which Oxford ceased to be Count of Guînes.
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In 1137 or 1138 de Vere married Beatrice, the daughter of Henry, Constable of Bourbourg, and the granddaughter and heiress of Manasses, Count of Guînes in the Pas de Calais.
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After Manasses' death late in 1139 de Vere traveled to Guînes, did homage to Thierry, Count of Flanders, and was made Count of Guînes by right of his wife.
According to Cokayne, Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, married, as his second wife, shortly before 12 April 1673, Diana Kirke, daughter of George Kirke, 'the well known Groom of the Bedchamber', by his second wife, Mary Townshend, daughter of Aurelian Townshend.
In 1669, he became rector of Churchill, Worcestershire, and was also for some time chaplain to Aubrey Vere, earl of Oxford.