Aubrey de Vere IV, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1163/5 or 1172–1214) was the eldest son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford and his third wife Agnes of Essex, daughter of Henry de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh. The earl was hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England and was considered one of the cronies of King John. He served as sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, custodian of ports in East Anglia and Essex, steward of the royal forests in Essex, and keeper of the king's greyhounds. He and others were involved in a dispute over feudal financial assessments (scutage) with the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds; Earl Aubrey was the last to resist a settlement.
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