Rohese de Vere
- Born: Abt 1109, Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- Marriage: Payne Beauchamp Lord of Bedford 1200
- Died: After Oct 1166, England
 Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information. 1200
By 1155-6 both Miles and Payn were dead and Simon de Beauchamp, son of the latter by Rohese widow of the notorious Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, [Harl. MS. 3656; Rot. Cur. Reg. (Rec. Com.), ii, 252; J. H. Round, op. cit. 392-3.] was under age, and his lands valued at £40 farmed by the sheriff of the county. [Hunter, Great Roll of the Pipe, 22]
~V.C.H., A History of the County of Bedford, Vol. III, pp 9-15
• Web Reference: Rohese de Vere from Wikipedia.
A daughter of Aubrey de Vere II and Adeliza de Clare, Rohese married twice. Her first husband, Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex, became earl in 1140 and Rohese thereafter was styled countess. Earl Geoffrey rebelled against King Stephen in late 1143. Rohese's whereabouts during his rebellion are unknown; their eldest son seems to have been sent to Devizes, a stronghold of the supporters of the Empress Matilda. When Earl Geoffrey died an excommunicate rebel in 1144, his widow remarried swiftly.
Her second husband, Payn de Beauchamp, lord of Bedford, had opposed King Stephen earlier in the reign. The couple founded a double monastery at Chicksands, Bedfordshire, for nuns and canons of the Gilbertine Order. They had one son, Simon de Beauchamp II. Countess Rohese was widowed a second time in 1155 or 1156 and gained the guardianship of her minor son. When he was near his majority, Countess Rohese and Simon converted St. Paul's, Bedford, from secular to regular canons and moved them to Newnham, Bedfordshire.
Rohese married Payne Beauchamp Lord of Bedford, son of Robert de Beauchamp and Unknown.1200 (Payne Beauchamp Lord of Bedford was born in 1070-1118 in England and died By 1155 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 1200.)
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