 His son and heir Aubrey II became Lord Great Chamberlain of England, an hereditary office, in 1133.His grandson Aubrey III became Earl of Oxford in the reign of King Stephen, but while his earldom had been granted by the Empress Matilda and eventually recognised by Stephen, it was not until January 1156 that it was formally recognised by Henry II and he began to receive the third penny of justice (one-third of the revenue of the shire court) from Oxfordshire.For many centuries the family was headed by the Earl of Oxford until the death of the 20th Earl in 1703.