Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford

Hugh de Vere 

Hugh was born about 1210.1 Hugh's father was Robert de Vere and his mother was Isabel de Bolbec. His paternal grandparents were Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere III and Lucy de Abrincis. He was an only child. He died before December 23rd, 1263.

Hugh de Vere and hawise de Quincy had two children:

1. Isabel born c1222; died 11 Aug 1300 in Nutwell Manor, Woodbury, Devonshire, England.2

2. Sir Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Duke of Ireland born c1230.

Sources:

1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I8698

2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I24361&...

Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford (c. 1210–December, 1263) was the only child and heir of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, born circa 1208. When his father died in 1221, his mother Isabel de Bolebec paid for wardship of her son and heir. Hugh did homage for his earldom in 1231. He was knighted around the same time.

He supposedly took part in the Seventh Crusade in 1248–1254. He purchased the right to hold a market at the town on his primary estate, Castle Hedingham in Essex, and founded a nunnery there as well. Hugh married Hawise Quincy, daughter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his wife, Margaret Beaumont. When he died in 1263, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford.

Name: Hugh de Vere

Given Name: Hugh

Surname: de Vere

Suffix: 4th Earl of Oxford

Sex: M

_UID: C1122AFA5118D811BE490080C8C142CC671B

Change Date: 23 Mar 2004

Birth: ABT 1210

Death: BEF 23 DEC 1263

Father: Robert de Vere b: 1170 in Hatfield, Essex, England

Mother: Isabel de Bolbec b: 1175 in Hatfield, Essex, England

Marriage 1 Hawise de Quincy b: BET 1178 AND 84 in Winchester, Hampshire, England

Married: ABT 11 FEB 1222/23

Children

Isabel de Vere b: ABT 1222

Robert de Vere b: 1230 in Hedinham, Essex, England

Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford

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Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford (c. 1210–December, 1263) was the only child and heir of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, born circa 1208. When his father died in 1221, his mother Isabel de Bolebec paid for wardship of her son and heir. Hugh did homage for his earldom in 1231. He was knighted around the same time.

He supposedly took part in the Seventh Crusade in 1248–1254. He purchased the right to hold a market at the town on his primary estate, Castle Hedingham in Essex, and founded a nunnery there as well. Hugh married Hawise Quincy, daughter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his wife, Margaret Beaumont. When he died in 1263, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford.

Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford (c. 1210–December, 1263) was the only child and heir of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, born circa 1208. When his father died in 1221, his mother Isabel de Bolebec paid for wardship of her son and heir. Hugh did homage for his earldom in 1231. He was knighted around the same time.

He supposedly took part in the Seventh Crusade in 1248–1254. He purchased the right to hold a market at the town on his primary estate, Castle Hedingham in Essex, and founded a nunnery there as well. Hugh married Hawise Quincy, daughter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his wife, Margaret Beaumont. When he died in 1263, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford.

Earl of Oxford. Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England

5th Great Chamberlain

Fought with Edward I at Caelaverock

Fought in Seventh Crusade

Knighted at Gloucester

Attended parliament

Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford (c. 1210–December, 1263) was the only child and heir of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, born circa 1208. When his father died in 1221, his mother Isabel de Bolebec paid for wardship of her son and heir. Hugh did homage for his earldom in 1231. He was knighted around the same time.

He supposedly took part in the Seventh Crusade in 1248–1254. He purchased the right to hold a market at the town on his primary estate, Castle Hedingham in Essex, and founded a nunnery there as well. Hugh married Hawise Quincy, daughter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his wife, Margaret Beaumont. When he died in 1263, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford.

"4th Earl of Oxford born to Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec. He married Hawise de Quincy in 1222.Thru his mother he was also called Baron de Bolebec in Feb. 1245. He held the office of Lord Great Chamberlain (ENGLAND). Father of Isabel de Vere, Laura de Vere, Margaret de Vere and Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the Crown granted the priory to John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and the buildings were adapted as the manor house of Earls Colne and Colne Priory manors. The surviving tombs at Colne, some with effigies, were removed in the 1930s to St Stephen's Chapel near Bures, Suffolk. The tombs of the de Veres are now at St. Mary's Bures."