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About Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (c. 1240 – 1296) was the son and heir of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. Robert was born c. 1240.
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Robert was born in 1240 in Hedingham, Essex, England.1 Robert's father was Hugh de Vere and his mother was Hawise de Quincy. His paternal grandparents were Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolbec; his maternal grandparents were Earl of Winchester Saher de Quincy IV and Margaret de Beaumont. He had a sister named Isabel. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 66 on September 2nd, 1296.1
He was among the followers of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham. de Vere's title and property were forfeited, but restored shortly afterwords by the Dictum of Kenilworth. When he died in 1296, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford.
Robert's marriage to Alice Saundford (also spelled Saunford or Sanford), the heiress of Gilbert de Sanford, brought to the Vere family the office of Chamberlain to the Queen (a role that Gilbert had exercised in 1236, when the earl's father had similarly acted as chamberlain to the king). Through this marriage, the later Earls of Oxford were able to include, in their list of titles, that of "Lord Sanford."
Robert and Alice had, with other issue, the following children:
1. Robert de Vere, his successor,
2. Alphonsus de Vere, married Jane, daughter of Richard Foliot, Knight, and had a son, John de Vere, who succeeded as 7th Earl of Oxford and 8th Great Chamberlain,
3. Hugh de Vere, Baron Vere,
4. Joane Vere, (who married William de Warren), and
5. Lora, married Reginald de Argentein.
6. Gilbert,
7. Philip,
8. Hawise
Hedingham Castle was the home of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford.
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (c. 1240 – 1296) was the son and heir of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. Robert was born c. 1240. He was among the followers of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham. de Vere's title and property were forfeited, but restored shortly afterwords by the Dictum of Kenilworth. When he died in 1296, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford.
5th Earl of Oxford
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (c. 1240 – 1296) was the son and heir of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. Robert was born c. 1240. He was among the followers of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham. de Vere's title and property were forfeited, but restored shortly afterwords by the Dictum of Kenilworth. When he died in 1296, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford.
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford
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Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (c. 1240 – 1296) was the son and heir of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. Robert was born c. 1240. He was among the followers of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham. de Vere's title and property were forfeited, but restored shortly afterwords by the Dictum of Kenilworth. When he died in 1296, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford.
Joan de Vere1
F, #3578, d. circa 23 November 1293
Last Edited=28 Sep 2003
Joan de Vere was the daughter of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford and Alice de Saundford.1 She married William de Warenne, son of Sir John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey and Alice de Lusignan, circa June 1285. She died circa 23 November 1293.
Her married name became de Warenne.
Children of Joan de Vere and William de Warenne
John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey b. 1286, d. 30 Jun 13471
Alice de Warenne+ b. b 1290, d. b 23 May 13381
Citations
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 242. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (c. 1240 – 1296) was the son and heir of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. Robert was born c. 1240. He was among the followers of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham. de Vere's title and property were forfeited, but restored shortly afterwords by the Dictum of Kenilworth. When he died in 1296, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford.
5th Earl of Oxford
Robert was 5th Earl of Oxford. He was among the followers of rebel Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham (4 August 1265, near the town of Evesham, Worcestershire). Robert's title and property were forfeited, but restored shortly afterwords by the Dictum of Kenilworth.
5th Earl of Oxford
6th Great Chamberlain
Follower of Simon de Monfort
Summoned to Parliament of 1265
Taken prisoner before Battle of Evesham
Fought against Welsh under Edward I
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (c. 1240 – 1296) was the son and heir of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. Robert was born c. 1240. He was among the followers of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham. de Vere's title and property were forfeited, but restored shortly afterwords by the Dictum of Kenilworth. When he died in 1296, he was succeeded by his son Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford.
Robert de Vere
Father: Hugh de Vere
Mother: Hawise de Quincy
Birth: 1240
Death: BEF 7 SEP 1296
m: Alice de Sanford (-1285)
on BEF 22 FEB 1252
Children:
Alfonso de Vere (-20 DEC 1329) m. Joan [---] , children: 1. John de Vere (ABT 12 MAR 1312-JAN 1360).
Notes:
5th Earl of Oxford, M.P. 1283-1296.
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Alice de Sanford
Father: Gilbert de Sanford
Death: 1285
m: Robert de Vere (1240-BEF 7 SEP 1296)
on BEF 22 FEB 1252
Children:
Alfonso de Vere (-20 DEC 1329) m. Joan [---] , children: 1. John de Vere (ABT 12 MAR 1312-JAN 1360).
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Robert de Vere
BIRTH 1240
Essex, England
DEATH 2 Sep 1296 (aged 55–56)
Essex, England
CENOTAPH
Chapel of St. Stephen
Bures St Mary, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
PLOT Inside Church
MEMORIAL ID 107574717
This memorial is an epitaph for Robert de Vere. He was originally buried in Colne Priory. The tombs of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (d 1296) has ogee arched niches
on the sides. Another to Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (d 1371) also has ogee arched niches on the sides, and the third to Richard de Vere (d 1417) and his wife Alice is of alabaster all where relocated to the Chaple of St Stephens after the dissolution of Colne Priory.
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