Individual Details
Isabel Bolebec
(Abt 1175 - Abt 3 Feb 1245)
== Biography =="Isabel was the eldest daughter of Hugh de Bolebec. She appears first in the records as the widow of Henry de Nonant (d. 1206), lord of Totnes, Devon, her first husband. In 1207 she petitioned the crown for the right to marry whom she wished. The first installment of her fine was paid by Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford, her second husband, who had made his own fine to marry Isabel if she consented. At the time of her remarriage she was coheir of her niece Isabel de Bolebec, countess of Oxford and Robert de Vere's former sister-in-law (with whom she is frequently confused). By c.1225 Isabel had inherited all of the Bolebec honour of thirty knights' fees in Buckinghamshire. "Isabel bore her only known child, Hugh de Vere,in ''Royal Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]), a daughter Eleanor is also listed late in her reproductive years. She purchased his wardship and the guardianship of his inheritance upon her husband's death in 1221 for £2228 (6000 marks), and traveled with him on pilgrimage beyond the seas in 1237 (CPR, 1237 42, 175). A generally successful suitor at court, she engaged in a long-running dispute with Woburn Abbey. "The countess was the chief benefactor of the Dominican order in Oxford. The friars sent to England in 1221 were assisted in their search for quarters in the Oxford Jewry by Isabel, who took a Dominican as her confessor and financed their oratory to the east of St Aldate's Street c.1227. When the friars decided to expand, she bought land to the south of Oxford for them. On her death on 3 February 1245 her body was temporarily entombed in their oratory, then transported to the newly consecrated Dominican priory church in St Ebbe's for burial. A monument proclaimed Isabel their foundress. Her other known charitable grants were to the hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, and to Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire (a Bolebec foundation)." (Ref: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography/[[#ODNB]]) === Name === : Isabel de Bolebec === Birth ===: 1176(?),[[#ODNB]] about 1175[http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/ ''Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins''] database online, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, follows Douglas Richardson's ''Magna Carta Ancestry''. It includes Magna Carta Surety Barons and many of their descendants. [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p204.htm#i6118 Isabel de Bolebec] === Marriages ===: Before 1206 to Henry de Nonent (about 1197)
: Between 1206 and 1210 to Robert de Vere (fine to marry in 1208); "before Michaelmas 1207"article on [http://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/robert-de-vere/ Robert de Vere] by Professor Nigel Saul, Royal Holloway, University of London, for Magna Carta 2015 Committee : "Sometime before Michaelmas 1207 Robert had married Isabel de Bolebec, the aunt and namesake of Earl Aubrey’s wife, who had died childless in 1206 or 1207. Isabel the niece had been the heiress to the Bolebec estate, which was centred on Whitchurch (Bucks.), and her own heirs were her two aunts. Robert’s marriage can therefore be seen as part of a de Vere strategy to retain control over at least half of the Bolebec lands." :"Her two marriages are confirmed by the ''Testa de Nevill'' which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 recording that ''"Robertus de Ver"'' held ''"manerium de Cliston"'' in Devon ''"de dote cum Isabella uxore sua que fuit uxor Henrici de Nunant",'' adding that King Henry I had first granted the manor to ''"Rogero de Nunant antecessori suo".''[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#IsabelBolbecM2RobertOxford Isabel de Bolebec]; [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#RobertVereOxforddied1221 Robert de Vere] === Children with Robert de Vere ===: They had one son, Hugh (born about 1210), and one daughter, Eleanor.''Royal Ancestry,'' vol V, page 251 ([[#Richardson]]) : "... order dated 20 Oct 1222 under which King Henry III granted custody of ''"Hugonis filii et heredis Roberti de Ver, quondam comitis Oxonie"'' to ''"Ysabelle de Bolebec comitisse Oxonie"'' dated 19 Jun 1222 : "Eleanor de Vere, married Ralph Gernon, Knt., of East Thorpe, Essex"Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. IV p. 261-263; ''Royal Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]) === Death === : February 3, 1245, England === Burial ===: Feb 1245, Church of the Black Friars, Oxford, England (bur Oxford, Church of the Preaching Friars The Dominican priory church of the Black Friars (Friars Preachers), Oxford, Oxfordshire, was founded by her husband, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, in the early 13th century and was dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. == Sources ==
: Between 1206 and 1210 to Robert de Vere (fine to marry in 1208); "before Michaelmas 1207"article on [http://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/robert-de-vere/ Robert de Vere] by Professor Nigel Saul, Royal Holloway, University of London, for Magna Carta 2015 Committee : "Sometime before Michaelmas 1207 Robert had married Isabel de Bolebec, the aunt and namesake of Earl Aubrey’s wife, who had died childless in 1206 or 1207. Isabel the niece had been the heiress to the Bolebec estate, which was centred on Whitchurch (Bucks.), and her own heirs were her two aunts. Robert’s marriage can therefore be seen as part of a de Vere strategy to retain control over at least half of the Bolebec lands." :"Her two marriages are confirmed by the ''Testa de Nevill'' which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 recording that ''"Robertus de Ver"'' held ''"manerium de Cliston"'' in Devon ''"de dote cum Isabella uxore sua que fuit uxor Henrici de Nunant",'' adding that King Henry I had first granted the manor to ''"Rogero de Nunant antecessori suo".''[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#IsabelBolbecM2RobertOxford Isabel de Bolebec]; [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#RobertVereOxforddied1221 Robert de Vere] === Children with Robert de Vere ===: They had one son, Hugh (born about 1210), and one daughter, Eleanor.''Royal Ancestry,'' vol V, page 251 ([[#Richardson]]) : "... order dated 20 Oct 1222 under which King Henry III granted custody of ''"Hugonis filii et heredis Roberti de Ver, quondam comitis Oxonie"'' to ''"Ysabelle de Bolebec comitisse Oxonie"'' dated 19 Jun 1222 : "Eleanor de Vere, married Ralph Gernon, Knt., of East Thorpe, Essex"Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. IV p. 261-263; ''Royal Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]) === Death === : February 3, 1245, England === Burial ===: Feb 1245, Church of the Black Friars, Oxford, England (bur Oxford, Church of the Preaching Friars The Dominican priory church of the Black Friars (Friars Preachers), Oxford, Oxfordshire, was founded by her husband, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, in the early 13th century and was dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. == Sources ==
Events
| Birth | Abt 1175 | Hatfield, Essex, England | |||
| Birth | Abt 1175 | ||||
| Marriage | 1207 | Robert de Vere Knt | |||
| Death | Abt 3 Feb 1245 | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England - bur. Black Friars (Friars Preachers) Priory, Oxford. | |||
| Death | Abt 3 Feb 1245 | ||||
| Reference No | 1219925 | ||||
| Reference No | 1242784 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Robert de Vere Knt (1171 - 1221) |
| Child | Alice de Vere (1186 - 1206) |
| Child | Robert de Vere (1208 - 1250) |
| Child | Sir Hugh "4th Earl of Oxford" de Vere (1210 - 1263) |
| Child | Eleanor de Vere (1215 - 1274) |