Individual Details
Sir Hugh "4th Earl of Oxford" de Vere
(Abt 1210 - Bef 23 Dec 1263)
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== Biography ==
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: Sir Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl Oxford, Baron of Hedingham & Whitchurch, Master Chamberlain of England was born circa 1210 at Hatfield, Essex, England; Of age in 1231. He married Hawise de Quincy, daughter of Sir Saher de Quincy, Magna Carta Baron, 1st Earl of Wincester, Constable of Fotheringhay Castle, Keeper of Canford & Hedingham Castles and Margaret de Beaumont, circa 11 February 1223; They had 1 son (Sir Robert, 5th Earl of Oxford) and 3 daughters (Isabel, wife of Sir John de Courtenay, & of Sir Oliver de Dinham; Lora, wife of Sir Reynold d'Argentine; & Margaret, wife of Hugh de Cressy). Sir Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl Oxford, Baron of Hedingham & Whitchurch, Master Chamberlain of England died before 23 December 1263; Buried at Earls Colne, Essex
: Earls of Winchester. Medieval Lands. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#_Toc321390405 fmg.ac] of Castle Hedingham, Earls Colne, Great Bentley, Great Canfield, Helion Bumpstead, and Ramsey, Essex, Chesham, Medmenham, and Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, etc., Baron of Hedingham, Essex, Baron of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, hereditary Master Chamberlain of England; knighted by the King at Gloucester on 22 May 1233.
===Early Life===
: b. abt.1210 (came of age in 1231).
===Family===
: m. after 11 Feb 1223 (date of fine) HAWISE DE QUINCY, daughter of Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, Magna Carta Surety, by Margaret (or Margery), daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester. Her maritagium included the manors of Laughton and Wigston, Leicestershire. Issue: 1 son and 3 dau.: [[Wikipedia: Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester]]; [[Wikipedia: Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford]]
* Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford
* Isabel
* Lora
* Margaret
===Occupation===
: In 1246-47 he granted his message in the parish of St. Michael of Paternostercherche to John de Gisorz, citizen of London, for £60 and a cask of wine. In 1253 he witnessed a sentence of excommunication and anathema against violators of the liberties of the church.}
: He was at the side of Edward I at the siege of Caerlaverock and later participated in the Crusade of 1248-1254. He was knighted at Gloucester in the 17th year of King Henry III. In 1245 his mother Isabel died, and Hugh gave security for payment of his relief (100 pounds), and successfully sued his livery, gaining the lands of his inheritance.}
: Hugh was one of the subscribing barons to the letter transmitted to the Pope, complaining of the exactions of his holiness upon this realm. He attended the parliament (32 Henry III) where the king was criticized for outrageous expenditures, and told that neither his treasurer nor chancellor had the confidence of the lords.}
: Hugh founded several hospitals and almshouses and did a lot for the poor on his manor in Hedingham. He also built the steeple of Earls Colne church.}
===Death===
: Hugh died before 23 Dec. 1263. His widow Hawise, died after 1263 on 03 February. They were buried at Earls Colne.
===Burial===Richardson states in Royal Ancestry that Hugh de Vere and his wife Hawise were both buried at Earls Colne (Colne Priory). But long ago the de Vere tombs were moved to St. Stephen's Chapel in Bures, Suffolk, a few miles northeast of Earls Colne. On February 29, 2008 Alton Rogers received an e-mail for Robin King, Rector of Bures Parish Church (ricking@hotmail.co.uk) who stated "de Vere family memorials (tombs) are in St. Stephens Church, a mile from the centre of Bures village."
===Links===
* [[Wikipedia: Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford]]
* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#_Toc321390405 fmg.ac]
* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p135.htm#i4047 Marlyn Lewis].
== Sources==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. V p. 253-254
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. IV p. 262-263
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 262.
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 320.
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 443.
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 252.
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 261.
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 250.
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 24.
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 139.
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 535.
: Browning, Charles H., (2002). Magna Charta Barons, 1915. Baronial Order of Runnemede. pp.315. [http://bit.ly/V6pL2T Google Books].
: Richardson, D. (n.d.) Magna Carta Ancestries. n.p.
: Weis, F.L. (1988). Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
: Baker Hist. & Antiq. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 563 (Beaumont-Quincy pedigree).
: Coll. Top. & Gen. 1 (1834): 277-280.
: Birch Catalogue of Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 364-365 (seal of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford - To the right. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-topped helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned. Arms: quarterly, in the first quarter a mullet [VERE]); 3 (1894): 617 (seal of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford dated 1221-1240 - A shield of arms [VERE], between two boars' heads, couped, erect, of which that on the sin. side only remains. Beaded borders).
: Feet of Fines for Essex 1 (1899): 108, 122, 197, 205, 211, 231, 244. Rye Cal. of Feet of Fines for Suffolk (1900): 49. Cal. IPMs 1 (1904): 185-187; 3 (1912): 228. VCH Buckingham 2 (1908): 298-299; 3 (1925): 444-445; 4 (1927): 174-175. C.P. 4 (1916): 465; 10 (1945): 213-216.
: Genealogist n.s. 36 (1920): 203-204.
: Paget Baronage of England (1957) 464: 4, 559: 2.
: Sanders English Baronies (1960): 52, 98.
: Ross Cartulary of Cirencester Abbey 1 (1964): 68-69.
: Smith Itinerary of John Leland 1 (1964): 145-150 (Vere pedigree: "Hugo de Ver Erle of Oxford Vicecounte Bulbek and Great Chaumbrelayne of Englande, was maried to Hawise, doughter to Saerus de Quincy, Erle of Winchester."). His arms are shown on one of the shield executed by or for Matthew }
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1210 | Essex, England | |||
| Birth | Abt 1210 | ||||
| Marriage | Feb 1223 | Hawise Quincy | |||
| Death | Bef 23 Dec 1263 | Colne, Engaine, Essex, England | |||
| Death | Bef 23 Dec 1263 | ||||
| Alt name | Hugh de Vere | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | Sir | ||||
| Reference No | 7912356 | ||||
| Reference No | 8247592 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Hawise Quincy (1200 - 1273) |
| Child | Aubrey de Vere (1220 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Vere (1234 - ) |
| Child | Isabel de Vere (1235 - 1291) |
| Child | Robert de Vere (1240 - 1296) |
| Child | Lora de Vere (1253 - 1292) |
| Child | Richard de Vere ( - ) |
| Child | Alfonsus de Vere ( - ) |
| Child | Maud Vere ( - ) |
| Father | Robert de Vere Knt (1171 - 1221) |
| Mother | Isabel Bolebec (1175 - 1245) |
| Sibling | Alice de Vere (1186 - 1206) |
| Sibling | Robert de Vere (1208 - 1250) |
| Sibling | Eleanor de Vere (1215 - 1274) |