4th Earl of Oxford Hugh de Vere

4th Earl of Oxford Hugh de Vere

Male Abt 1185 - 1263  (78 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  4th Earl of Oxford Hugh de Vere was born about 1185 in Essex, England (son of 3rd Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec); died on 23 Dec 1263 in Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Castle Hedingham

    Buried:
    Chapel of St Stephen Bures St Mary (Originally buried at Colne Priory, Earls Colne)

    Died:
    Castle Hedingham

    Hugh married Hawise de Quincy on 11 Feb 1222 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Hawise (daughter of 1st Earl of Winchester Baron Saher de Quincy, IV and Margaret de Beaumont) was born in 1178 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 3 Feb 1263 in Earls Colne, Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Isabel de Vere was born in 1228 in Totnes, Devon, England; died on 11 Aug 1300 in Okehampton, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.
    2. 5th Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere was born in 1240 in Essex, England; died on 2 Sep 1296 in Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  3rd Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere3rd Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere was born in 1164 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England (son of 1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere and Countess of Oxford Agnes of Essex); died on 25 Oct 1221 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; was buried in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1215; Oxford joined the disaffected barons who met at Stamford and forced King John to issue Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15 June 1215
    • _MILT: 1216; Oxford took up arms against King John, but pledged loyalty to him after the King had taken Castle Hedingham in March 1216

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (St Mary the Virgin)

    Robert married Isabel de Bolebec in 1183 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Isabel (daughter of Walter de Bolebec and Sibil de Vesey) was born in 1165 in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 4 Feb 1245 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabel de Bolebec was born in 1165 in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England (daughter of Walter de Bolebec and Sibil de Vesey); died on 4 Feb 1245 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Oxfordshire, England.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Christchurch Cathedral

    Children:
    1. 1. 4th Earl of Oxford Hugh de Vere was born about 1185 in Essex, England; died on 23 Dec 1263 in Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere was born in 1115 in Essex, England (son of Aubrey de Vere, II and Alice de Clare); died on 26 Dec 1194 in London, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _MILT: Oxford served during the civil war of 1173–4, helping to repel a force under Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, which landed in Suffolk on 29 September 1173. He was present on 3 September 1189 at the coronation of King Richard I

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Castle Hedingham

    Buried:
    Colne Priory

    Aubrey married Countess of Oxford Agnes of Essex in 1162 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Agnes (daughter of Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley Henry de Essex and Alice de Montfort) was born about 1140 in Rayleigh, Essex, England; died about 1200 in Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Countess of Oxford Agnes of Essex was born about 1140 in Rayleigh, Essex, England (daughter of Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley Henry de Essex and Alice de Montfort); died about 1200 in Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. 3rd Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere was born in 1164 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; died on 25 Oct 1221 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; was buried in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England.

  3. 6.  Walter de Bolebec was born in 1140 in Hampshire, England; died in 1187 in Hampshire, England.

    Walter married Sibil de Vesey in 1161 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Sibil was born in 1142 in Hampshire, England; died in 1170 in Hexham, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sibil de Vesey was born in 1142 in Hampshire, England; died in 1170 in Hexham, Northumberland, England.
    Children:
    1. 3. Isabel de Bolebec was born in 1165 in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 4 Feb 1245 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Oxfordshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Aubrey de Vere, II was born in 1080 in Essex, England (son of Aubrey de Vere, I and Beatrice de vere); died on 15 May 1141 in London, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Sheriff and Justiciar for both King Henry I and King Stephen. Master Chamberlain for King Henry I

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Castle Hedingham

    Buried:
    Colne Priory

    Died:
    During the English civil war, Aubrey was killed by a London mob

    Aubrey married Alice de Clare in 1108. Alice (daughter of Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II and Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont) was born on 1 Jan 1091 in Essex, England; died in 1163 in Tendring, Essex, England; was buried in St. Osyth, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Alice de Clare was born on 1 Jan 1091 in Essex, England (daughter of Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II and Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont); died in 1163 in Tendring, Essex, England; was buried in St. Osyth, Essex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Patricia Cathey

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (St Osyth's Priory)

    Children:
    1. Juliana de Vere was born in 1108 in Essex, England; died in 1199 in Thetford, Norfolk, England; was buried in Thetford, Norfolk, England.
    2. 4. 1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere was born in 1115 in Essex, England; died on 26 Dec 1194 in London, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England.

  3. 10.  Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley Henry de Essex was born in 1121 in Rayleigh, Essex, England (son of Lord Of Essex, Baron of Raleigh Sir Robert FitzSwein and Lady Gunnor le Bigod); died in 1170 in Reading, Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading, Berkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Royal constable during the reigns of Kings Stephen and Henry II. As royal constable, his office required that he hold the standard to indicate the king's position during any military engagement. Dropping the standard seemed to signal the king's death.
    • Religion: As he was a convicted traitor, his estates and offices were forfeit, and his family was disgraced. Henry was allowed to remain as a monk at Reading Abbey, where he remained for the rest of his life.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Reading Abbey

    Died:
    Reading Abbey

    Henry married Alice de Montfort. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Alice de Montfort
    Children:
    1. 5. Countess of Oxford Agnes of Essex was born about 1140 in Rayleigh, Essex, England; died about 1200 in Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England.