Robert de Vere (abt. 1257 - 1331)

Born about 24 Jun 1257 in Castle Hedingham, Essex, England [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1331 at about age 73 in Oxford ,Oxfordshire, England

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Robert de Vere is a member of the House of De Vere.

Biography

Robert de Vere was born c June 24, 1257 probably in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England, the son and heir of Robert de Vere the 5th Earl of Oxford and Alice Sanford, whom he succeeded in 1296.

Family and Succession

Hedingham Castle.

He married c1272, Margaret Mortimer, sister of Edmund, 1st Lord Mortimer, and daughter of Roger De Mortimer, by Matilda (Maud), 1st daughter and coheir of William de Braose. ^[1][2]

Together they had two children:

1. Thomas de Vere
2. Eleanor de Vere married Hugo de Naunton

His only son Thomas died without issue. He was therefore granted licence on 15 March 1330 to entail his estates on his nephew John de Vere son and heir of Alphonse de Vere, Knt, who succeeded him as 7th Earl of Oxford. ^[1][3]

Earldom and Politics

From 1296 until his death in 1331 he was Lord Great Chamberlain, a hereditary heraldic post. ^[4]

1297 he attended the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to the Count of Holland, at lpswich. ^[1]

He was summoned to the Assembly of Peers, 24 February 1296/7, at Salisbury. ^[1]

During the King's absence in Flanders (August 1297 to March 1297/8) he was a memberof the Prince's Council. ^[1]

Edward II receiving his crown.

He was excused attendance of the last parliament of Edward I by the King but probably attended the Coronation of Edward II, 25 February 1307/8 in his role as Lord Great Chamberlain and certainly for the Coronation of Queen Isabella, wife of Edward II in 1308 and of Philippa of Hainault at Westminster Abbey in 1330.^[1][5]

1309 He was one of the five Earls who, owing to their hostility to Piers Gavaston, refused to attend the secret Parliament at York. ^[6]

He tried repeatedly to recover the office of Chamberlain of England, but the claim was still pending at his death. ^[1]

Military

Depiction of the Battle of Falkirk

He served in many military campaigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III in Wales, Scotland and France. His coat of arms appears in the 1298 Falkirk Roll following the Battle of Falkirk.

1296 served in Gascony until at least the time of his fathers death later that year. ^[1]

He was summoned to Scotland, 1298 to 1301, where in July 1298 he served with the 4th division at the battle of Falkirk, he also served overseas in this period. ^[1]

He was summoned again to serve against the Scots in nearly every year from 1309 to 1323, and again in 1327. ^[1]

In 1322 he was in arms with the King at Lichfield against the Earl of Lancaster and in 1324 he was summoned for the projected expedition in defence of Aquitaine. ^[1]

Charity

He was a benefactor to Earls Colne, Hatfield Broadoak, and Netley Abbey. ^[1]

For his works of charity, hospitality and religious zeal, he was popularly regarded as a saint.^[7][8]

Death

His wife Margaret died probably circa 1297, and was buried at the Grey Friars, Ipswich. He died with no surviving offspring 17 April 1331, and was buried at Earls Colne. ^[1]

Properties in Leicestershire , Middlesex, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Berkshire. Buckinghamshire and Kent were examined following inquiry and inquisitions post mortem duly issued.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Cokayne, George Edward and H.A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. X: Oakham to Richmond, 2nd edition. (London, 1945). Online at FamilySearch.org, pages 219-220, 6. Robert de Vere.
2. ↑ Sheppard, Walter Lee., Weis, Frederick Lewis., Beall, William Ryland. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years. United States: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999. Page 158
3. ↑ Freehold Titles (Feet of Fine for Essex vol2 1272-1326) 1330 (1330) document 52301081
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lord Great Chamberlain," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lord_Great_Chamberlain&oldid=999469539 (accessed February 11, 2021).
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_de_Vere,_6th_Earl_of_Oxford&oldid=966557278 (accessed February 12, 2021).
6. ↑ 'Edward II: February 1310', in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, ed. Chris Given-Wilson, Paul Brand, Seymour Phillips, Mark Ormrod, Geoffrey Martin, Anne Curry and Rosemary Horrox (Woodbridge, 2005), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/parliament-rolls-medieval/february-1310 [accessed 12 February 2021].
7. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 By Douglas Richardson Page 264
8. ↑ Maddicott, J. R. "Follower, Leader, Pilgrim, Saint: Robert De Vere, Earl of Oxford, at the Shrine of Simon De Montfort, 1273." The English Historical Review 109, no. 432 (1994): 641-53. Accessed February 11, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/572912.
9. ↑ Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office by Great Britain.Page 270

See also

• Wikipedia contributors, "Earl of Oxford," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Oxford&oldid=999515084 (accessed February 12, 2021).