Philip (Vache) de la Vache KG (abt. 1349 - bef. 1408)

Born about 4 Sep 1349 in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died before 22 Jun 1408 before about age 58 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Philip (Vache) de la Vache KG is Notable.

Philip (Vache) de la Vache KG was born in England.

Philip was he son of Richard Vache.^[1]

According to his official inquisition into his age:

The jurors say that Philip was born at Chalfhunte aforesaid and baptized in the church there on Friday before the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 22 Edward III.^[2]

The day of the week for September 8, 1349 under the old Julian calendar was Tuesday. and so he was born 4 September.^[3]

He was 12 years old in 1358 when his father petitioned the Pope on behalf of his son; and Jan 21 1366 he became the ward of William de Wykeham and by 1370 he had proved his age.

He married Elizabeth Clifford^[4] 2 July 1380.

He died in 1408^[4] his will was dated 25 Apr 1407, proved 22 Jun 1408.

Sources

1. ↑ Beltz, George Frederick, "Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, From Its Foundation to the Present Time, Including the History of the Order: Biographical Notices of the Knights in the Reigns of Edward III and Richard II", London: William Pickering, 1841, Archive.org, p. 374
2. ↑ A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, M. C. B. Dawes and D. B. Wardle, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 218', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 13, Edward III (London, 1954), pp. 44-65. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol13/pp44-65 [accessed 13 January 2024].
3. ↑ dayoftheweek.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Beltz, George Frederick, "Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, From Its Foundation to the Present Time, Including the History of the Order: Biographical Notices of the Knights in the Reigns of Edward III and Richard II", London: William Pickering, 1841, Archive.org, p. 376

• L. S. Woodger, "VACHE, Sir Philip de la (1348-1408), of Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.", History of Parliament online, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/vache-sir-philip-de-la-1348-1408
• Rickert, Edith (1913). "Thou Vache". Modern Philology. 11 (2): 209–225. JSTOR 432822 contains a lot of detail
• Beltz G F, (1841) "Sir Philip de la Vache", Memorials Of The Most Noble Order Of The Garter, p.374-376.
• Hope, Sir William Henry St. John. The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485 (A. Constable and Co., ltd., Westminster, 1901) Plate XIX

Also see:

• 'Parishes: Chalfont St. Giles', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1925), pp. 184-193. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol3/pp184-193 [accessed 13 January 2024].
• 'Parishes : Shenley', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London, 1927), pp. 445-451. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp445-451 [accessed 13 January 2024].
• Diane K Bolton, G R Duncombe, R W Dunning, Jennifer I Kermode, A M Rowland, W B Stephens and A P M Wright, 'Parishes: Barton', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 5, ed. C R Elrington (London, 1973), pp. 160-174. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol5/pp160-174 [accessed 13 January 2024].

Other websites:

• Wikipedia: Philip de la Vache
• Wikidata: Item Q3381023, en:Wikipedia