5th Earl of Oxford, 6th Great Chamberlain. Of Castle Hedingham, Earls Colne, Great Bentley, Great Canfield, Helion Bumpstead and Ramsey. Baron of Hedingham, Essex, Baron of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire. Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England. By right of his wife, Lord Sanford, of Fingrith and Wolstan in Chigwell, Essex, of Great Hormead, Hertfordshire.
Son and heir to Hugh De Vere and Hawise de Quincy, the Countess of Oxford, grandson of Magna Carta Baron Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec, Saher de Quincy and Margaret de Beaumont. Robert was born at Hedinham Castle, Essex, England
Sir Robert married Alice de Sanford, the daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford who brought to the Vere family the office of Chamberlain to the Queen. Her maritagium included the manors of Great Hormead and Northampstead, Hertfordshire. They were married 22 Feb 1252 and had the following children:
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl, married Margaret de Mortimer
Alphonsus de Vere, married Jane Foliot
John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and 8th Great Chamberlain
Hugh de Vere, Baron Vere married Denise de Munchensy
Joane Vere, who married William de Warren
Lora married Reginald de Argentine
Sire Hugh de Vere
Thomas de Vere
Gilbert de Vere, cleric
Philip de Vere, cleric
Hawise de Vere
Robert' father was created King's Chamberlain, and Robert Chamberlain for the Queen, brought to these positions by Gilbert de Sanford, whose daughter Robert wed. was a follower of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who knighted him on the field of battle in 1264 and summoned him to the Parliament of 1265, the same year he helped the younger Montfort plunder Winchester,. Just a few days before the battle of Evesham Robert and young Hugh de Montfort were attacked at Kenilworth and taken prisoner. Simon de Montfort intended to join forces with his son Hugh at Kenilworth Castle, near Warwick but Prince Edward arrived before him, seized Hugh Montfort and Robert de Vere, then defeated de Montfort on his arrival at Evesham. De Vere's lands were seized and given to Sir Roger de Mortimer who restored them to de Vere in 1268 for the enormous sum of 3,000 marks.
Henry III was restored to power and the remaining sons of Montfort fled the country. Sir Robert made his peace with the Crown, under the Dictum de Kenilworth and shortly thereafter was employed by Edward I in further battles against the Welsh. During the 1290s King Edward I gave the de Veres permission to hold a fair and there has been a yearly carnival in the Vere area of the shire of Essex ever since. Earl Robert died at Castle Hedingham, Essex, England in 1296, and is buried at Colne Priory. (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)
Son and heir to Hugh De Vere and Hawise de Quincy, the Countess of Oxford, grandson of Magna Carta Baron Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec, Saher de Quincy and Margaret de Beaumont. Robert was born at Hedinham Castle, Essex, England
Sir Robert married Alice de Sanford, the daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford who brought to the Vere family the office of Chamberlain to the Queen. Her maritagium included the manors of Great Hormead and Northampstead, Hertfordshire. They were married 22 Feb 1252 and had the following children:
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl, married Margaret de Mortimer
Alphonsus de Vere, married Jane Foliot
John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and 8th Great Chamberlain
Hugh de Vere, Baron Vere married Denise de Munchensy
Joane Vere, who married William de Warren
Lora married Reginald de Argentine
Sire Hugh de Vere
Thomas de Vere
Gilbert de Vere, cleric
Philip de Vere, cleric
Hawise de Vere
Robert' father was created King's Chamberlain, and Robert Chamberlain for the Queen, brought to these positions by Gilbert de Sanford, whose daughter Robert wed. was a follower of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who knighted him on the field of battle in 1264 and summoned him to the Parliament of 1265, the same year he helped the younger Montfort plunder Winchester,. Just a few days before the battle of Evesham Robert and young Hugh de Montfort were attacked at Kenilworth and taken prisoner. Simon de Montfort intended to join forces with his son Hugh at Kenilworth Castle, near Warwick but Prince Edward arrived before him, seized Hugh Montfort and Robert de Vere, then defeated de Montfort on his arrival at Evesham. De Vere's lands were seized and given to Sir Roger de Mortimer who restored them to de Vere in 1268 for the enormous sum of 3,000 marks.
Henry III was restored to power and the remaining sons of Montfort fled the country. Sir Robert made his peace with the Crown, under the Dictum de Kenilworth and shortly thereafter was employed by Edward I in further battles against the Welsh. During the 1290s King Edward I gave the de Veres permission to hold a fair and there has been a yearly carnival in the Vere area of the shire of Essex ever since. Earl Robert died at Castle Hedingham, Essex, England in 1296, and is buried at Colne Priory. (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)
5th Earl of Oxford, 6th Great Chamberlain. Of Castle Hedingham, Earls Colne, Great Bentley, Great Canfield, Helion Bumpstead and Ramsey. Baron of Hedingham, Essex, Baron of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire. Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England. By right of his wife, Lord Sanford, of Fingrith and Wolstan in Chigwell, Essex, of Great Hormead, Hertfordshire.
Son and heir to Hugh De Vere and Hawise de Quincy, the Countess of Oxford, grandson of Magna Carta Baron Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec, Saher de Quincy and Margaret de Beaumont. Robert was born at Hedinham Castle, Essex, England
Sir Robert married Alice de Sanford, the daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford who brought to the Vere family the office of Chamberlain to the Queen. Her maritagium included the manors of Great Hormead and Northampstead, Hertfordshire. They were married 22 Feb 1252 and had the following children:
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl, married Margaret de Mortimer
Alphonsus de Vere, married Jane Foliot
John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and 8th Great Chamberlain
Hugh de Vere, Baron Vere married Denise de Munchensy
Joane Vere, who married William de Warren
Lora married Reginald de Argentine
Sire Hugh de Vere
Thomas de Vere
Gilbert de Vere, cleric
Philip de Vere, cleric
Hawise de Vere
Robert' father was created King's Chamberlain, and Robert Chamberlain for the Queen, brought to these positions by Gilbert de Sanford, whose daughter Robert wed. was a follower of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who knighted him on the field of battle in 1264 and summoned him to the Parliament of 1265, the same year he helped the younger Montfort plunder Winchester,. Just a few days before the battle of Evesham Robert and young Hugh de Montfort were attacked at Kenilworth and taken prisoner. Simon de Montfort intended to join forces with his son Hugh at Kenilworth Castle, near Warwick but Prince Edward arrived before him, seized Hugh Montfort and Robert de Vere, then defeated de Montfort on his arrival at Evesham. De Vere's lands were seized and given to Sir Roger de Mortimer who restored them to de Vere in 1268 for the enormous sum of 3,000 marks.
Henry III was restored to power and the remaining sons of Montfort fled the country. Sir Robert made his peace with the Crown, under the Dictum de Kenilworth and shortly thereafter was employed by Edward I in further battles against the Welsh. During the 1290s King Edward I gave the de Veres permission to hold a fair and there has been a yearly carnival in the Vere area of the shire of Essex ever since. Earl Robert died at Castle Hedingham, Essex, England in 1296, and is buried at Colne Priory. (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)
Son and heir to Hugh De Vere and Hawise de Quincy, the Countess of Oxford, grandson of Magna Carta Baron Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec, Saher de Quincy and Margaret de Beaumont. Robert was born at Hedinham Castle, Essex, England
Sir Robert married Alice de Sanford, the daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford who brought to the Vere family the office of Chamberlain to the Queen. Her maritagium included the manors of Great Hormead and Northampstead, Hertfordshire. They were married 22 Feb 1252 and had the following children:
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl, married Margaret de Mortimer
Alphonsus de Vere, married Jane Foliot
John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and 8th Great Chamberlain
Hugh de Vere, Baron Vere married Denise de Munchensy
Joane Vere, who married William de Warren
Lora married Reginald de Argentine
Sire Hugh de Vere
Thomas de Vere
Gilbert de Vere, cleric
Philip de Vere, cleric
Hawise de Vere
Robert' father was created King's Chamberlain, and Robert Chamberlain for the Queen, brought to these positions by Gilbert de Sanford, whose daughter Robert wed. was a follower of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who knighted him on the field of battle in 1264 and summoned him to the Parliament of 1265, the same year he helped the younger Montfort plunder Winchester,. Just a few days before the battle of Evesham Robert and young Hugh de Montfort were attacked at Kenilworth and taken prisoner. Simon de Montfort intended to join forces with his son Hugh at Kenilworth Castle, near Warwick but Prince Edward arrived before him, seized Hugh Montfort and Robert de Vere, then defeated de Montfort on his arrival at Evesham. De Vere's lands were seized and given to Sir Roger de Mortimer who restored them to de Vere in 1268 for the enormous sum of 3,000 marks.
Henry III was restored to power and the remaining sons of Montfort fled the country. Sir Robert made his peace with the Crown, under the Dictum de Kenilworth and shortly thereafter was employed by Edward I in further battles against the Welsh. During the 1290s King Edward I gave the de Veres permission to hold a fair and there has been a yearly carnival in the Vere area of the shire of Essex ever since. Earl Robert died at Castle Hedingham, Essex, England in 1296, and is buried at Colne Priory. (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)
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