Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford (c. 1207 – December 1263) was the only son and heir of

Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford __NOTOC__ Robert de Vere (after c. 1165 – before 25 October 1221), hereditary Master Chamberlain of England, was the son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, and Agnes of Essex. He succeeded his brother as the third Earl of Oxford, and w ...

and Isabel de Bolebec, daughter and eventually sole heiress of Hugh de Bolebec.

Early life

Hugh de Vere was born about 1207. Hugh's mother, Isabel de Bolebec, Countess of Oxford, purchased her minor son's wardship in 1221 from the crown for 6000 marks. Hugh did homage to King Henry III in October 1231, and was knighted by the King at

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on 22 May 1233. Two days later the King 'girt him with the sword of the Earldom of Oxford and directed the sheriff to let him have what he ought to have in the name of the Earldom of Oxford as his predecessors had had'.

Career

He inherited the office of Master Chamberlain of England which had been granted to his great-grandfather

Aubrey de Vere II Aubrey de Vere (''c.'' 1085 – May 1141) — also known as "Alberic sde Ver" and "Albericus ''regis camerarius''" (the king's chamberlain)— was the second of that name in England after the Norman Conquest, being the eldest surviving son of Aub ...

. By right of that office, he participated in the coronation of Queen

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in 1236. Earl Hugh was a critic of King Henry from 1246, and in 1258 and 1259 was elected to serve on various baronial committees attempting to reform royal government. The earl purchased the right to hold a market at the town on his primary estate,

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in Essex, and founded a chantry there.

Marriage and issue

Hugh de Vere married Hawise de Quincy, daughter of

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, and his wife, Margaret de Beaumont. They had a son and three daughters: *

Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (c. 1220 – 1296) was the son and heir of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, and chamberlain to Queen Eleanor. Early life Robert de Vere was born about 1220, the only son of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxfor ...

. *Isabel de Vere, who married firstly, Sir John de Courtenay of

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, and secondly, Oliver de Dinham, Lord Dinham. *Lora de Vere, who married Reynold d'Argentine of Melbourn,

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. *Margaret de Vere, who married Hugh de Cressy (d. shortly before 24 April 1263). Hugh de Vere died before 23 December 1263 and was buried at

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. His widow was living in 1273 and died on 3 February thereafter. She was buried at Earls Colne Priory..

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