Sir Robert de Vere

• Preferred Name: Sir Robert de Vere^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• Christening: 1164 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 25 OCT 1221 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England at LATI: N1.83 LONG: E0.2404
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 3rd Earl of OxfordBEF OCT 1214 with note: http://thepeerage.com/p1290.htm#i12895
  
• Birth: ABT 1164
  
• FSID: L19Z-CL1
  
• Magna+Carta: 15 JUN 1215 in Runnymede, Surrey, England at LATI: N1.2811 LONG: E0.4006 with note: Description: one of the twenty-five guarantors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Vere,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford
  
• Burial: 1221 in Hatfield Regis Priory, Broad Oaks, Essex, England
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Robert de Vere (after c. 1165 – before 25 October 1221), hereditary Master Chamberlain of England, was son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, and Agnes of Essex. He succeeded his brother as the third Earl of Oxford, and was one of the twenty-five guarantors of Magna Carta.
  
  Robert de Vere was the second surviving son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, and his third wife, Agnes of Essex. The date of his birth is not known, but he was likely born after 1164. Almost nothing is known of his life until 1207, when he married Isabel de Bolebec, the widow of Henry de Nonant (d.1206) of Totnes, Devon. In 1206-7 Isabel and her sister Constance were co-heiresses of their niece, another Isabel de Bolebec, the countess of Oxford by her marriage to Robert's brother, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford. They divided the barony of Whitchurch. The fact that aunt and niece had identical names, Isabel de Bolbec, and were successively countesses of Oxford and heiresses of Whitchurch has led to confusion between the two women.
  
  When Robert's brother, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford, died in the latter half of 1214, Robert succeeded to his title and estates and the hereditary office of Master Chamberlain of England. The dower of Earl Aubrey's second wife, Alice (possibly his cousin, a daughter of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk), had not been formalized. In 1215 Oxford settled his sister-in-law's dower by lot, the earl drawing two knights' fees for every one drawn by Alice. This is the only known instance of dower being settled in this manner.
  
  Oxford joined the disaffected barons who met at Stamford and forced King John to issue Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15 June 1215. The earl was elected one of the barons who were to guarantee the King's adherence to its terms. Together with other Magna Carta barons, he was excommunicated as a rebel by Pope Innocent III on 16 December 1215, and joined them in offering the crown to Prince Louis of France.
  
  Oxford took up arms against King John, but pledged loyalty to him after the King had taken Castle Hedingham in March 1216. Later in the same year, however, he did homage to Prince Louis at Rochester. Louis entered London and was proclaimed King. On 14 June 1216, he captured Winchester and soon controlled over half of England.
  
  In the midst of this crisis, King John died, prompting many of the barons to desert Louis in favor of John's nine-year-old son, Henry III. In 1217 Prince Louis retook Castle Hedingham and restored it to Oxford, but despite this Oxford transferred his allegiance to the new King in October 1217. Although he did homage to Henry, he was not fully restored in his offices and lands until February 1218.
  
  Earl Robert served as a king's justice in 1220-21, and died shortly before 25 October 1221.
  
  He was buried at Hatfield Regis Priory, where either his son, Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, or his grandson, Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford had an effigy erected in which he is depicted in chain mail, cross-legged, pulling his sword from its scabbard and holding a shield displaying his de Vere arms.
  
  Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec had a son, Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Vere,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford
  
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  Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford was born after 1164.
  He was the son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford and Agnes de Essex.
  He married Isabel de Bolebec, daughter of Hugh de Bolebec.
  He died before 25 October 1221.
  
  He held the office of Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England between 1214 and 1221.
  He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Oxford [E., 1142] before October 1214.
  He held the office of Justice Itinerant in 1220.
  He held the office of Justice in King's Court at Westminster in 1221.
  
  Children of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Isabel de Bolebec
  1. Sir Henry de Vere
  2. Eleanor de Vere
  3. Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford b. c 1210, d. b 23 Dec 1263
  
  http://thepeerage.com/p1290.htm#i12895
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#HughVereOxforddied1263A as of 4/18/2016
  
  ROBERT (-before 25 Oct 1221, bur Hatfield Priory). He succeeded his brother in 1
  
  === !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct P ===
  !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage p.549-50 Title: 3rd Earlof Oxford. !Birth: Hertfield, Broad Oaks, Essex, England.
  
  === Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, b ===
  Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, C hart 350 - # 4
  
  === source ===
  Source: Magna Charta Surety 1215 3rd Earl of Oxford, Lord Chamberlain of England
  
  === Sources of Information: ===
  Sources of Information:
  
  1.Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011) page 531-533.
  
  2.Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry 2nd edition (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011) vol. 3, page 60-64.
  
  === ! *MAGNA CHARTA SURETY* Third Earl of Ox ===
  ! *MAGNA CHARTA SURETY* Third Earl of Oxford 1214; Hereitary Master Chamberlain of England 1214; son of Aubery de Vere. Married Isabel de Bolebec daughter of Hugh II Earl of Bolebec. References SEE SEPARATE SCHEDULE FOR FULL NAMES -- Weis 120-1; Weis-S 6028 246-27; Cokayne X 210-216; Morat, Philip: History of Essex, 1768, II 159, 179-182.!
  
  === Magna Charta Surety 1215 ROBERT de VERE ===
  Magna Charta Surety 1215 ROBERT de VERE, the Surety, born after 1164, became heir to his brother, Aubrey de Vere, who died without issue before September of 1214, and who was reputed to be one of the "evil councillors" of King John. Although he was hereditary lord great Chamberlain of the kingdom, Robert pursued a different course in politics from that of his brother, and became one of the principal Barons in arms against King John, a party to that covenant which resigned the custody of the City and Tower of London to the Barons, and one of those excommunicated by the Pope. In the beginning of the reign of King Henry III, after he had made his peace with that young monarch following the Battle of Lincoln, Robert was received into his favor, and was appointed one of the judges in the Court of King's Bench, but he died only a few months afterward, 25~ October 1221, and was buried in the Priory of Hatfield, Broad Oak, in Essex. His wife was Isabel, who died 3 February 124S, daughter of Hugh, second Baron de Bolebec in Northumberland.
  
  === Source: Magna Charta Sureties 120-1, 154 ===
  Source: Magna Charta Sureties 120-1, 154-3. Sureties: Robert de Vere, Magna Charta Surety, born about 1164. Diedbefore 23 Oct. 1221. ****** Dot Clark notes: Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, 4th Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England; brother and heir of the 2nd Earl, being 3rd but eldest survivingson of the 1st Earl, by his 3rd wife; born probably after 1164. He appearsto have had land at Bumpstead Helion, Essex, and in or shortly after 1208 heacquired one moiety of the Bolebec barony by marrying the aunt of his eldestbrother's late wife. Robert was one of the Barons who met at Stamford and whoforced John to grant Magna Charta at Runnymede, and was one of the 25 elected asits guardians. Robert married Isabel, daughter of Hugh II and sister ofWalter de Bolebec, coheir to her niece Isabel, Countess of Oxford, and widow ofHenry de Nonant. Robert died before 25 Oct 1221, and was buried at HatfieldPriory. His wife survived him and died 3 February, 1245, being buried in thechurch of the preaching friars at Oxford, which she had founded. GEC states that Robert and Isabel had a son and heir, Hugh, 4th Earl, anda daughter Eleanor, who married Ralph de Gernon. Burke gives their issueas Hugh, 4th Earl, and Sir Henry de Vere, of Great Addington, co.Northampton. Bye lists all three (Hugh, Henry, and Eleanor) as issue. SOURCES: 1. Cokayne, G.E. _The Complete Peerage_. London: The St. CatherinePress, 1945; Volume X, pp. 210-213. 2. Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms. _AGenealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages ofthe British Empire_. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company,Inc., 1978; page 549. 3. Bye, Arthur Edwin. _Magna Charta, King John and the Barons_.Published by the Baronial Order of Magna Charta. Bridgeport, PA: TheChancellor Press, 1966; pages 82-85. 4. Ancestral File (AFN:8XJV-ZF). Calls him Robert III de Vere, giveshis date of birth as "abt 1160/1164", his christening date as 1164, hisdeath date as 25 Oct 1221, and states that he was buried in Colne Priory.The information from Cokayne's CP has been used.
  
  === !SOURCE: Ancestral File. See also Weis ===
  !SOURCE: Ancestral File. See also Weis 60-28; "Royal Ancestors." !NOTE: Earl of Oxford; Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England; Magna Charta Surety, 1215.
  
  === !Correspondence:Darlene Traynor ===
  !Correspondence:Darlene Traynor
  
  === Robert de Vere [3rd son, eldest was Aub ===
  Robert de Vere [3rd son, eldest was Aubrey, 2nd Earl of Oxf ord, dspl by Oct 1214, 2nd son was Ralph, dvf], 3rd Earl o f Oxford; hereditary Master Chamberlain of England, one o f the magnates appointed to enforce King John's observanc e of Magna Charta; Justice Itinerant 1220 and Justice in Ki ng's Court of Westminster 1221; married Isabel (died 3 Fe b 1245), sister of Walter de Bolebec and aunt of his [Rober t de Vere's] elder brother's [Aubrey, 2nd Earl of Oxford's ] 1st wife, and died by 25 Oct 1221. [Burke's Peerage] ----------------------- The 3rd de Vere Earl was one of the barons opposed to Kin g John at Runymede in 1215 at the time of the granting of M agna Carta. His position on that occasion is a good exampl e of the different meaning the term baron had at that tim e (ie. magnate or tenant in chief of the Crown) from what i t does today, viz. holder of a specific degree of lordshi p of Parliament. De Vere's title of Earl was a real one bu t it was not a lordship of Parliament, for Parliament did n ot yet exist. Nor did de Vere have a subsidiary barony o r viscountcy title in the way that earls now tend to. [Bur ke's Peerage, Earldom of Oxford, p. 2178]
  
  === 3rd Earl of Oxford, Lord Chamberlain of ===
  3rd Earl of Oxford, Lord Chamberlain of England, Magna Charta Surety in 1215, excomunicated by the Pope, reinstated and became a judge in the court of King's Bench under Henry III,
  
  === !SOURCES: 1. Essex 9, p. 11-12 2. A1C14, ===
  !SOURCES: 1. Essex 9, p. 11-12 2. A1C14, p. 41 3. Eng P2 p. 469-70 4. B13 B4, p. 28 5. A16 A202 (Courtenay) !HISTORICAL NOTES: Robert de Vere was a Magna Charta Surety.
  
  === He was Heredity Master Chamberlain of En ===
  He was Heredity Master Chamberlain of England, Magna Charta Surety, 1215. Ref: Amcestral Roots, Weis, 1992 edition, Line 246-27.
  
  === ! ! RELATIONSHIP: Patron, H. Reed Black ===
  ! ! RELATIONSHIP: Patron, H. Reed Black is 20th G G Son.

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1. Eleanor de Vere, b. 1218 in Essex, England     d. 1274 in Great Birch, Cambridgeshire, England
2. Hugh de Vere IV Earl of Oxford, b. 1190 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England     d. 23 DEC 1263 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England

1. Title: Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford (1165-1221), Wikipedia
   Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Vere,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford
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   Note: Robert de Vere (after c. 1165 – before 25 October 1221), hereditary Master Chamberlain of England, was son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, and Agnes of Essex. He succeeded his brother as the third Earl of Oxford, and was one of the twenty-five guarantors of Magna Carta. Robert de Vere was the second surviving son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, and his third wife, Agnes of Essex. The date of his birth is not known, but he was likely born after 1164. Almost nothing is known of his life until 1207, when he married Isabel de Bolebec, the widow of Henry de Nonant (d.1206) of Totnes, Devon. In 1206-7 Isabel and her sister Constance were co-heiresses of their niece, another Isabel de Bolebec, the countess of Oxford by her marriage to Robert's brother, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford. They divided the barony of Whitchurch. The fact that aunt and niece had identical names, Isabel de Bolbec, and were successively countesses of Oxford and heiresses of Whitchurch has led to confusion between the two women. When Robert's brother, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford, died in the latter half of 1214, Robert succeeded to his title and estates and the hereditary office of Master Chamberlain of England. The dower of Earl Aubrey's second wife, Alice (possibly his cousin, a daughter of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk), had not been formalized. In 1215 Oxford settled his sister-in-law's dower by lot, the earl drawing two knights' fees for every one drawn by Alice. This is the only known instance of dower being settled in this manner. Oxford joined the disaffected barons who met at Stamford and forced King John to issue Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15 June 1215. The earl was elected one of the barons who were to guarantee the King's adherence to its terms. Together with other Magna Carta barons, he was excommunicated as a rebel by Pope Innocent III on 16 December 1215, and joined them in offering the crown to Prince Louis of France. Oxford took up arms against King John, but pledged loyalty to him after the King had taken Castle Hedingham in March 1216. Later in the same year, however, he did homage to Prince Louis at Rochester. Louis entered London and was proclaimed King. On 14 June 1216, he captured Winchester and soon controlled over half of England. In the midst of this crisis, King John died, prompting many of the barons to desert Louis in favor of John's nine-year-old son, Henry III. In 1217 Prince Louis retook Castle Hedingham and restored it to Oxford, but despite this Oxford transferred his allegiance to the new King in October 1217. Although he did homage to Henry, he was not fully restored in his offices and lands until February 1218. Earl Robert served as a king's justice in 1220-21, and died shortly before 25 October 1221. He was buried at Hatfield Regis Priory, where either his son, Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, or his grandson, Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford had an effigy erected in which he is depicted in chain mail, cross-legged, pulling his sword from its scabbard and holding a shield displaying his de Vere arms. Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec had a son, Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Vere,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford