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Oliver de Vaux (Knight)
- Preferred Name: Oliver de Vaux (Knight)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- Alternate Name: Oliver de Vaux
- Gender: M
- FSID: GX1M-4YK
- Death: 1244 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England at LATI: N3.2316 LONG: E0.5394
- Birth: 1170 in Pentney, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.6895 LONG: E0.5461
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
One of the Barons in Arms against King John. In the 13th year of that monarch's reign, he paid five hundred marks, and five palfreys, for license to marry Petronill, widow of William de Longchamp, and daughter and heir of Guy de Croun, feudal lord of Croun, and had issue: Robert, d. s.p. William, d. s.p. John, who succeeded to the estates, was steward of Aquitane, in 1283, and had an allowance of 200 pounds, per annum, for his support in that office.He d. in 1288, leaving his two daughters, his heirs: Patronilla, m. to William de Nerford, who in the division of the estates had Therston and Shotestram, in the county of Norfolk; Wysete, in Suffolk, the moiety of a messuage in London, called Blaunch - Apleton, and other lands, amounting to twenty five knights' fees; Maud, m. to Willam de Ros, who had the manor of Feston, and other lands in Lincolnshire, with the moiety of the messuage in London, amounting to nineteen knights' fees.
=== Ancestral File Number: 9BCS-J6 ===
Ancestral File Number: 9BCS-J6
=== Family info ===
Family:
Son of Seigneur Robert (Harold) de Vallibus de Vaux and Beatrice de Munchensy
Husband of Agnes FitzWalter
Father of William FitzRobert de Vaux, Patron of Pentney; Oliver Vaux; Henry Vaux; Ralph Vaux; Matilda de Vaux and 1 other
Brother of Randulph de Vaux, of Tremayne; Gilbert de Vaux and Hubert de Vaux, Gillesland
=== He bore the title of Knight. ===
He bore the title of Knight.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Robert De Vaux De Vallibus, b. 1115 in Pentney, Norfolk, England d. 1216 in Pentney, Norfolk, England
Family 1: Petronilla Craon, b. ABT 1175 in Pentney, Norfolk, England d. ABT 1262 in Pentney, Norfolk, England
- Roger de Vaux of Cotham Nottinghamshire, b. ABT 1226 in Pentney, Norfolk, England d. 1244 in Pentney, Norfolk, England
- John de Vaux Sheriff of Norfolk, b. ABT 1220 in Freiston, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 SEP 1287 in Pentney, Norfolk, England
Sources:
- Title: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: Citations [S3131] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XI, p. 97; Europaische Stammtafeln by Isenburg, chart 719; Wallop Family, p. 790; Stemmata Robertson, p. 162. [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. III, Tafel 719.
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p381.htm#i11428;
Note: Father Robert de Vaux
Sir Oliver de Vaux There were at least 4 sons. He married Petronell de Creon, daughter of Guy, Lord Freiston, after 1211. Sir Oliver de Vaux died between April 1238 and September 1241.
Family
Petronell de Creon d. 1262
Children
Sir John de Vaux, Sheriff of Norfolk d. 11 Sep 1287
Roger Vaux b. c 1212, d. a 1244
- Title: The Peerage
Author: The Peerage
Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p59878.htm#i598777;
Note: Oliver de Vaux was the son of Robert de Vaux. He married Petronilla (?) He died after 1244.
In 1203 he accompanied King John to Ireland. Circa 1218 he opposed King John, hence his lands were forfeited, though they were restored him by King Henry III. He held the office of Justice Itinerant circa 1234.
Children of Oliver de Vaux and Petronilla (?)
William de Vaux d. 5 Dec 1252
John de Vaux d. c 1288
Roger de Vaux
Robert de Vaux
Eleanore de Vaux
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Note: 2. OLIVER de Vaux (-[1238/41]). An undated manuscript names “Willielmum [error for Robertum, see below], Oliverum, Johannem, Philippum, Rogerum et Hugonem, et quendam Willielmum” as the sons of Robert, son of William de Vaux, adding that Robert was succeeded by “Robertus filius dicti Roberti” who died childless and was succeeded by “Oliverus filius dicti Roberti”[476]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Oliverus de Vall[ibus]" holding one quarter of one knight’s fee in "Scrahinge" in Lincolnshire in [1210/12][477]. The Testa de Nevill includes a list of landholdings in Lincoln, dated 1219, which includes "Oliverus de Vallibus habet Petronillam que fuit filia Widonis de Croum de donacione domini Regis Johannis et terra eius [Schireb] valet annum l.l"[478]. m ([1211/12]) as her third husband, PETRONILLA de Craon, widow firstly of WILLIAM de Longchamp and secondly of HENRY de la Mare, daughter of GUY [Wythe] de Craon & his wife Isabel ---. A genealogy of the founders of Freston Priory names "dame Petronil de Croune" as the daughter of "monsieur Wythe de Croune" and his wife "Clarice", adding that she married firstly "baron monsieur William Longechaumpe" (by whom she had "monsieur Henre de Longechaumpe") and secondly "baron monsieur Oliver Vaux"[479]. "Henr de la Mare" made a fine for "terra Petronille de Croun ux sue et terris suis in Angliam et Willelmus de La Mara frater suus…", dated 1205[480]. Her third marriage is confirmed by the Testa de Nevill which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Oliverus de Vallibus" held "Vargeburn in barunia cum uxore que fuit Henrici de la Mare" in Hampshire[481].
Oliver & his wife had four children:
a) ROBERT de Vaux .
b) WILLIAM de Vaux
c) JOHN de Vaux (-before Nov 1287).
d) OLIVER de Vaux .
- Title: Oliver de Vaux, Son of Robert de Vaux, Priory of Pentney, Book ‘Monasticon Anglicanum, Vol 6 Part 1’, Pages 68 to 70
Publication: Name: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Monasticon_Anglicanum_a_History_of_the_A/ZGKGPcFww8EC?hl=en&gbpv=1;
- Title: Robert de Vaux II in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/engunttz.htm#_Toc51670248 [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/engunttz.htm#_Toc51670248;
Note: Robert de Vaux II in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/engunttz.htm#_Toc51670248 [See document in the Memories section]
ROBERT de Vaux (-after 1130). An undated manuscript names “Robertum, Adam et Willielmum” as the three sons of William, son of “Robertus de Vallibus” who founded Pentney, Norfolk[437]. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Rob de Vallibus…de terra de Hoctone de hereditate uxoris sue" in Norfolk[438].
Page: Robert de Vaux II in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/engunttz.htm#_Toc51670248 [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: Geni.com
Author: Citations Welles, Albert. History of the Welles Family in England; with Their Derivation in this Country from Governor Welles of Connecticut. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1874. Helene's Home Page. Online http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9004/index.html Links http://www.genealogy.theroyfamily.com/p40890.htm http://cybergata.com/roots/4317.htm http://books.google.com/books?id=aB0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA532&lpg=PA532&dq=Oliver+De+Vaux&source=bl&ots=disheR-YsZ&sig=rhozAOI6JE8E-XlbtbCzeufoRiE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gXv8UfHkL5D68QSu4oDwAw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Oliver%20De%20Vaux&f=false
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Oliver-de-Vaux-Patron-of-Pentney-Baron-Dalston/6000000003051203863?through=6000000001745103002;
Note: Oliver de Vaux Baron Dalston was born about 1175 in Dalston, Norfolk County, England.1
Oliver de Vaux, was descended from Robert, the brother of Hubert who received the Barony of Gilesland. This branch of the family was settled in Norfolk. Oliver was the second of seven sons of Robert de Vaux, and on the death of his older brother, who died without issue, succeeded him to the estates. The date of his death is not recorded, but he lived beyond 1245, when he is mentioned in the Pipe Roll. By his wife Petronilla, the widow of Henry de Mara, and also of, William de Longchamp, he left several sons. The succession of this barony devolved on the eldest son, on the death of whose two son, William and John, died without male issue, fell into the hands of Oliver's fourth son Roger de Vaux. ~Biographia Juridica. A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England From the Conquest to the Present Time, 1066-1870, pg. 688-689
Oliver de Vaux, was one of the barons in arms against King John. In the 13th of John's reign, Oliver paid five hundred marks, and five palfreys, for license to marry Petronill, a widown of William de Longchamp, daughter and heir of Guy de Croun, feudal lord of Croun, by whom he had three sons, Robert and William who died without children, and John, who succeed to the estates, but died in 1288 leaving two daughters. The estates then went to Roger, the next son of Oliver. ~Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormand and Abeyance, pg. 532
In the thirteenth year of the reign of John, Baron Oliver gave five hundred marks and five palfreys for license to marry Petronill to obtain her estate.1 Oliver was one of the Barons who met at Stamford and at Brackley ordering King John to restore the ancient rights and liberties of the people.1 In the thirteenth year of the reign of Henry III, Baron Oliver was called upon to support the king in Wales, and supplied twenty-two knights. Later, in the 29th year of the reign of Henry III, he supplied 32 knight’s fees and a half.1
Family
parents: He was the son of Robert de Vallibus Baron Dalston.1
Married
About 1193 Oliver, married Petronill de Croun, daughter of Guy de Croun.1,2
Children of Oliver de Vaux Baron Dalston and Petronill de Croun
Roger de Vaux+2 ( - a 1244)
William de Vaux2
Eleanor de Vaux2
Robert de Vaux Baron Dalston+1 (a 1200 - )
John de Vaux+2 (a 1215 - a 1288)
One of the Barons in Arms against King John. In the 13th year of that monarch's reign, he paid five hundred marks, and five palfreys, for license to marry Petronill, widow of William de Longchamp, and daughter and heir of Guy de Croun, feudal lord of Croun, and had issue: Robert, d. s.p. William, d. s.p. John, who succeeded to the estates, was steward of Aquitane, in 1283, and had an allowance of 200 pounds, per annum, for his support in that office.He d. in 1288, leaving his two daughters, his heirs: Patronilla, m. to William de Nerford, who in the division of the estates had Therston and Shotestram, in the county of Norfolk; Wysete, in Suffolk, the moiety of a messuage in London, called Blaunch - Apleton, and other lands, amounting to twenty five knights' fees; Maud, m. to Willam de Ros, who had the manor of Feston, and other lands in Lincolnshire, with the moiety of the messuage in London, amounting to nineteen knights' fees.
Source: A General and Heraldic Dictionary of of the peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. John Burke
- Title: Oliver de Vaux, Husband of Petronilla Craon, Priory of Freiston, Book ‘Monasticon Anglicanum Vol 4’, Pages 124 to 127
Publication: Name: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Monasticon_Anglicanum_a_History_of_the_A/4iALKS786G4C?hl=en&gbpv=1;
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