Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford

Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford (* around 1210; † before December 23, 1263 ) was an English nobleman.

Hugh de Vere was the only child of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford and his wife Isabel . His father died in 1221, so that he became the heir to his estate and the title of Earl of Oxford and the inheritance of Master Chamberlain . His guardianship was taken over by his mother until Hugh was declared of legal age in 1231 and took over his inheritance. In 1233 he was knighted . His mother died on February 3, 1245, from her he inherited the reign of Whitchurch in Buckinghamshire . When in 1258 a group of disaffected barons under Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester revolted against the reign of King Henry III. came, he supported this aristocratic opposition. He advocated the Provisions of Oxford in June 1258 and was elected in October 1259 as one of the twelve representatives of the barons who were to form parliament alongside the State Council . In addition to other monasteries and churches, he supported the new construction of Westminster Abbey . He was buried in the Earls Colne Priory Family Foundation .

Around 1222 Hugh de Vere was married to Hawise de Quincy , the eldest daughter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester and his wife Margaret de Beaumont . He had several children with her, including:

• Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford († 1296)
• Isabel de Vere ∞ John de Courtenay
• Margaret de Vere ∞ Hugh de Cressi
• Laura de Vere († 1292) ∞ Reynold d'Argentine

Web links

• FMG on Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford
• Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford on thepeerage.com , accessed August 28, 2016.
• Cracroft's Peerage: Oxford, Earl of (E, 1142-1703)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reginald Francis Treharne: The Baronial Plan of Reform, 1258-1263 , Volume 1. University Press, Manchester 1971, p 157
2. ↑ Westminster Abbey: Hugh de Vere, Earl of Oxford. Retrieved August 27, 2016 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert de Vere	Earl of Oxford 1221-1263	Robert de Vere