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Hugh de Vere

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Hugh de Vere

Birth
Essex, England
Death
Dec 1263 (aged 52–53)
Essex, England
Burial
Earls Colne, Braintree District, Essex, England Add to Map
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4th Earl of Oxford born to Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec. He married Hawise de Quincy in 1222.Thru his mother he was also called Baron de Bolebec in Feb. 1245. He held the office of Lord Great Chamberlain (ENGLAND). Father of Isabel de Vere, Laura de Vere, Margaret de Vere and Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the Crown granted the priory to John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and the buildings were adapted as the manor house of Earls Colne and Colne Priory manors. The surviving tombs at Colne, some with effigies, were removed in the 1930s to St Stephen's Chapel near Bures, Suffolk. The tombs of the de Veres are now at St. Mary's Bures.
4th Earl of Oxford born to Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec. He married Hawise de Quincy in 1222.Thru his mother he was also called Baron de Bolebec in Feb. 1245. He held the office of Lord Great Chamberlain (ENGLAND). Father of Isabel de Vere, Laura de Vere, Margaret de Vere and Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the Crown granted the priory to John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and the buildings were adapted as the manor house of Earls Colne and Colne Priory manors. The surviving tombs at Colne, some with effigies, were removed in the 1930s to St Stephen's Chapel near Bures, Suffolk. The tombs of the de Veres are now at St. Mary's Bures.

Inscription

Hic jacent Hugo de Vere eius nominis primus: comes Oxonie quartus, magnus camerarius Anglie, filius & heres Roberti comitis, & Hawisus uxor eius, filia Saeri de Quinct comitis Wintonie, qui quidem Hugo obiit 1263. Quorum animabus priopitietur altissimus.



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