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Birth:          ABT 1166 Hatfield, Essex, England
Death:          25 Oct 1221 England
Burial:         Colne, Essex, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Vere,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford
Robert de Vere (after c. 1165 – before 25 October 1221), hereditary Master 
Chamberlain of England,[1] 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.[2] 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),[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] Louis entered London and was proclaimed 
King. On 14 June 1216, he captured Winchester and soon controlled over half of 
England.[7]

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 before 21 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 with the arms of the Veres.[8]

Issue[edit]

Robert de Vere and Isabel de Bolebec had a son, Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford.[9]

Parents
DE VERE Aubrey (ABT 1115 - 26 Dec 1194)
OF ESSEX Agnes (ABT 1150 - AFT 1212)

Siblings
DE VERE Robert (ABT 1166 - 25 Oct 1221)

Marriage To BOLEBEC Isabel (ABT 1164 - 3 Feb 1245)
    m. 1207 

Notes

Parents
BOLEBEC Hugh (ABT 1140 - ABT 1165)
DE MONTFICHET Margaret (ABT 1142 - )

Children by BOLEBEC Isabel ABT 1164 - 3 Feb 1245
DE VERE Hugh (ABT 1208 - 23 Dec 1263)

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