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     James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormond was born on 4 October 1331 at Kilkenny, Ireland.^6,7,1,2 He married Elizabeth (Anne) Darcy, daughter of Sir John Darcy 1st Lord Darcy de Knayth and Lady Joan de Burgh, after 15 May 1346
; date of papal dispensation.^8,9,1,2,10
James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormond died on 18 October 1382 or 6 November 1382 at Knocktopher Castle, co. Kilkenny, Ireland; died testate.^6,7,1,2
     GKJ-19. He was 2nd Earl of Ormond.^11,1

; van de Pas cites: 1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1938, Reference: Page 1909
2. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: X 119.²

; per van de Pas: [quote]James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde was nicknamed 'the Noble Earl' because of his royal descent, but the Irish called him 'the Chaste'. Remaining in his mother's charge until 1345 but, on 20 April 1344, his custody and marriage were granted first to the Earl of Desmond and, on 24 March 1346, to Sir John Darcy. James Butler married Elizabeth, the daughter of the latter.

Though still under sixteen years of age, in February 1347 he did fealty and had order for livery of his inheritance, including the Butlership, because the King wished for his services overseas. However, in March 1350 he was appointed Constable of Dublin Castle for life. In November 1351 he was present at the opening of the English Parliament at Winchester, but he resided chiefly in Ireland, distinguishing himself in the wars there and receiving many grants for his good services, in one of which he was styled Earl of Ormonde and Carrick.

He was several times Chief Governor of Ireland. Early in 1372 he took a force over to England to the King's service. In December 1381, after the death of the Earl of March, the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Ormonde was of the Council and refused the Lieutenancy. He died, aged fifty-one, in 1382 and was buried in the church of Gowran. About a year later his widow married Sir Robert de Hereford and she died 24 March 1390.[end quote]² He was Chief Governor of Ireland.^12,1

; Faris (1999, p. 59): [quote] JAMES BUTLER (or LE BOTILLER), 2nd Earl of Ormond, was born at Kilkenny on 4 Oct. 1331. He resided chiefly in Ireland, distinguishing himself in the wars there, and receiving many grants for his good services. He was several times Chief Governor of Ireland. He was married (with papal dispensation dated 15 May 1346, the parties being related in the fourth degree) to ELIZABETH DARCY, daughter of John Darcy, Knt., of Knaith, co. Lincoln (of baronial descent), probably by his second wife Joan, fourth daughter of Richard Burgh, Earl of Ulster (of Magna Carta Surety descent and descendant of Charlemagne). JAMES BUTLER, Earl of Ormond, died aged fifty-one in his castle of Knocktopher on 18 Oct. (or 6 Nov.) 1382, and was buried at Gowran. His widow was married between 28 Dec. 1383 and 30 Mar. 1384 to Robert de Hereford, Knt. She died on 24 Mar. 1389/90.
Ancient Deeds 3:456-457 (1900) (D.440: his will). C.P. 10:119-121(1945) (he was called The Noble Earl, with reference to his royal descent, and (by the Irish) The Chaste). [end quote]⁷ James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormond was also known as James le Botiller 2nd Earl of Ormond.¹

     Elizabeth (Anne) Darcy married James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormond, son of Sir James Butler KB, 1st Earl of Ormond and Eleanor (Alianor) de Bohun, after 15 May 1346
; date of papal dispensation.^4,5,1,6,2 Elizabeth (Anne) Darcy married Sir Robert de Hereford Knt., Seneschal of the Liberty of Tipperary between 28 December 1383 and 30 March 1384
; her 2nd husband.^7,8,1
Elizabeth (Anne) Darcy died on 24 March 1389/90.^9,7,3,1
     GKJ-19.

; Elizabeth; m 1st 2nd Earl of Ormonde (see MOUNTGARRET, V) and had issue; m 2nd Sir Robert de Hereford.⁸

; van de Pas cites: 1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1938, Reference: Page 1909
2. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: X 119.²

     Norman d'Arcy of Nocton, Lincs married Agnes (?)¹

Norman d'Arcy of Nocton, Lincs died before 16 October 1254.¹
      ; NORMAN d'ARCY, of Nocton; m Agnes - and d by 16 Oct 1254, leaving issue.¹ EDV-22 GKJ-23.

     Lady Joan de Burgh married Thomas FitzJohn Fitz Gerald 2nd Earl of Kildare, son of John fitz Thomas fitz Gerald 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche de la Roche, on 16 August 1312.^4,1
Lady Joan de Burgh married Sir John Darcy 1st Lord Darcy de Knayth, son of Sir Roger d'Arcy of Oldcotes, Nottinghamshire and Isabel de Aton, on 3 July 1329
; his 2nd wife.^4,1
Lady Joan de Burgh died on 22 April 1359.^4,1
      ; Weis [AR7] 8-31.⁵

     Walter de Burgh died in 1316; died without male issue.¹

     Blanche de la Roche married John fitz Thomas fitz Gerald 1st Earl of Kildare, son of Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald of Banada and Rohesia de St. Michael of Rheban, Athy and Woodstock, in 1302.^2,3,4

Blanche de la Roche died after February 1329.^5,1
     EDV-21.

     John de la Roche Lord Fermoy, of Fermoy, co. Cork, Ireland married Eleanor Fitz Maurice of Kerry & Lixnaw, Ireland, daughter of Maurice Fitz Thomas 1st Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw and Elena Fitz William.¹

     EDV-22.

.²

     Theobald III le Boteler married Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mór 'the Great' de Burgh Lord of Connaught and Egidia "Gille" de Lacy of Dublin, Lady of Connacht.^2,1

Theobald III le Boteler died in 1248; per Butler: "Theobald III is dead 1248 and Peter de Bermingham has custody of at least his lands in Ireland(CDI No.2686.)^2,1"
     EDV-22.

; per Butler: [quote]So we have Theobald II Pincerna of Ireland(Boteler) dead in 1230, The
wardship of his heir, Theobald III, and custody of his lands is
granted to Richard, Earl of Cornwall (CDI No. 1849) and Purchase in
1232 from Richard Earl of Cornwall by Richard de Burgo(CDI no. 1962)
of whom Theobald III marries his daughter,Margery.

It has been surmised, as Theobald II is required to do homage to the
King in 1244(CDI 2686) that he has attained his majority and livery of
his lands and hence a birth of 1223. This may or may not be
true..regarding his birth date.

Theobald III mar. Margery de Burgo

Children:
1. Theobald IV
2. Elizabeth
in weeton with preese there was certain land called
Quinschalcishurede, a mill and others for the dower of Margery widodw
of Theobald for dower see(Close Rolls,64,m.19)

Theobald III is dead 1248 and Peter de Bermingham has custody of at
least his lands in Ireland(CDI No.2686).
In 1251 John fitzGeoffrey has custody of these same lands and it is
his daughter, Joan fitzJohn fitz Geoffrey, that Theobald IV,
marries(CDI Nos. 3056,3101)

Theobald Boteler mar. Joan fitzJohn

Children:
1. Theobald V dies in 1299
2. Edmund Justicar of Ireland 1302
3. Thomas Knt.
4. Richard
5. Gilbert
6. Nicholas
7. James
8. Maud
9. Joan
See Nicholas #6 above, 1287 in Rawcliffe, (Joan, widow of Theobald IV
claimed dower against Nicholas son of Theobald le Boteler who has
custodee of the land.....(De Banco R.66,m 27d)
Edmund, 1302 ,held same lands in Marton as Theobold as did John, son
of Edmund, The Earl of Ormonde 1346 the same, in 1355 Eleanor, The
Countess of Ormonde leased to John Boteler the hamlet of little Marton
for 10 years(Dods. MSS.cxxxi,fol.40,Survey of 1346,and others etc.)

To be continued NOTE. William Boteler of Warrington held 2/3 the lands
of Theobald IV in wardship and custodee of Yorkshire and Lancaster by
writ(Cal. Pat Rolls,p.226) 2/28 1286-92, it may be that this is the
date that Theobald V came to his majority?
Theobald Iv Boteler holds in land:

Weeton 12 bovates incl. towns, hamlets, etc, Marton, little marton,
hoole little, hoole
free farms 12 bovates
Borough of Preston,
Mythorp
Treales 24 bovates
Swarbrick 4 bovates
Wharles 7score and 4 acres
Merton 24 bovates
Lenholm in Marton
Greenhalgh 1 bovate
Bradekirke and Mowbrick
Ayykesko and Exssco(FIELD names)
Routhclive
manor of Schepele
Ellington 5 bovates
lands in Ireland

To be continued with the Botelers of Rawcliffe [end quote].¹

     Margery de Burgh married Theobald III le Boteler, son of Theobald II le Boteler Lord Botiller.^2,3

Margery de Burgh died after 1 March 1252.¹
     EDV-22. Margery de Burgh was also known as Margery de Burgo.³

; Weis AR7 73-30.²

     Richard Mór 'the Great' de Burgh Lord of Connaught was born circa 1200 at Connaught, Ireland.⁶ He married Egidia "Gille" de Lacy of Dublin, Lady of Connacht, daughter of Walter de Lacy 2nd Lord of Meath, Ireland and Margaret (Margery) de Braiose, before 21 April 1225.⁶

Richard Mór 'the Great' de Burgh Lord of Connaught died before 17 February 1243 at Gascony, France.⁶
Richard Mór 'the Great' de Burgh Lord of Connaught was buried circa 17 February 1243 at Athassel Priory, Golden, co. Tipperary, Lazio, Ireland; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     unknown
     DEATH     1243
     1st Baron of Connaught
     Family Members
     Parents
          William de Burgh 1157–1206
     Spouse
          Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht
     Children
          Walter de Burgh 1230–1271
     BURIAL     Athassel Priory, Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland
     Created by: Todd Whitesides
     Added: 28 Oct 2018
     Find a Grave Memorial 194332650.²
     EDV-23 GKJ-22. He was Lord of Connaught at Ireland.⁶

; "Richard de Burch, surnamed the Great, Lord of Connaught, son of William FitzAdelm de Burgh, Lord Deputy of Ireland temp. Henry II, was also Viceroy of that kingdom from 1227 to 1229. This Richard built the Castle of Galway, 1232; he d. on his passage to France, January, 1243, whither he was proceeding, attended "by his barons and knights," to meet the King of England at Bordeaux. He m. Una of Agnes, dau. of Hugh O'Conor (King of Connaught), son of Cathal Crobhdearg, or the red hand, and had two sons,

I. Walter his successor
II. William, known by the surname of Athankip, from being put to death at that place by the King of Connaught. He was s. by his son,
Sir William, who, having m. a dau. of the family of Mac-Jordan, left, with other issue, at his decease, in 1324,
Ulick, ancestor of the Earls and Marquesses of Claricarde.
Edmond (Sir), brom whom the (extinct) Viscounts Bourke of Mayo, and the extant Earls of Mayo.
Richard.
Redmond, from whom several eminent families of Burke, in the county of Galway, have descended.
Thomas (Sir), appointed lord-treasurer of Ireland in 1331.
John.
Henry.¹

; Weis AR 73-30.⁷ He was Justiciar of Ireland between 1228 and 1232.⁶

     Thomas Butler K.B., 7th Earl of Ormond married Anne Hankeford, daughter of Sir Richard Hankford Knt., of Hewish, Devon and Lady Anne Montagu, before 11 July 1445
; his 1st wife.^6,1,2,7 Thomas Butler K.B., 7th Earl of Ormond married Lora Berkeley, daughter of Sir Edward Berkeley Knt., of Beverton Castle, co. Gloucester and Christian Holt, before November 1496
; his 2nd wife.^6,1,2,8,9
Thomas Butler K.B., 7th Earl of Ormond was buried after 3 August 1515 at St. Thomas Acon Chapel, London, City of London, Greater London, England.¹
Thomas Butler K.B., 7th Earl of Ormond died on 5 August 1515; died testate.^6,1,2
      ; van de Pas cites: 1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1938, Reference: Page 1909
2. Cahiers de Saint Louis , Dupont, Jacques and Saillot, Jacques, Reference: 428
3. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: X 131.² He was Baron Ormond de Rocheford.¹⁰ Thomas Butler K.B., 7th Earl of Ormond was also known as Thomas Ormond KB, 7th Earl of Ormond.¹

; Faris (1999, pp. 60-61): [quote] THOMAS BUTLER (ORMOND or LE BOTILLER), K.B., 7th Earl of Ormond, was brother and heir of John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond. He was married for the first time before 11 July 1445 to ANNE HANKFORD, daughter and co-heiress of Richard Hankford, Knt., of Hewish, Devon, etc., by his second wife Anne, eldest daughter of John de Montagu, Kiit., Earl of Salisbury (descendant of King Edward 1) [see HANKFORD 7 for her ancestry]. She was born early in 1431, and died on 13 Nov. 1485. He was married for the second time before November 1496 to LORA BERKELEY, widow of Thomas Montgomery, K.G., of Faulkbourn, Essex (died January 1494/5 s.p.), relict of John Blount, 3rd Lord Mountjoy (died 12 Oct. 1485), and daughter of Edward Berkeley, Knt., of Beverton, co. Gloucester, by Christian (or Christine), daughter of Richard Holt, Esq., of Coldrey in Froyle, co. Hants. She was born about 1466 (aged thirty and more at time of marriage) and died before 30 Dec. 1501, buried with her second husband in New Abbey. "Sir Thomas Ormond, knt., erle of Ormonde" died testate (P.C.C., 8 Holden) on 3 Aug. 1515 s.p.m., and was buried in the chapel of St. Thomas Acon, London.
Banks (1844), p. 359 ('Thomas Butler, seventh earl of Ormond, in Ireland, had summons to parliament as a baron, in the peerage of England, from 11 Hen. VII. by writ addressed Thome Ormond de Rochford Chev' "). C.P. 10:131-133, 137 (1945). [end quote]

     John Raleigh of Mollington, Oxfordshire married Idoine Cotesford, daughter of Sir Thomas Cotesford Knt.^3,1

     Idoine Cotesford married John Raleigh of Mollington, Oxfordshire, son of Thomas de Ralegh and Agnes Swinford.^2,1

     Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford was buried at Earls Colne, Braintree District, co. Essex, England.² He was born in 1240.^3,2 He married Alice de Sanford, daughter of Gilbert de Sanford and Loretta La Zouche, before 22 February 1252
; Per Richardson:
     "Complete Peerage 10 (1945): 216–221 (sub Oxford) has a good account of Sir Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford [died 1296]. Regarding his marriage, the following information is provided:
     ""He married Alice, daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford, hereditary Chamberlain to the Queen for her Coronation, by Loretta, daughter of (-----) ... Alice died before 9 (probably 7) September 1312, at Canfield, and was buried at Earls Colne." END OF QUOTE.
     "In footnote j on page 217, the following additional information is provided regarding Alice:
     ""Alice inherited the manors of Great Hormead and Nuthampstead (Herts) and Fingrith, Margaretting, and Woolverston in Chigwell (Essex), all held in grand serjeantry by the service of acting as the Queen's Chamberlain at her Coronation." END OF QUOTE.
     "Recently I encountered a Common Pleas lawsuit dated 1253 which confirms C.P.'s statement that Alice, wife of Robert de Vere, was the daughter of Gilbert de Sanford. This lawsuit provides the additional detail that Alice was the heir of Nicholas de Sanford. A brief abstract of the lawsuit is provided below.
     ""In 1253 Roger de Saunford sued Robert de Veer and Alice his wife, daughter of Gilbert de Saunford, and heir of Nicholas de Saunford, that they warrant to him one mill and lands in Grimsby, Northamptonshire, which William de Parco claimed as his right." END OF ABSTRACT.
     "Reference: Court of Common Pleas, KB26/148, image 2 (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H3/KB26_148/0002.htm)."^3,4,2,5
Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford died before 7 September 1296.^3,1,2
     He was M.P. 1283, 1295-1296.³ GAV-20 EDV-20 GKJ-19.

; ROBERT de VERE, 5th EARL OF OXFORD; b c 1240; hereditary Master Chamberlain of England; ktd 1264 (by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (see LEICESTER, E, preliminary remarks) on the eve of the Battle of Lewes); as a supporter of de Montfort's was taken unawares at Kenilworth 1 Aug 1265 and temporarily deprived of the Earldom till the provisions of the Dictum of Kenilworth (which among other things restored it to him) came into force 1266; the Chamberlainship, of which he had also been deprived, was not restored him though he appears to have been permitted to perfom its duties at EDWARD I's coronation 1274; m Alice, dau and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford, and d by 7 Sept 1296.⁶ He was Master Chamberlain of England.⁶

     Alice de Sanford married Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, son of Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford and Hawise de Quincy, before 22 February 1252
; Per Richardson:
     "Complete Peerage 10 (1945): 216–221 (sub Oxford) has a good account of Sir Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford [died 1296]. Regarding his marriage, the following information is provided:
     ""He married Alice, daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford, hereditary Chamberlain to the Queen for her Coronation, by Loretta, daughter of (-----) ... Alice died before 9 (probably 7) September 1312, at Canfield, and was buried at Earls Colne." END OF QUOTE.
     "In footnote j on page 217, the following additional information is provided regarding Alice:
     ""Alice inherited the manors of Great Hormead and Nuthampstead (Herts) and Fingrith, Margaretting, and Woolverston in Chigwell (Essex), all held in grand serjeantry by the service of acting as the Queen's Chamberlain at her Coronation." END OF QUOTE.
     "Recently I encountered a Common Pleas lawsuit dated 1253 which confirms C.P.'s statement that Alice, wife of Robert de Vere, was the daughter of Gilbert de Sanford. This lawsuit provides the additional detail that Alice was the heir of Nicholas de Sanford. A brief abstract of the lawsuit is provided below.
     ""In 1253 Roger de Saunford sued Robert de Veer and Alice his wife, daughter of Gilbert de Saunford, and heir of Nicholas de Saunford, that they warrant to him one mill and lands in Grimsby, Northamptonshire, which William de Parco claimed as his right." END OF ABSTRACT.
     "Reference: Court of Common Pleas, KB26/148, image 2 (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H3/KB26_148/0002.htm)."^4,1,5,6
Alice de Sanford died before 9 September 1312.^4,1
     GAV-24 EDV-20 GKJ-19.

     Gilbert de Sanford married Loretta La Zouche, daughter of Roger I La Zouche and Margaret Bisset, before 1249.^3,4,5,6

Gilbert de Sanford died in 1249.⁷
     Gilbert de Sanford lived at Woolston, co. Essex, England.⁷

Gilbert de Sanford lived at Great Hormead, Hertfordshire, England.⁷ GAV-21 EDV-21. He was Hereditary Chamberlain to the Queen for her coronation.⁷

.³ Gilbert de Sanford was also known as Gilbert de Stanford.⁴

     Loretta La Zouche died in 1238.⁵ She married Gilbert de Sanford, son of John de Sanford and Alice Basset, before 1249.^6,2,1,7

     GAV-21.

; Weis [AR7] line line 60-29.⁶ Loretta La Zouche was also known as Lora La Zouche.²

     Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford was born circa 1164; Ravilious says b. aft 1164.^1,3,4 He was baptized in 1164.^7,8 He married Isabel de Bolbec of Wraysbury, daughter of Hugh II de Bolbec of Whitchurch, Bucks., after 1205
;
Her 2nd husband.^7,4,9,5
Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford died before 25 October 1221 at Hatfield Priory, England.^7,8,3,10,4,5
Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford was buried before 25 October 1221 at Hatfield Priory, England.^3,4,5
     GAV-22 EDV-22 GKJ-21. He was 3rd Earl of Oxford.¹

; Per Burke's: ROBERT de VERE, 3rd EARL OF OXFORD; b probably after 1164; hereditary Master Chamberlain of England, one of the magnates appointed to enforce KING JOHN's observance of Magna Carta; Justice Itinerant 1220 and Justice in King's Court at Westminster 1221; m Isabel (d 3 Feb 1245), sis of Walter de Bolebec and aunt of his er bro's 1st w, and d by 25 Oct 1221."¹⁰

; Per Med Lands:
     "ROBERT (-before 25 Oct 1221, bur Hatfield Priory). He succeeded his brother in 1214 as Earl of Oxford, Hereditary Master Chamberlain. The Chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall records the death in 1221 of "Robertus de Ver comes Oxoniensis"[1106]. The Annals of Dunstable record that “comes Robertus de Wer” died in 1222[1107].
     "m (after 1206) as her second husband, ISABEL de Bolebec, widow of HENRY de Nonant, daughter of HUGH de Bolebec of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire & his wife --- (-3 Feb 1245, bur Oxford, Church of the Preaching Friars). Her two marriages are confirmed by the Testa de Nevill which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 recording that "Robertus de Ver" held "manerium de Cliston" in Devon "de dote cum Isabella uxore sua que fuit uxor Henrici de Nunant", adding that King Henry I had first granted the manor to "Rogero de Nunant antecessori suo"[1108]. Henry III King of England granted custody of "terre et heredis ipsius Roberti et filii ipsius Ysabelle" to "Ysabelle de Bolebec que fuit uxor R. de Ver quondam comitis Oxonie" dated [Nov] 1221[1109]. This was renewed by a further order dated 20 Oct 1222 under which King Henry III granted custody of "Hugonis filii et heredis Roberti de Ver, quondam comitis Oxonie" to "Ysabelle de Bolebec comitisse Oxonie" dated 19 Jun 1222[1110]. The primary source which confirms her parentage more precisely has not been identified."
Med Lands cites:

; Sources cited by Ravillious in his 23 May 2004 email:
1. I. J. Sanders, "English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327," Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
2. "Primary Sources: English Manorial Documents," E. P. Cheyney, Jr., http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Manor.html from "English Manorial Documents," Translations and Reprints from the original Sources of European History, E. P. Cheyney, tr., vol. 3, no. 5, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1907), pp. 3-32, includes extracts from Domesday Book (Valoins).
3. Katherine S. B. Keats-Rohan, "Domesday People," The Boydell Press, 1999, Vol. I: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166, cites Robert de Torigni, Interpolations to Gesta Normannorum Ducum of Guillaume of Jumieges, (ed. van Houts, ii, 270) and identification of Gilbert fitzRichard as uncle of Meen, seigneur de Fougeres (Rouleau Mortuaire du B. Vital abbe de Savigni, edition phototypique par L. Delisle Paris (1909), titre no. 182).
4. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 24, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Domesday Descendants, 450 and 686 (re: Hamo de St. Clare).
5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
6. Chris Phillips, "Re: Richard de Curcy of Newenham, Oxon - Same as Nuneham Courtenay?," Jul 28, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites VCH Oxfordshire vol. 5, pp. 237-240 re: Curci family and manor of Newenham.
7. Douglas Richardson, "FitzWalter," September 8, 2002, paper copy: library of John Ravilious, text, line of descent from Ida Longespee, daughter of William Longespee, Knt. [or his father William, Earl of Salisbury] and her husband Walter fitz Robert, of Woodham Walter, Essex & c. (d. before 10 Apr 1258).
8. D.A.Bullough and R.L.Storey, eds., "The Study of Medieval Record, Essays in honour of Kathleen Major," 'The Early Charters of the Family of Kinninmonth of that Ilk', by G. W. S. Barrow, http://sadko.ncl.ac.uk/~ndjk/Personal/Scotland/Origins/Charters.htm p. 6 = King William I confirms to Adam, son of Odo the steward, the grant made to Odo by Gilchrist, the abbot, and the convent of the culdees of St. Andrews, as in No. 2. Forfar (c. 1194).
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.
10. Stewart Baldwin, "Oldest Female Line?," Nov 20, 1996, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com.
11. Frederick L. Weis, Th. D., "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215," Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 5th ed., 1997 (W. L. Sheppard Jr & David Faris).
12. Rosie Bevan and Cris Nash, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 23, 2003 (and previous), GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cite Complete Peerage, vol.10, p.206; Sanders p.120, 139;, Domesday Descendants, p.449-451, and prior contributions, by Chris Phillips on 15 March 2001.
13. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," 17 May 2004, cites evidence in EYC XI p. 186, EYV II no. 1110, 1186 Rotuli Dominabus (p. 80), and others.⁴ He was Hereditary Master Chamberlain of England.⁷

; Magna Charta Surety, 1215.⁷
Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford was a witness to the signed Magna Carta.
Counsellors named in Magna Carta
     "The preamble to Magna Carta includes the names of the following 27 ecclesiastical and secular magnates who had counselled John to accept its terms. The names include some of the moderate reformers, notably Archbishop Stephen Langton, and some of John's loyal supporters, such as William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. They are listed here in the order in which they appear in the charter itself:[62]
1. Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal
2. Henry de Loundres, Archbishop of Dublin
3. William of Sainte-Mère-Église, Bishop of London
4. Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester
5. Jocelin of Wells, Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury
6. Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln
7. Walter de Gray, Bishop of Worcester
8. William de Cornhill, Bishop of Coventry
9. Benedict of Sausetun, Bishop of Rochester
10. Pandulf Verraccio, subdeacon and papal legate to England
11. Eymeric, Master of the Knights Templar in England
12. William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke
13. William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury
14. William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
15. William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel
16. Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland
17. Warin FitzGerold
18. Peter FitzHerbert
19 Hubert de Burgh, Seneschal of Poitou
20. Hugh de Neville
21. Matthew FitzHerbert
22. Thomas Basset
23. Alan Basset
24. Philip d'Aubigny
25. Robert of Ropsley
26. John Marshal
27. John FitzHugh

The Council of Twenty-Five Barons
     "The names of the Twenty-Five Barons appointed under clause 61 to monitor John's future conduct are not given in the charter itself, but do appear in four early sources, all seemingly based on a contemporary listing: a late 13th-century collection of law tracts and statutes, a Reading Abbey manuscript now in Lambeth Palace Library, and the Chronica Majora and Liber Additamentorum of Matthew Paris.[63][64][65] The process of appointment is not known, but the names were drawn almost exclusively from among John's more active opponents.[66] They are listed here in the order in which they appear in the original sources:
1. Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford
2. William de Forz, Earl of Albemarle
3. Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester
4. Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
5. Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford
6. Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk
7. Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford
8. William Marshal junior
9. Robert Fitzwalter, baron of Little Dunmow
10. Gilbert de Clare, heir to the earldom of Hertford
11. Eustace de Vesci, Lord of Alnwick Castle
12. Hugh Bigod, heir to the Earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk
13. William de Mowbray, Lord of Axholme Castle
14. William Hardell, Mayor of the City of London
15. William de Lanvallei, Lord of Walkern
16. Robert de Ros, Baron of Helmsley
17. John de Lacy, Constable of Chester and Lord of Pontefract Castle
18. Richard de Percy
19. John FitzRobert de Clavering, Lord of Warkworth Castle
20. William Malet
21. Geoffrey de Saye
22. Roger de Montbegon, Lord of Hornby Castle, Lancashire[f]
23. William of Huntingfield, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
24. Richard de Montfichet
25. William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir

Excommunicated rebels
     "In September 1215, the papal commissioners in England – Subdeacon Pandulf, Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, and Simon, Abbot of Reading – excommunicated the rebels, acting on instructions earlier received from Rome. A letter sent by the commissioners from Dover on 5 September to Archbishop Langton explicitly names nine senior rebel barons (all members of the Council of Twenty-Five), and six clerics numbered among the rebel ranks:[67]
Barons
1. Robert Fitzwalter
2. Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
3. Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford
4. Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester
5. Eustace de Vesci
6. Richard de Percy
7. John de Lacy, Constable of Chester
8. William d'Aubigny
9. William de Mowbray
Clerics
10. Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford
11. William, Archdeacon of Hereford
12. Alexander the clerk [possibly Alexander of St Albans]
13. Osbert de Samara
14. John de Fereby
15. Robert, chaplain to Robert Fitzwalter with John I "Lackland" (?) King of England on 15 June 1215.¹¹

     Isabel de Bolbec of Wraysbury married Henry de Nonant (Novaunt) Lord of Totnes
;
Her 1st husband.^5,6,7 Isabel de Bolbec of Wraysbury married Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford, son of Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex and Agnes de Essex, after 1205
;
Her 2nd husband.^8,3,7,9
Isabel de Bolbec of Wraysbury died on 3 February 1245.^10,6,2,3,7
Isabel de Bolbec of Wraysbury was buried after 3 February 1245 at Church of the Preaching Friars, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.⁷
     GAV-22 EDV-22 GKJ-21.

; Sources cited by Ravillious in his 23 May 2004 email:
1. I. J. Sanders, "English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327," Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
2. "Primary Sources: English Manorial Documents," E. P. Cheyney, Jr., http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Manor.html from "English Manorial Documents," Translations and Reprints from the original Sources of European History, E. P. Cheyney, tr., vol. 3, no. 5, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1907), pp. 3-32, includes extracts from Domesday Book (Valoins).
3. Katherine S. B. Keats-Rohan, "Domesday People," The Boydell Press, 1999, Vol. I: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166, cites Robert de Torigni, Interpolations to Gesta Normannorum Ducum of Guillaume of Jumieges, (ed. van Houts, ii, 270) and identification of Gilbert fitzRichard as uncle of Meen, seigneur de Fougeres (Rouleau Mortuaire du B. Vital abbe de Savigni, edition phototypique par L. Delisle Paris (1909), titre no. 182).
4. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 24, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Domesday Descendants, 450 and 686 (re: Hamo de St. Clare).
5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
6. Chris Phillips, "Re: Richard de Curcy of Newenham, Oxon - Same as Nuneham Courtenay?," Jul 28, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites VCH Oxfordshire vol. 5, pp. 237-240 re: Curci family and manor of Newenham.
7. Douglas Richardson, "FitzWalter," September 8, 2002, paper copy: library of John Ravilious, text, line of descent from Ida Longespee, daughter of William Longespee, Knt. [or his father William, Earl of Salisbury] and her husband Walter fitz Robert, of Woodham Walter, Essex & c. (d. before 10 Apr 1258).
8. D.A.Bullough and R.L.Storey, eds., "The Study of Medieval Record, Essays in honour of Kathleen Major," 'The Early Charters of the Family of Kinninmonth of that Ilk', by G. W. S. Barrow, http://sadko.ncl.ac.uk/~ndjk/Personal/Scotland/Origins/Charters.htm p. 6 = King William I confirms to Adam, son of Odo the steward, the grant made to Odo by Gilchrist, the abbot, and the convent of the culdees of St. Andrews, as in No. 2. Forfar (c. 1194).
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.
10. Stewart Baldwin, "Oldest Female Line?," Nov 20, 1996, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com.
11. Frederick L. Weis, Th. D., "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215," Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 5th ed., 1997 (W. L. Sheppard Jr & David Faris).
12. Rosie Bevan and Cris Nash, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 23, 2003 (and previous), GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cite Complete Peerage, vol.10, p.206; Sanders p.120, 139;, Domesday Descendants, p.449-451, and prior contributions, by Chris Phillips on 15 March 2001.
13. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," 17 May 2004, cites evidence in EYC XI p. 186, EYV II no. 1110, 1186 Rotuli Dominabus (p. 80), and others.³

; Per Med Lands:
     "ISABEL de Bolebec (-3 Feb 1245, bur Oxford, Church of the Preaching Friars). Her two marriages are confirmed by the Testa de Nevill which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 recording that "Robertus de Ver" held "manerium de Cliston" in Devon "de dote cum Isabella uxore sua que fuit uxor Henrici de Nunant", adding that King Henry I had first granted the manor to "Rogero de Nunant antecessori suo"[975]. Henry III King of England granted custody of "terre et heredis ipsius Roberti et filii ipsius Ysabelle" to "Ysabelle de Bolebec que fuit uxor R. de Ver quondam comitis Oxonie" dated [Nov] 1221[976]. The primary source which confirms her parentage more precisely has not yet been identified.
     "m firstly HENRY de Nonant, son of --- (-1206).
     "m secondly ROBERT de Vere Earl of Oxford, son of AUBREY de Vere [III] Earl of Oxford & his third wife Agnes de Essex (-before 25 Oct 1221, bur Hatfield Priory)."
Med Lands cites:

     Hugh II de Bolbec of Whitchurch, Bucks. died between 1165 and 1166.^4,3
     GAV-23 EDV-23.

; Per Med Lands:
     "HUGH de Bolebec of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire (-[1165/66]). The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Walterus de Bolebech, Sibilla uxor eius, Walterus de Bolebech pater eius, Helvwis mater eius, Hugh de Boleb frater eius, Walt et Hugo fil eius"[964]. The Chronicon Rameseiensis records the donations made by "Walterus de Bolebech…et Heileunis uxor sua et Hugo filius suus", dated to [1133/35][965]. A charter of Ramsey abbey dated to [1133/37] records that "Walterus de Bolebeche…Heylenius uxor sua et Hugo filius suus" donated "terram de Waltone"[966]. “Walterus de Bolebek” confirmed the advocacy of the church of St. Andrew, Hedon, for the soul of "patris mei Walteri", by undated charter, witnessed by "domina mea et matre Sibilla, Hugone de Bolibek fratre meo…"[967]. The Chronicon Rameseiensis records the donations made by "Hugo de Bolebech filius Walteri", dated to 1134[968]. “Hugo de Bolebock” founded Woburn abbey, Bedfordshire, recorded in a charter dated 1145, and confirmed by a charter of King John dated 3 Jan [1200/01][969]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record the knights’ fees held from "Walteri de Bolebec" granted to him by the king "post mortem Hugonis de Bolbec fratris sui" in Buckinghamshire[970]. The 1165/66 Pipe Roll records "Walt de Bolebec" owing a fine for "custodia terre nepotis sui" in Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, indicating the recent death of Walter’s brother[971]. m ---. Hugh & his wife had three children."
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Weis [1992:65-6] 184-3.⁵

     Walter I de Bolbec of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire married Sibylla (?)
;
His 2nd wife.² Walter I de Bolbec of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire married Eleanor (?)
;
His 1st wife.² Walter I de Bolbec of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire married Helewise (?)
;
Per Boyer [2001:36]: This Walter de Bolebec Im. "Helewise." However, Med Lands shows two marriages: m1 Eleanor, and m2 Sibylla, with Hugh as the son of Eleanor and Walter as the son of Sibylla.^1,2
Walter I de Bolbec of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire died between 1136 and 1142.¹
     GAV-24 EDV-24.

; Per Med Lands:
     "WALTER de Bolebec (-[1142]). "…Gualtio de Bolebec…" witnessed the charter dated to [1119/24] under which "David comes filii Malcolmi regis Scotorum" founded the monastery of Kelso[952]. "…W. de Bolebec…" witnessed the charter dated 1133 under which Henry I King of England confirmed his father’s lands to "Willo fil Udardi de Baenb"[953]. The Chronicon Rameseiensis records the donations made by "Walterus de Bolebech…et Heileunis uxor sua et Hugo filius suus", dated to [1133/35][954]. A charter of Ramsey abbey dated to [1133/37] records that "Walterus de Bolebeche…Heylenius uxor sua et Hugo filius suus" donated "terram de Waltone", witnessed by "Robertus de Humfrancville et Eustachius filius Johannis et Walterus Espec et Simundus de Belecamp et Waucelinus Mamot…"[955]. "…Waltero de Bolebech…" witnessed the undated charter under which David I King of Scotland confirmed "ecclesiam de Lohworuara" to the church of Glasgow[956]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Walterus de Bolebech, Sibilla uxor eius, Walterus de Bolebech pater eius, Helvwis mater eius, Hugh de Boleb frater eius, Walt et Hugo fil eius"[957].
     "m firstly ELEANOR, daughter of ---. The Chronicon Rameseiensis records the donations made by "Walterus de Bolebech…et Heileunis uxor sua et Hugo filius suus", dated to [1133/35][958]. A charter of Ramsey abbey dated to [1133/37] records that "Walterus de Bolebeche…Heylenius uxor sua et Hugo filius suus" donated "terram de Waltone"[959]. The Chronicon Rameseiensis records the donations made by "Helewisa uxor Walteri de Bolebech", dated to 1134[960]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Walterus de Bolebech, Sibilla uxor eius, Walterus de Bolebech pater eius, Helvwis mater eius, Hugh de Boleb frater eius, Walt et Hugo fil eius"[961].
     "m secondly SIBYLLA, daughter of --- (-after 1142). “Walterus de Bolebek” confirmed the advocacy of the church of St. Andrew, Hedon, for the soul of "patris mei Walteri", by undated charter, witnessed by "domina mea et matre Sibilla, Hugone de Bolibek fratre meo…"[962]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Walterus de Bolebech, Sibilla uxor eius, Walterus de Bolebech pater eius, Helvwis mater eius, Hugh de Boleb frater eius, Walt et Hugo fil eius"[963].
     "Walter & his first wife had one child:
     "Walter & his second wife had one child:
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Weis [1992:208] Line 246-7.³

     Henry de Nonant (Novaunt) Lord of Totnes married Isabel de Bolbec of Wraysbury, daughter of Hugh II de Bolbec of Whitchurch, Bucks.,
;
Her 1st husband.^2,1,3
Henry de Nonant (Novaunt) Lord of Totnes died in 1206.^1,3
      .²

     Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex was born circa 1110; Boyer and Ravilious say b. ca 1110; Genealogics says b. ca 1115.^1,2,3 He married Beatrice de Bourbourg, daughter of Henri de Bourbourg Constable of Bourbourg and Sybille (?) de Guines, circa 1139
;
His 1st wife; her 1st husband.^1,4,3,5,6 Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex married Eufeme de Cauntelo, daughter of William de Cauntelo, circa 1152
; Med Lands says m. 1146/52.^1,4,3,7,8 Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex married Agnes de Essex, daughter of Henry de Essex Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley and Cecily de Valognes, in 1162/63
;
His 3rd wife.^9,2,10,11,3
Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex was buried circa 1194 at Colne Piory, Earls Colne, Braintree District, co. Essex, England.¹
Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex died on 26 December 1194.^9,1,2,3
Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex was buried after 26 December 1194 at Colne Piory, Earls Colne, Braintree District, co. Essex, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1110, Essex, England
     DEATH     26 Dec 1194 (aged 83–84), Greater London, England
     1st Earl of Oxford, Royal Chamberlain
     Eldest son of Aubrey de Vere, Master Chamberlain under King Henry I, and Alice de Clare, grandson of Aubrey de Vere, Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare and Adeliza de Claremont. He was born about 1110, and had four brothers and four sisters.
     Aubrey was the husband of Beatrice, the daughter of Henry, the Constable of Bourbourg, the granddaughter and heiress to Manasses, the Count of Guines in France. After he became Earl of Oxford, and about 1143, he refused to live with Beatrice whose father arranged a divorce, and Aubrey lost his title of Count of Guines.
     Aubrey married a second time, to Euphemia, said to be the daughter of William de Cantilupe. They married in or before 1152, but Euphemia died before late 1153, buried at Colne Priory.
     Aubrey was married a third time, to Agnes, the daughter of Henry de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh. Aubrey was over fifty, Agnes was eleven. Within a year, Aubrey tried to reject her as his wife based on she was living with his brother and her father had been completely disgraced. He had kept her confined, not allowing her outside access, until friends of Agnes appealed to the Bishop of London all the way up to Pope Alexander III, who directed the Bishop to demand her rights be reinstated within twenty days or experience excommunication. As a result, Aubrey and Agnes had four sons and one daughter; Aubrey 2nd Earl, Ralph, Robert, Henry and Alice.
     Aubrey had a large part in the civil war between King Stephen and Matilda. He succeeded his father who was slain in a riot in London on 15 May 1141, during the civil war. After King Stephen was captured at the Battle of Lincoln, Aubrey switched loyalties to the Empress, but only until the King was freed in November, when Stephen confirmed his inheritance.
     In 1142, he supposedly joined his brother in law, Geoffrey de Mandeville, in his plot against King Stephen, Matilda granted him the position of Royal Chamberlain in 1142 for his loyalty, as well as the title of Earl or Count Aubrey. He would be awarded with his choice of four titles, Aubrey chose the Earl of Oxford. Stephen discovered the plot, Aubrey was arrested at St Albans and surrendered Canfield Castle for his freedom, and refused to acknowledge Aubrey's titles or position. After Matilda's death, Aubrey was with Stephen at the siege of Wallingford, where the king finally recognized Aubrey as the Earl of Oxford just before the end of the civil war.
     Aubrey followed the next King, Henry II, the son of Matilda, who confirmed Aubrey's grants, and helping to resist Robert de Beaumont at Suffolk in 1173. Aubrey was present at the coronation of King Richard I in 1189, Aubrey wed his eldest son of Isabel de Bolebec after paying a sum of 500 marks in 1190, and was required to help pay the king's ransom to the Emperor Henry VI in 1194.
     Aubrey was a benefactor to several religious houses, including Colne Priory, the family seat, and Hatfield Regis Priory.
     Family Members
     Parents
          Aubrey de Vere 1080–1141
          Adeliza de Clare de Vere 1091–1163
     Spouses
          Euphemia De Cantilupe De Vere unknown–1153
          Agnes de Essex de Vere 1151–1212
     Siblings
          William de Vere unknown–1198
          Juliana de Vere Bigod 1108–1199
          Rohese De Vere De Beauchamp 1110–1166
     Children
          Aubrey IV de Vere 1163–1214
          Robert Magna de Vere 1164–1221
     Inscription: Hic jacet Albericus de Vere, filius Alberici de Vere, comes de Guisney et primus comes Oxonie magnus camerarius Anglie qui propter summam audaciam, et effrenatam pravitatem Grymme Aubrey vocabatur, obijt 26 die Decembris, anno Christi, 1194, Richard I. sexto.
     BURIAL     Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Braintree District, Essex, England
     Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren
     Added: 30 Jul 2011
     Find a Grave Memorial 74171108.¹²
      ; Per Burke's: "AUBREY de VERE, 1st EARL OF OXFORD (E), so cr 1142 by the EMPRESS MATILDA (see also OXFORD AND ASQUITH, E, preliminary remarks) and recognised as such by STEPHEN c 1152-53; b probably c 1110; Master Chamberlain of England, as which s f; m 1st c 1139 (divorce by 1146) Beatrice, gdau of Manasses, Count of Guisnes, Northern France, whom he s in that fief late 1139 on doing homage to his overlord Thierry, Count of Flanders (though he was obliged to surrender it on his divorce); m 2nd by 1152 Eufeme (dspm (certainly and dsp probably) 1153 or 1154), dau of William de Cauntelo; m 3rd 1162 or 1163 Agnes, dau of Henry de Essex, feudal Ld of Rayleigh and Haughley, and d 26 Dec 1194."⁴

; Per Ravilious email [2004]
Agnes of Essex -
Birth:     ca 1152[5]
Death:     aft 26 Dec 1194[5]
Burial:     Colne priory, Essex[5]
3rd wife of Aubrey de Vere[5]
her maritagium included land in Stoke (CP Vol X, Oxford - p. 207n)[5]
possibly also had 5 knights' fees in Haughley, Essex as her maritagium: 'She was holding 5 fees of the honour of Haughley in 1206 in her widowhood, possibly representing her marriage portion (which had probably been arranged before her father's downfall). As the Haughley barony consisted of 50 knights' fees and the Rayleigh barony had consisted of about 48-58, [Sanders 120, 139], this is a very small proportion of the total. Most of it remained in the king's hands after confiscation, although in 1205 Gilbert Stanford (Sanford?) answered for 13 fees "a sixth part" of the honor of Henry de Essex and four and a half fees of the honour of Haughley [Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748].'[9]
Spouse:     Aubrey de Vere[10], (1st) Earl of Oxford
Death:     26 Dec 1194[11]
Birth:     ca 1110[5]
Father:     Aubrey de Vere (<1090-1141)
Mother:     Adeliza de Clare (-ca1163)
Marr:     ca 1162[11]
Children:     Aubrey (-<1214)
               Ralph (-<1214)
               Robert (>1164-<1221)
               Henry (-<1221)
               Cecily
Sources:
5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.
10. Stewart Baldwin, "Oldest Female Line?," Nov 20, 1996, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com.
11. Frederick L. Weis, Th. D., "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215," Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 5th ed., 1997 (W. L. Sheppard Jr & David Faris).² GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-22. He was Master Chamberlain of England.⁴

; Sources cited by Ravillious in his 23 May 2004 email:
1. I. J. Sanders, "English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327," Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
2. "Primary Sources: English Manorial Documents," E. P. Cheyney, Jr., http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Manor.html from "English Manorial Documents," Translations and Reprints from the original Sources of European History, E. P. Cheyney, tr., vol. 3, no. 5, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1907), pp. 3-32, includes extracts from Domesday Book (Valoins).
3. Katherine S. B. Keats-Rohan, "Domesday People," The Boydell Press, 1999, Vol. I: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166, cites Robert de Torigni, Interpolations to Gesta Normannorum Ducum of Guillaume of Jumieges, (ed. van Houts, ii, 270) and identification of Gilbert fitzRichard as uncle of Meen, seigneur de Fougeres (Rouleau Mortuaire du B. Vital abbe de Savigni, edition phototypique par L. Delisle Paris (1909), titre no. 182).
4. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 24, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Domesday Descendants, 450 and 686 (re: Hamo de St. Clare).
5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
6. Chris Phillips, "Re: Richard de Curcy of Newenham, Oxon - Same as Nuneham Courtenay?," Jul 28, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites VCH Oxfordshire vol. 5, pp. 237-240 re: Curci family and manor of Newenham.
7. Douglas Richardson, "FitzWalter," September 8, 2002, paper copy: library of John Ravilious, text, line of descent from Ida Longespee, daughter of William Longespee, Knt. [or his father William, Earl of Salisbury] and her husband Walter fitz Robert, of Woodham Walter, Essex & c. (d. before 10 Apr 1258).
8. D.A.Bullough and R.L.Storey, eds., "The Study of Medieval Record, Essays in honour of Kathleen Major," 'The Early Charters of the Family of Kinninmonth of that Ilk', by G. W. S. Barrow, http://sadko.ncl.ac.uk/~ndjk/Personal/Scotland/Origins/Charters.htm p. 6 = King William I confirms to Adam, son of Odo the steward, the grant made to Odo by Gilchrist, the abbot, and the convent of the culdees of St. Andrews, as in No. 2. Forfar (c. 1194).
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.
10. Stewart Baldwin, "Oldest Female Line?," Nov 20, 1996, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com.
11. Frederick L. Weis, Th. D., "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215," Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 5th ed., 1997 (W. L. Sheppard Jr & David Faris).
12. Rosie Bevan and Cris Nash, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 23, 2003 (and previous), GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cite Complete Peerage, vol.10, p.206; Sanders p.120, 139;, Domesday Descendants, p.449-451, and prior contributions, by Chris Phillips on 15 March 2001.
13. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," 17 May 2004, cites evidence in EYC XI p. 186, EYV II no. 1110, 1186 Rotuli Dominabus (p. 80), and others.²

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford (c. 1115 – 26 December 1194) was a noble involved in the succession conflict between King Stephen and Empress Matilda in the mid-twelfth century.
     "He was the son of Aubrey de Vere, master chamberlain, and Alice (died c. 1163), a daughter of Gilbert de Clare.
     "In 1136 or 1137 Aubrey de Vere married Beatrice, the daughter of Henry, Constable of Bourbourg, and the granddaughter and heiress of Manasses, Count of Guînes in the Pas de Calais. After the death of Manasses late in 1138, Aubrey travelled to Guînes, did homage to Thierry, Count of Flanders, and was made Count of Guînes by right of his wife.[1] The marriage, however, may not have been consummated, due to the poor health of Beatrice.
     "Aubrey de Vere succeeded on 15 May 1141, after his father had been slain by a mob in London[2] at a time of civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda over the succession to the crown. King Stephen had been captured at the Battle of Lincoln in February 1141, so Aubrey did homage to the Empress. His brother-in-law, the Earl of Essex, appears to have negotiated the grant of an earldom to Aubrey in July 1141, which grant was confirmed by Henry fitz Empress in Normandy. The latter charter provided that Aubrey de Vere would be Earl of Cambridgeshire, with the third penny, unless that county were held by the King of Scots, in which case he was to have a choice of four other titles. In the event, de Vere took the title of Earl of Oxford.[3] Earl Geoffrey made his peace with King Stephen when the king regained his freedom late in 1141 and most likely Aubrey de Vere did as well.
     "In 1143, however, the King arrested Essex and Oxford at St. Albans. Both were forced to surrender their castles to the King to regain their liberty. The earl of Essex retaliated by rebelling against the king; it appears that Oxford did not actively or openly support his brother-in-law.
     "At some time between 1144 and 1146 the Constable of Bourbourg, arranged a divorce for his daughter Countess Beatrice with Earl Aubrey's consent, after which Oxford ceased to be Count of Guînes.[4]
     "In or before 1151 Oxford married Euphemia. King Stephen and his wife, Queen Maud, gave the manor of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, as Euphemia's marriage portion. The marriage was short-lived; Euphemia was dead by 1154, leaving no known issue. She was buried at Colne Priory. On 3 May 1152 Queen Maud died at Oxford's seat of Castle Hedingham,[5] and in the winter of 1152–3 Oxford was with the King at the siege of Wallingford, attesting important charters in 1153 as "earl Aubrey."
     "In 1162 or 1163 Earl Aubrey took as his third wife Agnes, the daughter of Henry of Essex, lord of Rayleigh. At the time of the marriage Agnes was probably aged twelve. Soon after their marriage, Aubrey's father-in-law was accused of treason and fought (and lost) a judicial duel. By 1165 he attempted to have the marriage annulled, allegedly because Agnes had been betrothed to his brother, Geoffrey de Vere, but probably in reality because her father had been disgraced and ruined. Oxford reportedly 'kept his wife shut up and did not allow her to attend church or go out, and refused to cohabit with her', according to the letter the bishop of London wrote to the Pope about the case when the young countess appealed to the Roman Curia. The pope sided with Agnes and declared the marriage valid, but the earl continued to refuse to take her back as his wife. Agnes's friends appealed to the Bishop of London, and ultimately to Pope Alexander III, who in 1171 or 1172 directed the bishop to order Oxford to restore her to her conjugal rights or to suffer interdiction and excommunication.[6] By Agnes, Oxford eventually had four sons, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Ralph, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and Henry, and a daughter, Alice.[7]
     "In 1184 Oxford obtained the wardship of the person of Isabel de Bolebec, daughter of Walter de Bolebec,[8] but not the custody of her lands. In 1190 he paid 500 marks for the right to marry her to his eldest son and heir, Aubrey de Vere, later 2nd Earl of Oxford.[9]
     "Oxford served during the civil war of 1173–4, helping to repel a force under Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, which landed in Suffolk on 29 September 1173.[10] He was present on 3 September 1189 at the coronation of King Richard I.[11]
     "Oxford died 26 December 1194, and was buried at Colne Priory. His third wife survived him, and later was buried by his side.[12]
     "Oxford was a benefactor to several religious houses, including Colne Priory, and Hatfield Regis Priory. He and his wife founded a small nunnery at Castle Hedingham in Essex.
Footnotes
1. Lambert de Ardres, The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres, ed. L. Shopkow (University of Pennsylvania Press: 2011), 86–87
2. Cokayne 1945, pp. 198, 200.
3. Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, III, 233–235.
4. Cokayne 1945, pp. 200–202.
5. Cokayne 1945, p. 202.
6. DeAragon, R. "The Child-bride, the Pope, and the Earl: The Marital Fortunes of Agnes of Essex," Henry I and the Anglo-Norman World, (2007), pp. 200–216.
7. Cokayne 1945, pp. 113–114.
8. Not to be confused with her aunt, Isabel de Bolebec, widow of Henry de Nonant and daughter of Hugh de Bolebec of Whitchurch, who married another of Oxford's sons, Robert de Vere, later 3rd Earl of Oxford.
9. Cokayne 1945, p. 204.
10. Crouch 2004.
11. Cokayne 1945, p. 204.
12. Cokayne 1945, p. 204.
References
** Chibnall, Marjorie (2004). Matilda (1102–1167). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 11 October 2012. (subscription required)
** Cokayne, George Edward (1945). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. X. London: St. Catherine Press.
** Crouch, David (2004). Vere, Aubrey (III) de, count of Guînes and earl of Oxford (d. 1194). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
External links
** For the manor of Ickleton, see [1]."¹³

; Per DNB: Vere, Aubrey de, count of Guînes and earl of Oxford (d. 1194)
David Crouch https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28204
Published in print: 23 September 2004Published online: 23 September 2004This version: 04 October 2007
     "Vere, Aubrey de, count of Guînes and earl of Oxford (d. 1194), magnate, was the son of Aubrey (II) de Vere (d. 1141), royal chamberlain, and Alice (d. 1163?), daughter of Gilbert de Clare, and sister of Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare, earl of Pembroke. Among his eight siblings was William de Vere, who became bishop of Hereford in 1186. By the time of his father's death Aubrey (III) was already politically prominent. His career was remarkable for the accumulation of large numbers of estates throughout England. In 1139 he had acquired the comital title by marrying Beatrice, the heir to her grandfather, Manasses, count of Guînes in the Pas-de-Calais (who enjoyed a moiety of the lordship of Folkestone and estates in the honour of Boulogne in Suffolk). He defected to the Empress Matilda in the aftermath of the capture of Stephen at Lincoln in February 1141. In May 1141 Count Aubrey succeeded his father, who had died in a riot in London. It would seem that he was briefly reconciled to the king after Stephen's release in September 1141, for there is a reference to the king's confirmation of the lands he had from his father. In 1141 the empress had offered him for his adherence the earldom of Cambridge, or, if that was not satisfactory, a choice of four other titles: he chose Oxford. She added to these grants the castle of Colchester. At this time Earl Aubrey was closely associated with his brother-in-law, Geoffrey de Mandeville, earl of Essex, and was arrested with him in 1143, having to surrender the castle of Canfield to secure his release. He was a character of some importance in East Anglia during the latter years of Stephen's reign. There seems every reason to believe (in view of the number of appearances in his charters) that Earl Aubrey acted as an auxiliary of Geoffrey de Mandeville, until the latter's death in 1144. If so, he would have spent a period in opposition to the king. But it is equally likely that after Mandeville's death, Earl Aubrey would have returned to neutrality; something that his close family connection with the loyalist Clares would have made easy to accomplish. Between 1144 and 1146 he was divorced from his wife, thus losing his connection with Guînes. When he remarried he was clearly in King Stephen's obedience once more, for the king and queen contributed the manor of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, to the marriage portion of the new countess, Euphemia, who had died by late 1153, and who was said on later evidence to have been the daughter of William de Cantilupe. The countess on her deathbed made a grant for the late queen's soul and that of her son, which was confirmed by the king.
     "In 1153 Earl Aubrey was with Stephen's army at the siege of Wallingford, and he attested the treaty of Westminster, which established the succession, in November 1153. With the accession of Henry II in 1154 Earl Aubrey was able to make good his claim to his comital rights in Oxfordshire, where the new king conceded him the third penny of the profits of justice in a charter of January 1156, and also allowed him succession to the chamberlainship of the exchequer which the earl's father had held. The castle of Colchester, however, was not confirmed to him. The earl attested royal charters until 1160, but thereafter disappears from the Plantagenet court for a time. He was active however on the king's behalf during the wars of 1173–4, joining the royalist army which defeated the earl of Leicester's invasion in Suffolk. He attended the king in England several times before Henry II's death in 1189, and was at the first coronation of King Richard in September of that year.
     "Earl Aubrey's later career was notable for the notorious divorce proceedings he took to rid himself of his third wife, Agnes of Essex (b. 1151, d. in or after 1206), daughter of Henry of Essex, the royal constable, whom he married early in 1163 (when she was twelve) inopportunely just before her father's disgrace and ruin. Earl Aubrey pursued his case to Rome, where it was ultimately settled in Agnes's favour in 1171 or 1172. The earl had in the meantime kept his wife under close guard in one of his castles, refusing her leave to go out even to hear mass and refusing to acknowledge her as countess of Oxford. There does seem to have been a reconciliation between the pair ultimately: Countess Agnes attested several of his later charters and consented to an alienation of a rent from her marriage portion to Colne Priory; also all the earl's four sons were born from his marriage with Agnes (including the youngest, named Henry after his disgraced grandfather). Earl Aubrey died, probably in his late seventies, possibly even his early eighties, on 26 December 1194, and was buried at Colne Priory in Essex, being survived by Countess Agnes. He left four sons: his heir, Earl Aubrey (IV) de Vere, Ralph (who died before his elder brother), Robert de Vere, who later succeeded to the earldom, and the Henry already mentioned. The chronicle of Lambert of Ardres calls him (perhaps as a pun on his surname) Aubrey Aper (‘the Boar’). This is doubtless the source of the de Vere family's livery badge, a boar's head, found on their seals as early as the later thirteenth century. Later tradition calls him Aubrey the Grim from a mistranscription of aper as Asper.
     "Earl Aubrey's significance in the politics of the anarchy and the early Angevin monarchy is by no means small: his volatility and attachment to the Mandeville earls made Essex unstable in the 1140s and threatened the king's control of London. The remarkable thing is that he was able to achieve so much on so narrow a landed base. The carta of his honour of Hedingham reveals in 1166 a barony of merely 2914 and 18 fees held in chief, and his earldom of Oxford brought no assets other than the annual third penny. The answer to this puzzle would seem to be the enormous wealth accumulated by his father as a leading royal justice. Through this, and through political favours, he followed his father's own work in accumulating a great demesne estate in Essex and Suffolk from many sources, the mechanics of which may be partly glimpsed through notes of the lost archive once at Hedingham. This tells of substantial conveyances from at least a dozen individuals, including the duke of Brittany, the earl of Hertford, the bishop of Ely, and the abbot of Bury St Edmunds. Earl Aubrey continued to patronize in lavish style his father's foundation of Colne Priory, and, in addition, confirmed gifts to his father's other foundation of Hatfield Regis. He also made modest grants to the nuns of Hedingham, whose house he perhaps founded.
Sources
** J. L. Fisher, ed., Cartularium prioratus de Colne, Essex Archaeological Society, occasional publications, 1 (1946)
** Register of Hedingham, Essex County RO, D/DPr (Earls Colne Estate) 145
** Dugdale, Monasticon, new edn
** S. A. Moore, ed., Cartularium monasterii Sancti Johannis baptiste de Colecestria, 2 vols., Roxburghe Club, 131 (1897)
** Queens' College, Cambridge, mun. box 63
** D. C. Douglas, ed., Feudal documents from the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, British Academy, Records of Social and Economic History, 8 (1932)
** P. Morant, The history and antiquities of the county of Essex, 2 vols. (1768)
** Reg. RAN, 4.242, 634–5
** Vere family cartulary,
** Bodl. Oxf., MS Rawl. B. 248
** Sir Christopher Hatton's Book of seals, ed. L. C. Loyd and D. M. Stenton, Northamptonshire RS, 15 (1950)
** GEC, Peerage, new edn
** W. Stubbs, ed., Gesta regis Henrici secundi Benedicti abbatis: the chronicle of the reigns of Henry II and Richard I, ad 1169–1192, 2 vols., Rolls Series, 49 (1867)open popover
** Lambert of Ardres, Chronicon Ghisnense et Ardense (918–1203) (1855)
Archives
** Bodl. Oxf., MS Rawl. B.248
** Essex RO, Chelmsford, D/DPr 145
Likenesses
** seal, white wax, 1139–1146, BL, Add. MS ch. 28329
** seal, white wax, 1143–76, BL, Cotton, ch. xxix.77."¹⁴

; Per Genealogics:
     "Aubrey was born about 1115, the son of Aubrey de Vere, Great Chamberlain of England, and Alice de Clare. He had eight siblings, outliving all but his two youngest brothers and youngest sister. In July 1141, after the death of his father in a London riot, he was granted an earldom by Empress Matilda, and was confirmed as the first earl of Oxford by her son King Henry II of England. From his father he inherited estates in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire and Middlesex. These were traditionally assessed at approximately 30 knights' fees.
     "He had inherited the barony of Hedingham on the death of his father in May 1141, when he was already Count of Guines by right of his wife Beatrice de Bourbourg, daughter of Henry de Bourbourg, Constable of Bourbourg, and Sibyl de Guines. In 1139 and 1154 he was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. On the annulment of his first marriage, between 1144-1146, he lost Guines. Aubrey was little involved in national political affairs after this period. About 1152 he married his second wife Eufeme, about whom nothing is recorded but who died childless in 1153-54.
     "Between 1162 and 1163 Aubrey married Agnes de Essex, daughter of Henry de Essex, lord of Rayleigh and Haughley, and probably his first wife Cecily de Valoins. They had five children, four sons and a daughter, of whom only Robert is recorded with progeny. Aubrey's attempt to divorce Agnes was a celebrated marriage case that Agnes appealed successfully to Pope Alexander III.
     "In 1153 Aubrey was present with King Stephen's army at the siege of Wallingford and attested at the Treaty of Wallingford, finally signed at Westminster. Two of his sons by Agnes, Aubrey and Robert, became earls of Oxford. The elder Aubrey died on 26 December 1194, and was buried at the family mausoleum founded by his grandfather, Colne Priory, Essex."³

Reference: Genealogics cites: He was 1st Earl of Essex.¹⁵ He was 1st Earl of Oxford, so cr 1142 by the EMPRESS MATILDA in 1142.^16,4 The marriage of Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex and Beatrice de Bourbourg was annulled circa 1146.^1,4

     Agnes de Essex was born between 1151 and 1152 at Rayleigh, Rochford District, co. Essex, England (now).^2,3,4,8 She married Aubrey III de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford, 1st Earl of Essex, son of Aubrey II de Vere of Great Addington & Drayton, co. Northampton and Alice (Adeliza) Fitz Gilbert de Clare, in 1162/63
;
His 3rd wife.^9,3,4,6,10
Agnes de Essex died after 1206 at Oxfordshire, England; Ravilious says d. aft 26 Dec 1194; Find a Grave says d. 1212.^2,3,8
Agnes de Essex was buried after 1206 at Colne Piory, Earls Colne, Braintree District, co. Essex, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1151, Rayleigh, Rochford District, Essex, England
     DEATH     1212 (aged 60–61), Oxfordshire, England
[Text copied from Wikipedia]
     Family Members
     Parents
          Henry de Essex 1121–1170
     Spouse
          Aubrey de Vere 1110–1194
     Children
          Aubrey IV de Vere 1163–1214
          Robert Magna de Vere 1164–1221
     BURIAL     Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Braintree District, Essex, England
     Maintained by: Gene Stephan
     Originally Created by: Audrey DeCamp Hoffman
     Added: 15 Feb 2012
     Find a Grave Memorial 85046054
     SPONSORED BY Elizabeth Morrow.^2,3,4,8
      ; Sources cited by Ravillious in his 23 May 2004 email:
1. I. J. Sanders, "English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327," Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
2. "Primary Sources: English Manorial Documents," E. P. Cheyney, Jr., http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Manor.html from "English Manorial Documents," Translations and Reprints from the original Sources of European History, E. P. Cheyney, tr., vol. 3, no. 5, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1907), pp. 3-32, includes extracts from Domesday Book (Valoins).
3. Katherine S. B. Keats-Rohan, "Domesday People," The Boydell Press, 1999, Vol. I: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166, cites Robert de Torigni, Interpolations to Gesta Normannorum Ducum of Guillaume of Jumieges, (ed. van Houts, ii, 270) and identification of Gilbert fitzRichard as uncle of Meen, seigneur de Fougeres (Rouleau Mortuaire du B. Vital abbe de Savigni, edition phototypique par L. Delisle Paris (1909), titre no. 182).
4. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 24, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Domesday Descendants, 450 and 686 (re: Hamo de St. Clare).
5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
6. Chris Phillips, "Re: Richard de Curcy of Newenham, Oxon - Same as Nuneham Courtenay?," Jul 28, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites VCH Oxfordshire vol. 5, pp. 237-240 re: Curci family and manor of Newenham.
7. Douglas Richardson, "FitzWalter," September 8, 2002, paper copy: library of John Ravilious, text, line of descent from Ida Longespee, daughter of William Longespee, Knt. [or his father William, Earl of Salisbury] and her husband Walter fitz Robert, of Woodham Walter, Essex & c. (d. before 10 Apr 1258).
8. D.A.Bullough and R.L.Storey, eds., "The Study of Medieval Record, Essays in honour of Kathleen Major," 'The Early Charters of the Family of Kinninmonth of that Ilk', by G. W. S. Barrow, http://sadko.ncl.ac.uk/~ndjk/Personal/Scotland/Origins/Charters.htm p. 6 = King William I confirms to Adam, son of Odo the steward, the grant made to Odo by Gilchrist, the abbot, and the convent of the culdees of St. Andrews, as in No. 2. Forfar (c. 1194).
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.
10. Stewart Baldwin, "Oldest Female Line?," Nov 20, 1996, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com.
11. Frederick L. Weis, Th. D., "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215," Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 5th ed., 1997 (W. L. Sheppard Jr & David Faris).
12. Rosie Bevan and Cris Nash, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 23, 2003 (and previous), GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cite Complete Peerage, vol.10, p.206; Sanders p.120, 139;, Domesday Descendants, p.449-451, and prior contributions, by Chris Phillips on 15 March 2001.
13. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," 17 May 2004, cites evidence in EYC XI p. 186, EYV II no. 1110, 1186 Rotuli Dominabus (p. 80), and others.³

; Per Ravilious email [2004]:
Agnes of Essex -
Birth:     ca 1152[5]
Death:     aft 26 Dec 1194[5]
Burial:     Colne priory, Essex[5]
3rd wife of Aubrey de Vere[5]
her maritagium included land in Stoke (CP Vol X, Oxford - p. 207n)[5]
possibly also had 5 knights' fees in Haughley, Essex as her maritagium: 'She was holding 5 fees of the honour of Haughley in 1206 in her widowhood, possibly representing her marriage portion (which had probably been arranged before her father's downfall). As the Haughley barony consisted of 50 knights' fees and the Rayleigh barony had consisted of about 48-58, [Sanders 120, 139], this is a very small proportion of the total. Most of it remained in the king's hands after confiscation, although in 1205 Gilbert Stanford (Sanford?) answered for 13 fees "a sixth part" of the honor of Henry de Essex and four and a half fees of the honour of Haughley [Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748].'[9]
Spouse:     Aubrey de Vere[10], (1st) Earl of Oxford
Death:     26 Dec 1194[11]
Birth:     ca 1110[5]
Father:     Aubrey de Vere (<1090-1141)
Mother:     Adeliza de Clare (-ca1163)
Marr:     ca 1162[11]
Children:     Aubrey (-<1214)
               Ralph (-<1214)
               Robert (>1164-<1221)
               Henry (-<1221)
               Cecily
Sources:
5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.
10. Stewart Baldwin, "Oldest Female Line?," Nov 20, 1996, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com.
11. Frederick L. Weis, Th. D., "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215," Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 5th ed., 1997 (W. L. Sheppard Jr & David Faris).³

Reference: Genealogics cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. X 205.⁴

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Agnes of Essex, Countess of Oxford (1151– 1212 or later) was the daughter of a royal constable Henry of Essex and his second wife, Alice.[1] At the age of three she was betrothed to Geoffrey de Vere, brother of the first Earl of Oxford, and turned over to be raised by the Veres soon thereafter. She remained in the household of the earl of Oxford about three years, then moved to Geoffrey's care. In her eleventh year Agnes rejected the match with Geoffrey and by early 1163 was married to his eldest brother Aubrey de Vere III, 1st Earl of Oxford, as his third wife.
     "In spring 1163, Agnes's father Henry was accused of treason and fought (and lost) a judicial duel. After her father's disgrace and the resulting forfeiture of his lands and offices, the earl of Oxford sought to have his marriage to Agnes annulled. On 9 May 1166, she appealed her case from the court of the bishop of London to the pope (the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, being in exile at the time).[2] While the case was pending in Rome, the earl reportedly kept Agnes confined in one of his three castles, for which the bishop of London Gilbert Foliot reprimanded Aubrey.[2] Pope Alexander III ruled in her favor, thus establishing the canon law requirement of consent by females in betrothal and the sacrament of marriage.
     "The couple later jointly founded a Benedictine priory for nuns near their castle at Castle Hedingham, Essex around 1190. Countess Agnes long survived her husband and in 1198 paid the crown for the right to remain unmarried. She died sometime in or after 1212 and was buried in the Vere mausoleum at Colne Priory, Essex.[3]
Name Dispute
Many mistakenly have called Earl Aubrey's third wife Lucia, rather than Agnes. This mistake is based on a misreading of a single document associated with a religious house at Hedingham, Essex. A woman named Lucia was the first prioress at Castle Hedingham Priory. On her death in the early thirteenth century, an illustrated mortuary or 'bede' roll was carried to many religious houses requesting prayers for her soul. In the preface of that document Lucia is called the foundress of the priory. As the role of "founder" is generally ascribed to lay patrons and the countess presumably cooperated with her husband in the founding of the house, 18th-century scholars erroneously assumed that the prioress was Earl Aubrey's widow. Royal records disprove that assumption. [4]
Children
     "Agnes bore her husband four sons and a daughter, including two future earls of Oxford: Aubrey IV and Robert I. Her daughter Alice married 1) Ernulf de Kemesech, 2) John, constable of Chester. Agnes's son Henry appears to have become chancellor of Hereford Cathedral under his uncle, Bishop William de Vere, and later a royal clerk under King John of England.[5] Little is known of Ralph de Vere except that he may have been the second son (from the order in which he witnessed his father's charters) and died before 1214, when his younger brother Robert succeeded to the earldom on the death of Aubrey IV, 2nd earl.
References
1. R. DeAragon, "The Child-Bride, the Pope, and the Earl: The Marital Fortunes of Agnes of Essex," Henry I and the Anglo-Norman World (Woodbridge: 2004), p. 201.
2. The Letters and Charters of Gilbert Foliot, ed. Morey & C. N. L. Brooke (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1967) #162, pp. 214-218.
3. G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England...., v. 10, p 207.
4. RaGena DeAragon. "The Child-Bride, the Earl, and the Pope: The Marital Fortunes of Agnes of Essex", Henry I and the Anglo-Norman World (2007), Boydell & Brewer.
5. G. E. Cokayne, Complete Peerage, vol. 10, 208."¹¹

; Per Med Lands:
     "AGNES de Essex ([1151/52]-after 1206[270], bur Colne Priory). Earl Aubrey tried to repudiate his third wife within a year but in [1171/72] Alexander III King of Scotland directed the Bishop of London to order Earl Aubrey to take her back[271].
     "m ([1162/63]) as his third wife, AUBREY [III] de Vere Earl of Oxford, son of AUBREY [II] de Vere & his wife Adelisa [Alice] de Clare ([1110]-26 Dec 1194, bur Colne Priory)."
Med Lands cites: GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-22.

Reference: Weis [1992:208] line 246-26.⁹

     Henry de Essex Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley married Cecily de Valognes, daughter of Roger de Valognes of Bennington, co. Herts and Agnes fitz John.^4,3,5

Henry de Essex Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley died after 1163.³
     Henry de Essex Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley lived at Raleigh and Haughley, co. Essex, England.³

; Henry de Essex, Baron of Raleigh, standard-bearer of England.⁶

; van de Pas cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: X 205.²

; Cecily de Valoins[5] - or Cicely[5], as to her identification as a daughter of Roger de Valoins and Agnes fitz John, Rosie Bevan wrote: 'About the identity of Cecily, abstracts of charters in the PRO point to further Valognes links.
PRO E 40/3699
Grant by Agnes de Waloniis, to Gunnora de Essex', her niece and foster child, of all the land and fee which she holds of the bishopric of Ely and of Roger de Thorn, viz. Westley, Fulburn and Feversam, which William Delmaneir holds, and the land called 'the land of the small hall;' to be held by the service of two knights, which the said William will perform, and a sparrowhawk yearly. (Twelfth Century)
PRO E 40/3958
Grant by Peter, the prior, and the convent of Binham, to Gunnora de Estsexia, for her life, or until she takes the veil, of land in Westleia granted to them, in frank almoin, by Lady Agnes de Valoniis, and Robert de Valoniis, her son. Witnesses:- John, the chaplain of the countess, Robert de Ver, Geoffrey de berleia, and others (named): Camb. Twelfth century. The grant by the prior of the convent of Binham, Norfolk, which Peter de Valognes founded about 1107, points to the identification of Lady Agnes de Valognes as Agnes, sister of Payn and Eustace fitz John and widow of Roger de Valognes d. 1141 of Benington, Herts., and mother of his sons and heirs, Peter d.s.p.1158, and Robert d.1184. Because the gift is made with the assent of Robert, the charter would appear to date after the death of her eldest son in 1158 and probably after 1163 when the Essex family lost its vast fortune. Agnes was trying to provide for a younger daughter of the family. I would also suspect that the interpretation of the word 'niece' is derived from the Latin neptis, which was also used to mean granddaughter.
.................
'Taking the Valognes links into consideration, a reasonable conclusion is that Cecilia was the daughter of Roger and Agnes de Valognes. This would suggest that Gunnor has been misidentified as the daughter of Robert de Essex by Keats-Rohan in DD 451, but was actually the daughter of Henry and Cecilia de Essex, as well as the sister of Agnes, wife of Aubrey de Vere. Onomastically it is a good match - Agnes the first born daughter was named for Cecily's mother and Gunnor the second daughter was name[d for Henry's mother.'[9]

re: her husband, Henry of Essex:

of Raleigh and Haughley, co. Essex

supporter of King Stephen:
'...H. de Essex' ...', witness to Stephen's confirmation of gift by William de Warenne

'...the King's constable....'
' He forfeited his vast estates in 1163, when he was defeated in single combat by Robert de Montfort, who had accused him of treason...'
[CP Vol. X, Oxford, p. 206n, citing R. de Diceto and R. de Torigny][5]
Spouse:     Henry of Essex
Death:     aft 1163[5]
Father:     Robert fitz Sweyn of Essex (-<1129)
Mother:     Gunnora le Bigod

Children:     Agnes (ca1152->1194)
               Henry (-<1194)
               Hugh (->1194)
               Robert
               Gunnora
Sources:

5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.³ GAV-24 EDV-24.

; Weis [AR7] line 246-26.⁴ Henry de Essex Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley was also known as Henry de Essex Baron of Raleigh.⁶ He was Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley.⁴

     Cecily de Valognes married Henry de Essex Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley, son of Robert Fitz Suein of Essex and Gunnor le Bigod.^4,2,1

Cecily de Valognes died before 1186.¹
      ; Cecily de Valoins[5] - or Cicely[5], as to her identification as a daughter of Roger de Valoins and Agnes fitz John, Rosie Bevan wrote: 'About the identity of Cecily, abstracts of charters in the PRO point to further Valognes links.
PRO E 40/3699
Grant by Agnes de Waloniis, to Gunnora de Essex', her niece and foster child, of all the land and fee which she holds of the bishopric of Ely and of Roger de Thorn, viz. Westley, Fulburn and Feversam, which William Delmaneir holds, and the land called 'the land of the small hall;' to be held by the service of two knights, which the said William will perform, and a sparrowhawk yearly. (Twelfth Century)
PRO E 40/3958
Grant by Peter, the prior, and the convent of Binham, to Gunnora de Estsexia, for her life, or until she takes the veil, of land in Westleia granted to them, in frank almoin, by Lady Agnes de Valoniis, and Robert de Valoniis, her son. Witnesses:- John, the chaplain of the countess, Robert de Ver, Geoffrey de berleia, and others (named): Camb. Twelfth century. The grant by the prior of the convent of Binham, Norfolk, which Peter de Valognes founded about 1107, points to the identification of Lady Agnes de Valognes as Agnes, sister of Payn and Eustace fitz John and widow of Roger de Valognes d. 1141 of Benington, Herts., and mother of his sons and heirs, Peter d.s.p.1158, and Robert d.1184. Because the gift is made with the assent of Robert, the charter would appear to date after the death of her eldest son in 1158 and probably after 1163 when the Essex family lost its vast fortune. Agnes was trying to provide for a younger daughter of the family. I would also suspect that the interpretation of the word 'niece' is derived from the Latin neptis, which was also used to mean granddaughter.
.................
'Taking the Valognes links into consideration, a reasonable conclusion is that Cecilia was the daughter of Roger and Agnes de Valognes. This would suggest that Gunnor has been misidentified as the daughter of Robert de Essex by Keats-Rohan in DD 451, but was actually the daughter of Henry and Cecilia de Essex, as well as the sister of Agnes, wife of Aubrey de Vere. Onomastically it is a good match - Agnes the first born daughter was named for Cecily's mother and Gunnor the second daughter was name[d for Henry's mother.'[9]

re: her husband, Henry of Essex:

of Raleigh and Haughley, co. Essex

supporter of King Stephen:
'...H. de Essex' ...', witness to Stephen's confirmation of gift by William de Warenne

'...the King's constable....'
' He forfeited his vast estates in 1163, when he was defeated in single combat by Robert de Montfort, who had accused him of treason...'
[CP Vol. X, Oxford, p. 206n, citing R. de Diceto and R. de Torigny][5]
Spouse:     Henry of Essex
Death:     aft 1163[5]
Father:     Robert fitz Sweyn of Essex (-<1129)
Mother:     Gunnora le Bigod

Children:     Agnes (ca1152->1194)
               Henry (-<1194)
               Hugh (->1194)
               Robert
               Gunnora
Sources:

5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.²

; Sources cited by Ravillious in his 23 May 2004 email:
1. I. J. Sanders, "English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327," Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
2. "Primary Sources: English Manorial Documents," E. P. Cheyney, Jr., http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Manor.html from "English Manorial Documents," Translations and Reprints from the original Sources of European History, E. P. Cheyney, tr., vol. 3, no. 5, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1907), pp. 3-32, includes extracts from Domesday Book (Valoins).
3. Katherine S. B. Keats-Rohan, "Domesday People," The Boydell Press, 1999, Vol. I: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166, cites Robert de Torigni, Interpolations to Gesta Normannorum Ducum of Guillaume of Jumieges, (ed. van Houts, ii, 270) and identification of Gilbert fitzRichard as uncle of Meen, seigneur de Fougeres (Rouleau Mortuaire du B. Vital abbe de Savigni, edition phototypique par L. Delisle Paris (1909), titre no. 182).
4. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 24, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Domesday Descendants, 450 and 686 (re: Hamo de St. Clare).
5. G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
6. Chris Phillips, "Re: Richard de Curcy of Newenham, Oxon - Same as Nuneham Courtenay?," Jul 28, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites VCH Oxfordshire vol. 5, pp. 237-240 re: Curci family and manor of Newenham.
7. Douglas Richardson, "FitzWalter," September 8, 2002, paper copy: library of John Ravilious, text, line of descent from Ida Longespee, daughter of William Longespee, Knt. [or his father William, Earl of Salisbury] and her husband Walter fitz Robert, of Woodham Walter, Essex & c. (d. before 10 Apr 1258).
8. D.A.Bullough and R.L.Storey, eds., "The Study of Medieval Record, Essays in honour of Kathleen Major," 'The Early Charters of the Family of Kinninmonth of that Ilk', by G. W. S. Barrow, http://sadko.ncl.ac.uk/~ndjk/Personal/Scotland/Origins/Charters.htm p. 6 = King William I confirms to Adam, son of Odo the steward, the grant made to Odo by Gilchrist, the abbot, and the convent of the culdees of St. Andrews, as in No. 2. Forfar (c. 1194).
9. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 18, 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites Sanders 120, 139 and Red Book of the Exchequer, p.748 re: Agnes fitz John and the Valoins family, as well as PRO E 40/3699 and PRO E 40/3958 concerning Gunnora de Essex, 'neptis' of Agnes fitz John.
10. Stewart Baldwin, "Oldest Female Line?," Nov 20, 1996, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com.
11. Frederick L. Weis, Th. D., "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215," Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 5th ed., 1997 (W. L. Sheppard Jr & David Faris).
12. Rosie Bevan and Cris Nash, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," Apr 23, 2003 (and previous), GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cite Complete Peerage, vol.10, p.206; Sanders p.120, 139;, Domesday Descendants, p.449-451, and prior contributions, by Chris Phillips on 15 March 2001.
13. Rosie Bevan, "Re: Essex/Valognes/Fitz John," 17 May 2004, cites evidence in EYC XI p. 186, EYV II no. 1110, 1186 Rotuli Dominabus (p. 80), and others.² GAV-24 EDV-24. Cecily de Valognes was also known as Cecily de Valoins.^2,5

; Weis [AR7] line 246-26.⁴

     Robert Fitz Suein of Essex married Gunnor le Bigod, daughter of Roger le Bigod and Adelaise de Tosny,
; her 1st husband.^1,4,5,6 Robert Fitz Suein of Essex married Alice de Vere, daughter of Aubrey II de Vere of Great Addington & Drayton, co. Northampton and Alice (Adeliza) Fitz Gilbert de Clare.^5,7

Robert Fitz Suein of Essex died before 1129.⁴
     Robert Fitz Suein of Essex was also known as Robert fitz Swein.⁶

; Weis [AR7] line 246-26.¹ GAV-25 EDV-25. Robert Fitz Suein of Essex was also known as Robert de Essex of Essex, Lord of Rayleigh.^7,8 Robert Fitz Suein of Essex was also known as Robert Fitz Suen of Essex.⁵ Robert Fitz Suein of Essex was also known as Robert fitz Sweyn of Essex.⁴

     Gunnor le Bigod married Robert Fitz Suein of Essex, son of Swein Fitz Robert,
; her 1st husband.^4,5,2,1 Gunnor le Bigod married Haimo de St. Clair
; her 2nd husband.¹ Gunnor le Bigod was born circa 1093.²
     GAV-25 EDV-25. Gunnor le Bigod was also known as Gunnora le Bigod.⁵

; Weis [AR7] line 246-26.⁴

     Aubrey II de Vere of Great Addington & Drayton, co. Northampton was buried at Colne Piory, Earls Colne, Braintree District, co. Essex, England.¹ He married Alice (Adeliza) Fitz Gilbert de Clare, daughter of Gilbert fitz Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Clare, Lord of Tunbridge and Adeliza (Adelaide, Alice) de Clermont.^4,5
Aubrey II de Vere of Great Addington & Drayton, co. Northampton was born before 1090.^6,1
Aubrey II de Vere of Great Addington & Drayton, co. Northampton died on 15 May 1141 at London, City of London, Greater London, England; Weis (1992) line 246-26, p. 208: "...slain at London"
Burke's Peerage: "...killed in a riot in London."^4,1,5
     GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-23.

; ALBERIC de VERE; b probably by 1090; described as King's Chamberlain by 1112; Sheriff London and Middx 1121 or 1122, Jt Sheriff 1125, often Sheriff Essex, Jt Sheriff Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Hunts, Norfolk, Suffolk and Surrey 1129 and Essex, Herts, Leics and Northants 1130; Master Chamberlain of England 1133; possibly Ch Justiciar of England 1139; m Alice, dau of Gilbert FitzRichard, Lord of Clare and Tunbridge, and sis of Gilbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (see PEMBROKE and MONTGOMERY, E, preliminary remarks), and was k in a riot in London 15 May 1141, having had, with three yr sons (Robert, feudal Ld of Twywell, Northants; Geoffrey; William, Chllr of England) and three daus (Adeliza, m Henry de Essex; Juliana, m Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk (see NORFOLK, D, preliminary remarks); Rohesia, m 1st Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex (d 14 Sept 1144), and had issue, m 2nd Payne Beauchamp, of Bedford.)⁵ Aubrey II de Vere of Great Addington & Drayton, co. Northampton was also known as Alberic de Vere.⁵ He was Sheriff of London and Middlesex between 1121 and 1125.^7,8 He was Justice and Master Chamberlain of England in 1133.⁷

     Eleanor de Vere married Sir Ralph Gernon.⁴

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