Hugh de Vere, 1st Baron Vere
Hugh de Vere, Lord of Swanscombe, was an English nobleman who fought during the Hundred Years' War.
Biography[]
Hugh was the second son of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford and Alice de Sanford.[1] He was married to Denise, daughter of William de Munchensy.[1] Vere served in Gascony (1294–1297) and in Scotland (1299–1318).
As Captain of Saint-Sever, Gascony, he withstood a siege of about 13 weeks in 1295, by a French army led by Charles of Valois. Hugh was forced to capitulate due to running out of food.
Vere was summoned to Parliament as Baron Vere on 27 September 1299. [1]
In 1300, Hugh was part of the English army that laid siege to and captured Caerlaverock Castle in Scotland.
At his death in 1318, the barony become extinct.
Citations[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Burke 1962, p. 553.
References[]
- Burke, Sir Bernard. "Montalt-Barons Montalt." A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, of the British Empire. London: Wm Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1962.
Categories:
- Barons in the Peerage of England
- 1318 deaths
- People from Swanscombe
- Younger sons of earls
- Peerage of England baron stubs