An undated writ "48 Hen III", after the death of "Hugh de Ver earl of Oxford", names "Robert his son age variously stated as 22 and more, 23 and 23 ½, is his heir".
He succeeded his father in 1263 as Earl of Oxford, Hereditary Master Chamberlain. 1
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3 Mar 1268, Westminster
Licence for Robert de Veer, earl of Oxford, to let to farm and pledge the lands which he holds in chief, to the amount of £300 a year, for five years, to ransom according to the form of the award of Kenilworth his lands which, by occasion of trespasses which he was said to have committed at the time of the disturbance had in the realm, the king gave away: on condition that if he die before that term, the lessees shall continue to hold them for the term according to the covenant made.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 6, pp. 198-9
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Inquisition Post Mortem
367. ROBERT DE VEER alias DE VER, EARL OF OXFORD.
Writ, 7 Sept. 24 Edw. I. [1296]
LEICESTER. Inq. (undated).
Wykingeston. 45 1/2 virgates of land, and 12s. assised rent from cottages.
Leicester, Belegrave and Laucton. 4l. assised rent of free tenants.
Wykyngeston. A windmill and perquisites of court worth a mark.
All held of John Comyn, earl of Bouhan, without service, because they were given by Margaret countess of Winchester to Hugh de Veer in free marriage with Hawis mother of the said Robert.
Robert his son, is his next heir and of full age.
HERTFORD. Inq. made at the church of Pelham, 8 Oct. 24 Edw. I.
Horemad. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Alice his wife, of her inheritance, of the barony of Saunford by service of being the queen’s chamberlain (per servicium camer(arii) domine regine).
KENT. Inq. made at Flete on Friday after St. Michael, 24 Edw. I.
Flete by Sandwich. The manor (extent given) held of John son of John de Sandwyco by service of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 24.
[BUCKINGHAM.] Inq. Sunday after St. Michael, 24 Edw. I.
Cestresham. A capital messuage, 140a. arable, 3a. meadow, 2a. several pasture, 26l. rents, works, a water-mill, 40a. wood with a little park, tolls of the market (forum), and pleas &c. of court, held of the king in chief as part of the barony of Bolebek, service unknown.
Robert de Veer, knight, his son, aged 34 at the feast of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. Monday after St. Michael, 24 Edw. I.
Kensington. A messuage &c., 253a. arable, 140a. fallow (frisch) land, 10a. meadow, 12a. pasture, 108s. 4 1/4d. rent of free tenants, works, 10 3/4 lambs, 315 eggs, a windmill, 80a. wood, 13s. 4d. pleas &c. of court, and 23 hens rent of villeins, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Heir as above, of full age.
[BUCKINGHAM.] Inq. Friday before St. Michael, 24 Edw. I.
Whytchurch. A messuage, 120a. arable, 20a. meadow, 12a. several pasture, 20l. assised rents of free tenants and customers, 40 hens at Christmas, a windmill, tolls of the market (forum), a view 13s. 4d., and profits of courts 13s. 4d., held of the heirs of the earl of Gloucester by service of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above in co. Buckingham.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. Monday after St. Michael, 24 Edw. I.
Great Campes. The manor (extent given), including a park of 200a., held of the king in chief by what service the jury cannot discover (per servicium quod non potest per ipsos inquiri).
Great Abynton. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by what service the jury cannot discover.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
ESSEX. Inq. 5 Oct. 24 Edw. I.
Colnne. The manor (extent given), including a park and a market, held of the king in chief, service unknown. It pertains to the earldom of Oxford and is the chief manor of the earldom.
Heir as above, aged 30.
[ESSEX.] Inq. 14 Oct. 24 Edw. I.
Canefelde ad Castrum. The manor (extent given), including a park, held of the king in chief, service unknown. It pertains to the earldom of Oxford.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
ESSEX. Inq. made at Elmestede, 10 Oct. 24 Edw. I.
Benetlegh. The manor (extent given), including a park and the fishery of a pond therein, held of the king in chief, service unknown. It pertains to the earldom of Oxford.
Rammes[ey]. The manor (manerettum) (extent given), held of Robert son of Walter by service of rendering 5s. every 24 weeks.
La Stonhyde held of the heirs of Alexander de Rammes[ey] by service of rendering 2s. yearly, which is all it is worth.
Heir as above, aged 30.
ESSEX. Inq. 3 Oct. 24 Edw. I. (partly illegible.)
Hengham ad Castrum. The manor (extent given), including the castle (castellum) and a market, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Bumsted. The manor (extent given), pertaining to the earldom of Oxford, held of the king in chief; and 185a. arable, … meadow, 1 1/2a. pasture and rents, held of Robert de Merk by service of a … part of a knight’s fee.
Tillebury. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief as pertaining to the earldom of Oxford.
Gelham. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief [by service of] … 10l. yearly at the exchequer.
Heir as above, age illegible.
ESSEX. Inq. made at Blakemere, 12 Oct. 24 Edw. I.
Dodingherst. The manor (manerettum) (extent given) held of the king in chief, service unknown, except that it pertains to the earldom of Oxford; and 72a. arable, 2a. meadow, 5a. wood, 22s. 4d. assised rent, and 6s. 8d. profits of court, held of the prior of Bermundeseye by service of rendering 30s. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
Wolfhamston. The manor (manerettum) (extent given) held by the said Robert and Alice his wife for their lives of William le Plomer by service of rendering 10s. yearly; and the reversion belongs to the heirs of William de Warenna.
Fingr(ith). The manor (extent given) held by the said Robert and Alice, of her inheritance, of the king in chief by service of being the queen’s chamberlain (servicium camerarii domine regine), and of the barony of Saunford.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 3 Oct. 24 Edw. I.
Aldham. The manor (extent given), including a park with deer, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Lavenham. The manor (extent given), including a park with deer, and tolls of the market, and the fair at the feast of St. Michael, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Cokefeud. The manor (extent given) held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s, rendering to him yearly 2s. 11d.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
Schedule of lands &c. assigned in dower to Lady Alice de Veer, late the wife of the said Robert de Veer, earl of Oxford.
SUFFOLK. Aldham, Lavenham and Cokefeld. The manors.
ESSEX. Canefeld ad Castrum and Bumstede. The manors.
Little Bumstede. Lands and tenements.
CAMBRIDGE. Great Abyton. The manor.
C. Edw. I. File 76. (7.) 2
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