• Married:
• Died: 3 Feb 1244/5
• Buried: Church of the Preaching Friars, Oxford, England

  Research Notes:

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". 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. The primary source which confirms her parentage more precisely has not yet been identified. ¹

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11 Nov 1221, Essex

To the sheriff of Essex . Isabella de Bolbec, who was the wife of Robert de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford, has made fine with the king for having custody of the land and heir of the earl and of the son of Isabella until the same heir comes of age. She is to render which fine to the king by her hand at the terms given to her at the Exchequer, and she has given the king surety for one part of that fine by pledge. Order to cause her to have full seisin without delay of all lands that Robert de Vere held in his bailiwick both of his own inheritance and of the inheritance of Isabella, receiving from her the pledges that she is to find for the fine, namely such that are sufficient and good for as much as each of them will be pledge, and he is to cause the king to know openly and distinctly by his sealed letters of the names of those pledges and for how much each of them is pledge. If anything has been removed since he took that land into the king’s hand, he is to cause it to be rendered to her without delay.

After 13 Nov 1221

Isabella de Bolbec, countess of Oxford, has made fine with the king, by £2228 2s. 9½d., for having custody of the land and her son, the heir of Robert de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford, her husband, so that, beyond that fine, she will answer the king at the Exchequer for £1778 11s. of the debt that the earl owed to the king for several debts. She is also to render 250 m. of the aforesaid monies at Hilary in the sixth year, 250 m. at Easter in the same year, 250 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year, 250 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and £400 in the following year at the terms aforesaid, and £400 from year to year by the same terms until the aforesaid fine and debt have been paid in full.

Calendar of Fine Rolls, 6 Hen. III, 19, 23