Elizabeth de Vere
Elizabeth de Vere (died 14 or 16 August 1375) was the daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud de Badlesmere,[1] and the wife of Sir Hugh Courtenay (died c. 1348), then John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, and then Sir William de Cossington.
Elizabeth de Vere | |
|---|---|
 Castle Hedingham, home of the Earls of Oxford | |
| Died | 14 or 16 August 1375 |
| Noble family | De Vere |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Hugh Courtenay John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray Sir William de Cossington |
| Issue | |
| Father | John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford |
| Mother | Maud de Badlesmere |
Before 3 September 1341 she married Sir Hugh Courtenay (died c. 1348), the eldest son of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (12 July 1303 – 2 May 1377), and Margaret de Bohun (d. 16 December 1391), daughter of Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex (c.1276 – 16 March 1322), by Elizabeth (d. 5 May 1316), the daughter of King Edward I.[2][3]
They had one son, Sir Hugh Courtenay, who died without issue on 20 February 1374.[2][1]
Sir Hugh Courtenay died shortly after Easter term 1348,[1] and was buried at Ford Abbey, Somerset.[2][1] While on progress through Dorset, Queen Philippa is said to have 'placed a piece of cloth of gold as an oblation on his tomb' on 2 September 1349.[1]
Elizabeth de Vere married, secondly, before 4 May 1351, the marriage later being validated by papal dispensation of that date, John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray (d. 4 October 1361).[1][4]
She married thirdly, before 18 January 1369, Sir William de Cossington,[1] son and heir of Stephen de Cossington of Cossington in Aylesford, Kent. Not long after the marriage she and her new husband surrendered themselves to the Fleet prison for debt.[5][4] According to Archer, the cause may have been her stepson, John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray's, prosecution of her for waste of his estates; he had been awarded damages against her of almost £1000.[6]
Notes
- Richardson I 2011, p. 542.
- Cokayne 1916, pp. 324-5.
- Richardson I 2011, pp. 239-43, 540-1.
- Richardson III 2011, p. 203.
- Cokayne 1936, p. 383.
- Archer 2004.
- Cokayne dates her death to 23 September 1375.
References
- Archer, Rowena E. (2004). "Mowbray, John (III), fourth Lord Mowbray (1340–1368)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19452. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Cokayne, George Edward (1916). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. IV. London: St. Catherine Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Cokayne, George Edward (1936). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden. IX. London: St. Catherine Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 144996639X.