Hugh de Vere, 1st Baron Vere

Hugh de Vere, Lord of Swanscombe, was an English nobleman who fought during the Hundred Years' War.

Arms of Hugh de Vere: Quarterly gules and or, in the first quarter a mullet argent, a bordure engrailed sable.

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.