Hugh de Vere, 1st Baron Vere

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.

• Burke, Sir Bernard (1962). "Montalt-Barons Montalt". A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, of the British Empire. London: Wm Clowes and Sons, Ltd.

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