John de Vaux

John de Vaux (died 1288) was a 13th-century English nobleman.

Arms of John de Vaux:Argent, an escutcheon between eight martlets gules.[1]

Life

Vaux was a son of Oliver de Vaux and Petronilla de Craon.[2] John was one of the retinue of Lord Edward until 1259, probably serving in Edward's campaign in Wales. Due to the dismissal of Roger de Leybourne from the service of Lord Edward in 1262, he joined with several other nobles of the Baronial opposition under Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester. In June 1263, he was one of the nobles who arrested Peter of Aigueblanche, Bishop of Hereford.[3] Vaux returned to royal service to King Henry III of England and Lord Edward, by October 1263. John was one of the sealers of the agreement between King Henry III and King Louis IX of France in December 1263.

John fought on the side of King Henry III during the battle of Evesham in August 1265 and received grants of some of the rebel barons seized houses in London.[4] He was a Justice itinerant in 1278. Vaux was appointed as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and Governor of Norwich Castle, however in 1285 he owed the crown over £213. Since he could not afford this sum, he was forgiven £80 of his debt, by serving as sheriff.[5] John had been appointed as Seneschal of Gascony in 1283,[6] however it does not appear that he took office. In 1285 he served as a royal judge and died in 1288.

Family

Vaux married Sybilla and had two daughters:

Citations
  1. Morgan 1661, p. 64.
  2. Burke 1831, p. 532.
  3. Prestwich 1988, p. 27.
  4. Prestwich 1988, p. 54.
  5. Prestwich 1988, p. 260.
  6. Prestwich 1988, p. 304.

References
  • Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. H. Colburn & R. Bentley.
  • Morgan, Sylvanus (1661). The sphere of gentry : deduced from the principles of nature, an historical and genealogical work of arms and blazon : in four books ... in which is contained, the genealogies of the patriarchs and heroe's, standards of the Jews, hieroglyphicks of the Ægyptians, symbols of the Grecians, antiquities of the Romans, arms & ensignes of the English nation : accommodated with lively cutts on copper, as well for Aarons brest-plate as Ariadne's crown : drawn down to King Charles II. William Leybourn.
  • Prestwich, Michael (1988). Edward I, English monarchs. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520062665.
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