Alice de Sanford

1230 - 1312  (82 years)

• Name	Alice de Sanford  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1 Jan 1230	Hertfordshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Sep 1312	Essex, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	Canfield Castle
  Burial	Earls Colne, Essex, England   [1]
  	Colne Priory
  		Church - Priory Earls Colne Earls Colne Priory Following the battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy gave the manor of Colne to Aubrey de Vere his brother in law. When Geoffrey,the son of Aubrey and Beatrix, fell gravely ill they sought the help of Faricius, the abbot of Abingdon. He was a skilled physician and a man of wide culture originally from Arezzo in…
  Person ID	I19844	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Gilbert de Sanford,   b. 1200, Hertfordshire, England d. 1250, Herefordshire, England (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lora la Zouche,   b. 1211, North Molton, Devon, England d. 1249, Herefordshire, England (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1231	North Molton, Devon, England
  Family ID	F7503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	5th Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere,   b. 1240, Essex, England d. 2 Sep 1296, Essex, England (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1252	Oxfordshire, England   [3]
  Children	1. 5th Earl of Oxford Sir Alphonse de Vere,   b. Abt 1266, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 20 Dec 1329, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Jan 1230 - Hertfordshire, England Marriage - 22 Feb 1252 - Oxfordshire, England Death - 9 Sep 1312 - Essex, England Burial - - Earls Colne, Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-SANFORD Sanford Coat of Arms

  
  

  Places

  Church - Priory Earls Colne Earls Colne Priory Following the battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy gave the manor of Colne to Aubrey de Vere his brother in law. When Geoffrey,the son of Aubrey and Beatrix, fell gravely ill they sought the help of Faricius, the abbot of Abingdon. He was a skilled physician and a man of wide culture originally from Arezzo in…

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Alice De Sanford De Vere 1230-1312. Alice DeSanford was born at Great Hormead, Royston, Hertfordshire, England, to Gilbert de Sanford and Loretta la Zouche. On 22 Feb 1252 Robert de Vere married Alice De Sanford the heiress of Gilbert de Sanford who brought to the Vere family the office of Chamberlain to the Queen (a role that Gilbert had exercised in 1236 when Robert's father had acted as Chamberlain to the king). Through this marriage the later Earls of Oxford were able to include in their list of titles that of Lord Sanford. Children of Robert de Vere and Alice de Sanford were: Sir Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, married Margaret de Mortimer; Joan de Vere. married Sir William de Warenne; Alfonso de Vere married Joan Foliot. At her death she was buried at Colne Piory, Earls Colne, Essex, England. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85085113/alice-de_vere [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). [S984] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2003;).