Person:John De Vaux (10)

The family of Vance in Ireland, Vans in Scotland, anciently Vaux in Scotland and England, originally de Vaux in France, latin de Vallibus.

On the Continent of Europe, the de Vaux family have been Dukes of Andrea, Princes of Joinville, Taranta, and Altamare - Sovereign Counts of Orange and Provence, and Kings of Vienne and Arles, as well as Lords de Vaux in Normandy.

In 1066, three brothers, Hubert, Rundolph and Robert, the sons of Harold de Vaux, Lord of Vaux, in Normandy, accompanied William the Conqueror to England, and there their descendants became Lords de Vaux of Pentney and Brevor, in Norfolk, of Gilliesland in Cumberland, and of Harrowden in Northamptonshire." William Balbirnie, An Account of the Family of Vance, 1861.

Granted Barony of Dirleton by King David I of Scotland in 1100s.

John I de Vaux Witness to royal charters of Malcolm IV, from c. 1160: RRS i, nos. 205, 221, 222, 228, 230, 255 and Barrow, Anglo-Norman Era, App. I, no. 1, which is dated at Eldbotle. Witness to royal charters of William, to c. 1180: RRS ii, nos. 44, 116, 179, 188, 204, 238. John de Vaux witnessed a charter, 1165x69 (Dunf. Reg., no. 161). In 1174, John I de Vaux was a hostage for William at Falaise. (CDS i, no. 139). In c. 1175 (?), John I de Vaux W (CDS i, no. 197). John I de Vaux W a charter of Alexander de St Martin to St Andrews, 1178, prob. 13 May x. (St And. Liber, 333-4). John de Vaux witnessed a charter of Robert de Brus (conventio with Bp Ingram of Glasgow), dating 1175 x 23.3.1189, prob. 1187 x (Glas. Reg., no. 72). If it is 1187x89, then it is the last appearance of John de Vaux. However, as this deals with the Annandale area, it is possible, perhaps probable, that this John is from the Gilsland family.