Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu

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Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu
Died14 July 1361
Spouse(s) Alice of Norfolk
Joan (surname unknown)
IssueEdward Montagu
Audrey Montagu
Elizabeth Montagu
Maud Montagu
Joan Montagu
Father William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu
Mother Elizabeth Montfort

Edward Montagu (or Edward de Montacute), 1st Baron Montagu (d. 14 July 1361) was an English knight and peer. He fought at the Battle of Crecy. He assaulted his first wife, Alice of Norfolk, who died as a result.

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Life

Edward Montagu was the youngest son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (d. 18 October 1319), by Elizabeth Montfort (d. August 1354), daughter of Sir Piers Montfort of Beaudesert, Warwickshire. [1] [2] [3] [4] He had three brothers and seven sisters, including William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and Simon Montacute, successively Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Ely (for details concerning his siblings, see the article on his father, William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu).

On 19 March 1337, he was granted an annuity of £100 by Edward III for the better support of his knighthood. [5]

His first wife was Alice of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, and granddaughter of Edward I. In March 1339 the King ordered William Trussell, escheator, to deliver to Montagu and his wife Alice her share of her father's lands. [5]

Montagu fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, and was summoned to Parliament from 20 November 1348 to 20 November 1360 by writs directed Edwardo de Monte Acuto, 'whereby he is held to have become Lord Montagu'. [6] [5]

Montagu and his retainers assaulted Alice,[ clarification needed ] causing her death on 30 January 1352. Montagu and some of his followers were indicted for the crime. [7] [5] In 1361, one William Dunche of Bungay was pardoned for his part in her death, as well as other felonies. [7] [5]

Montagu died on 14 July 1361, his only son and heir by Alice having predeceased him. His place of burial is unknown. His heir was his seven-week-old son by his second marriage, Edward Montagu, who survived him by only three months. At his death on 4 October 1361, any barony created by writ fell into abeyance, according to modern doctrine, among the surviving daughters of his father. [7] [8]

His arms were Argent, three lozenges in fess, on each an eagle displayed with a label of three points. [8]

Marriage and issue

Montagu married firstly, before 29 August 1338, Alice of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, eldest son of Edward I by his second marriage to Margaret (1279?–1318), the daughter of Philippe III of France (d.1285). [1] Her mother was Alice de Hales (d. in or before 1330), daughter of Sir Roger de Hales of Hales Hall in Loddon in Roughton, Norfolk, by his wife, Alice. [9] [10]

By Alice of Norfolk, Montagu had a son and four daughters: [5]

He married secondly a wife named Joan, whose parentage is unknown, by whom he had a son and two daughters: [13]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Waugh 2004.
  2. 1 2 Richardson II 2011, pp. 634–5.
  3. Cokayne 1936, pp. 82, 84.
  4. Gross 2004.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Richardson II 2011, p. 635.
  6. Cokayne 1936, p. 84.
  7. 1 2 3 Cokayne 1936, p. 85.
  8. 1 2 Burke 1866, p. 373.
  9. Richardson II 2011, pp. 631–5.
  10. Archer 2004.
  11. Ormrod 2004.
  12. Richardson II 2011, p. 636.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Richardson II 2011, pp. 635, 637.

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