William de Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu

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William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (c. 1285-18 October 1319) (alias de Montagu, de Montacute, Latinized to de Monte Acuto ("from the sharp mountain"), was an English peer, and an eminent soldier and courtier during the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. He played a significant role in the wars in Scotland and Wales, and was appointed steward of the household to Edward II. Perhaps as a result of the influence of his enemy, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, Edward II sent him to Gascony as Seneschal in 1318. He died there in October of the following year.

William Montagu was born in about 1285, the son and heir of Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (d. 26 September 1316), by either his first wife, Hawise de St Amand(died 1287), daughter of Amaury de St Amand, or his second wife, Isabel, whose parentage is unknown. The Montagu family was of Norman origin, later prominent in the West Country of England. They held extensive lands in Somerset, Dorset and Devon.

Montagu spent a great part of his life serving in the wars in Scotland, Wales and on the continent. He attended King Edward II and his wife Isabella of France when they travelled to France to attend the coronation of King Louis X. In November 1316 he was appointed Steward of the Household to King Edward II, a position which was accompanied by the grant, on 13 January 1317, of an annuity of 200 marks which he received until June 1317, when in lieu of the annuity the king granted him for life, as "King's Bachelor," several manors, including Gravesend in Kent and Kingsbury in Somerset. In August 1318 he was appointed Keeper of Abingdon Abbey. However, on 20 November 1318 Edward II sent him to Gascony as Seneschal, and he was replaced as Steward of the Household by Bartholomew de Badlesmere. According to Gross, "this was almost certainly a concession to Thomas of Lancaster, who had accused Montagu of combining with Roger Damory to plot against his life, a factor which delayed his reconciliation with the King."

In about 1292 he married Elizabeth de Montfort (died August 1354), daughter of Peter de Montfort. Elizabeth de Montfort survived her husband and remarried to Sir Thomas Furnivall (d. before 18 April 1332) of Sheffield, who was pardoned and fined £200 on 8 June 1322 for marrying her, a widow of a tenant-in-chief, without royal licence. By his wife Montagu had four sons and seven daughters:

John Montagu (d.1317), eldest son and heir apparent, who predeceased his father.

William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1301-1344), eldest surviving son and heir, who succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Montagu, and later became 1st Earl of Salisbury.

Simon Montacute (died 1345), who was successively Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Ely.

Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died 14 July 1361).

Alice Montagu, eldest daughter, who married, before 27 January 1333, as his first wife, Sir Ralph Daubeney (3 March 1305-c.1378).

Katherine Montagu, who married Sir William Carrington.

Mary Montagu, who married Sir Richard Cogan (died 1368), feudal baron of Bampton, in Devon.

Elizabeth Montagu, Prioress of Holywell Priory.

Hawise Montagu, who married Sir Roger Bavent (d. 23 April 1355), by whom she had a daughter, Joan Bavent, who married Sir John Dauntsey (d.1391).

Maud Montagu, Abbess of Barking Abbey from 1341-1352.

Montagu died in Gascony on 18 October 1319. His place of burial is unknown.

William married Elizabeth de Montfort. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Peter (Piers) de Montfort, II and Maud (Matilda) de la Mare) was born ca 1270, Beaudesert, Warwickshire, England; died Aug 1354, Montacute Oxfordshire, England; was buried , Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England. [Group Sheet]

1. William de Montagu was born ca 1301, Cassington, Oxfordshire, England; died 30 Jan 1344, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried , Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England.

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Simon was the ancestor of the great Montagu family, Earls of Salisbury. His family originated in Normandy, at the manor of Montaigu-les-Bois, in the arrondissement of Coutances.

According to the Duchess of Cleveland (1889): "He had come to England in the train of the Earl of Mortain, and received from him large grants of lands, with the custody of the castle, built either by the Earl or his son William, in the manor of Bishopston....

He married twice:

Firstly to Hawise de St Amand (died 1287), daughter of Amaury de St Amand. Secondly to Isabel, whose parentage is unknown.

He had progeny, by which wife is unknown, as follows:

William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (c. 1285-18 October 1319), eldest son and heir, John Montagu, and Simon Montagu.
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Wikipedia

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Simon has some sort of connection with Aufrica de Connoght, a fourteenth-century woman who claimed to be an heiress of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles.

Aufrica appealed to King John and King Edward, concerning rights she claimed to Mann as an alleged heiress of Magnús.Later in 1304, Aufrica quitclaimed these claimed rights to Simon de Montagu (died 1316). Although it is possible that she and Simon were married at about this point, there is no specific evidence of such a union. Whatever the case, Simon later sought to seize control of the island, and in so doing incurred the wrath of Edward II, King of England, but he pardoned Simon for his actions against the island in 1313. Later in the century, Simon's grandson, William de Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, inherited Simon's rights to Mann.
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From Find A Grave:

Simon was in several expeditions into Wales, particularly in 1282, when Llewellen lost his territory and life. He made several campaigns with reputation both in France and Scotland, in the reign of Edward I. He was also Governor of Corffe Castle in Devonshire. In the Reign of Edward II. he again served in Scotland and was governor of the Castle of Beaumaris in the isle of Anglesey, and Admiral of the King's fleet.
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Source:
"A Chronicle of the Kings of England by Sir Richard Baker, Knight." London, 1660.

He also obtained a grant for a weekly market on Tuesday at his Manor of Yardlington, County of Somerset, and a fair on the eve day and morrow after the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The 7th of Edwd II. (1314) he obtained a license of the King to fortify his Manor house at Yardlington This Manor was very beautifully situated in a picturesque locality upon a very fine lawn, and remained in, this family through many descents until, through the last Countess of Salisbury (who was beheaded at the age of 70 years by Henry VIII), it passed to the Poles and thence to Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. Sir Simon Montacute also owned the Manor of Goat-hill, granted to him by Edwd I., and it descended to Gen. Thomas Montacute 4th Earl of Salisbury, thence to Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and to John Neville, Marquis of Montacute. He also owned the Manor of Laymore in Somerset.


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Simon married Hawise de St Amand. Hawise (daughter of Amaury de St Amand and Isabel) died 1287, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Montagu,_1st_Baron_Montagu

Simon de Montagu married twice:

Firstly to Hawise de St Amand (died 1287), daughter of Amaury de St Amand.

Secondly to Isabel, whose parentage is unknown.

He had progeny, by which wife is unknown, as follows:

William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (c. 1285-18 October 1319), eldest son and heir.

John Montagu.

Simon Montagu

Notes:

"A Chronicle of the Kings of England by Sir Richard Baker, Knight." London, 1660.

William had summons to attend the King into Gascony, against Alphonse 10th, King of Castile, who had usurped the province. The 4'st of Henry III, he was summoned to be with the King at Chester on the feast day of St. Peter, well furnished with horse and arms, thence to march against Llewellin ap Griffith prince of Wales. 42d of Henry III. He had a similar citation. By Berta his wife he left issue his son and heir, Simon.

William married Berta. [Group Sheet]

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Source: A Chronicle of the Kings of England by Sir Richard Baker, Knight." London, 1660.

Almeric de St. Amand was a great baron of that age whose chief seat was at Grendon Underwood, a parish in the hundred of Ashendon in Buckinghamshire ten miles west N. W. from Aylesbury. The male line became extinct and the property passed (through daughters) to other families. It would seem that Simon Montacute and Hawise de St. Amand, his wife, probably had a son whose name was William Montacute from the following passage taken from a very rare and ancient work

His father, Ralph, died when he was ten years old. Until he was of age, the custody of his land was held by Matthew de Coudray, later Paulyne Peyvre, and finally John de Grey. He received legal possession of his lands and did homage [a ceremony in which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord]. His lands were in Bedford, Buckinhamshire, Surrey, Sussex, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire. He married Isabel _____ in 1278 and was given timber in Savernack Forest.

He marched against the Welsh in 1257, 1277, 1282 and 1283 and he was a Banneret [a knight leading his vassals into the field under his own banner and therefore ranking above a knight bachelor]. The King summoned Almaric II to his support at London and Oxford in 1261 and 1264. In 1263-1265 he aided Henry III during the "Barons' War", a war against the King. He was summoned to serve in the Assembly at Shrewsbury (not a Parliament) in 1283. He died in the autumn of 1285.
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Source: The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century> Par Marc Morris

"... Sir Reginald de Grey and Sir Amaury de St Amand, staying for the tournament £12 17s'. 'Sir R. de St Amand, from Thursdav after St Bartholomew the Apostle [27 August 1271] until the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary [8 September 1271), when his leg was broken, 64s 6V£d"

Amaury married Isabel. Isabel was born ca 1213, Ise of Man; died ca 1252, Isle of Man. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: A Chronicle of the Kings of England by Sir Richard Baker, Knight." London, 1660.

Almeric de St. Amand was a great baron of that age whose chief seat was at Grendon Underwood, a parish in the hundred of Ashendon in Buckinghamshire ten miles west N. W. from Aylesbury. The male line became extinct and the property passed (through daughters) to other families. It would seem that Simon Montacute and Hawise de St. Amand, his wife, probably had a son whose name was William Montacute from the following passage taken from a very rare and ancient work

His lands were in Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire. He married Isabel _____ in 1278 and was given timber in Savernack Forest.

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"A Chronicle of the Kings of England by Sir Richard Baker, Knight." London, 1660.

He recovered all of the lands which his father had lost. But in the '7th of Henry III. (1233) he also had his lands, distrained by Virtue of the King's precept for omitting to repair to Court at the feast of Whitsuntide, there to receive the dignity of Knighthood, as was required by law. But the next year on doing his homage be was by the Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset reinstated in his possessions,. He died 31st of Henry III. (1247) leaving issue William his son and heir.