Amaury de St Amand

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 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]

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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

Hawise married Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu. Simon (son of William de Montagu, IV and Berta) was born ca 1235, Somerset, England; died 26 Sep 1316, Somerset, England; was buried , Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Montagu,_2nd_Baron_Montagu

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]

Notes:

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Montagu,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury

He was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III.

The son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, he entered the royal household at an early age and became a close companion of the young Prince Edward. The relationship continued after Edward was crowned king following the deposition of Edward II in 1327. In 1330, Montagu was one of Edward's main accomplices in the coup against Roger Mortimer, who until then had been acting as the king's protector.

In the following years Montagu served the king in various capacities, primarily in the Scottish Wars. He was richly rewarded, and among other things received the lordship of the Isle of Man. In 1337, he was created Earl of Salisbury, and given an annual income of 1000 marks to go with the title. He served on the Continent in the early years of the Hundred Years' War, but in 1340 he was captured by the French, and in return for his freedom had to promise never to fight in France again. Salisbury died of wounds suffered at a tournament early in 1344.

Legend has it that Montagu's wife Catherine was raped by Edward III, but this story is almost certainly French propaganda. William and Catherine had six children, most of whom married into the nobility. Modern historians have called William Montague Edward's "most intimate personal friend"and "the chief influence behind the throne from Mortimer's downfall in 1330 until his own death in 1344."

Buried:
Grave location, photo of abbey house and biography:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57334288

William married Catherine de Grandison. Catherine (daughter of William de Grandison and Sybil de Tregoz) was born ca 1304, Ashford, Hertfordshire, England; died 23 Nov 1349, Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried , Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet]