Sir
Piers
(Peter)
de Montfort
formerly Montfort
Born after in Beaudesert, Henley In Arden, Warwickshire
Ancestors 
Son of Thurstan (Montfort) de Montfort III
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Alice (Audley) de Montfort
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Robert (Montfort) de Montfort and Piers (Montfort) de Montfort
Died
before age 54
in Worcestershire, England
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Biography
- "PIERS DE MONTFORT, son and heir, was a minor at his father's death, his wardship and marriage were granted by King John to William de Cauntelo. During his minority he had grants of markets at Henleyand Beaudesert. He was still underage in October 1231. In 1236 he went on a pilgrimage to Santiago with William de Cauntelo the younger, his lord. He was with the King in the unsuccessful expedition to Poitou in 1242. In 1245 his lands, which had been taken into the King's hand because he attended a prohibited tournament at Cambridge, were restored to him. On 29 August 1245, at Preston, as Piers de Montfort, son of Thurstan de Montfort, he confirmed to St. Neots all the grants in Wing which his ancestors had made, saving the services due to the King and the Earls of Warwick. In May 1248 he had licence to enclose land at Remenham in the forest of Windsor, and on 20 August a grant in connection with a marriage covenant between him and William de Beauchamp of Worcester. In the early autumn of 1248 he went overseas with Simon de Montfort, who had just been appointed Seneschal of Gascony, and later supported him against the complaints of the Gascons. He presumably returned to England in 1250 or early in 1251, for he had custody of the castle of Harestan (Horston, in Horsley, co. Derby) from 4 March 1250/1 to 29 November 1252. For the next two years he was serving in Gascony, and on 22 April 1254 was appointed one of the guardians of the truce in France. He appears to have accompanied Prince Edward in the summer on his journey to Spain for his marriage with Eleanor of Castile, and on 19 September was one of the sureties for the King's debts in Bordeaux. On 20 January 1255/6 he was sent on an embassy to the French King to arrange articles about breaches of the truce. This appears to have been the end of his foreign service, for in September 1257 he was appointed, during pleasure, to guard the March of Wales in Montgomery, and to keep the counties of Salop and Staffs, with the castles of Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. In February 1258 he was joint commissioner to arrange a truce with Llewelyn, and later to prorogue it; in June he conducted the latter's envoys to the Parliament at Oxford, and from June to November was one of the commissioners to examine and make amends for breaches of the truce. Meanwhile in May he had a grant of Ellesmere Castle for 18 years. He was one of the 12 magnates elected by the Barons to represent them on the Council of 24 which was forced on the King in the "Mad" Parliament at Oxford in June 1258, and was sworn of the King's Council, being also one of the 24 persons appointed to treat about an aid for the King. He also joined in the letter of the magnates to the Pope against the Poitevins. In 1259 he obtained a grant of murage for Abergavenny, while the town was in his keeping, and in June of that year was one of the commissioners sent to the ford of Montgomery to treat with Llewelyn on breaches of the peace, a truce being made in July. In August he had an allowance of 200 marks for the defence of the Welsh borders (d). On 28 October he had protection upon crossing with the King and Queen to France on 14 November on a visit to Louis IX, when peace was arranged. In 1261 the King renewed his struggle with the Barons; in June, when he had made public the absolution he had obtained from the Pope respecting his oath to keep the Provisions of Oxford, Montfort was elected by the Barons one of the three arbitrators to negotiate with the King on this and other public business. He was now beginning to associate himself definitely with the Baronial party; and in April 1262 the sheriff of Warwickshire had orders to prevent the fortification of his castle of Beaudesert. In 1263 Piers took part in the Barons' activities in the West of England, and is recorded by name as one of the magnates who besieged and took Worcester, 28 February 1262/3, after several assaults (h). It is thought to have been in the following month that he reported to the Council his repulse of a raid by the Welsh into Gwent, and again urged the need of adequate forces being sent, for single-handed he could not hold the position. After peace was made, temporarily, in July 1263, among a number of castles to whom new keepers were appointed, Corfe and Shirburn were committed to Piers de Montfort; in September he accompanied the King on his brief visit to France to see Louis. War was renewed, and on 2 April 1264 he had a safe conduct for coming with his household and goods to Brackley to meet the King's envoys, but the next day he and his two sons were with Simon de Montfort the younger, when the Keeper of Northampton Castle surrendered it to the latter. Two days later the King forced his way into the town, and took the castle, Piers and his sons Piers and Robert being among the prisoners taken. They were removed to Windsor Castle, but released after the battle of Lewes, on an order to the constable dated 17 May. During the dominance of Earl Simon, Piers received many commissions and grants; on 4 June he was commissioner of oyer and terminer in Yorks; in July the King desired that Piers should bring him the terms proposed by the Barons, as their plenipotentiary; and on 11 September he was one of the envoys appointed to treat concerning the reformation of the state of England in the presence of King Louis and the Papal Legate. On 16 November he had a grant to him and his heirs of the manor of Garthorp, on 20 December another of the custody of Whittingdon Castle and of Hereford Castle, with the Hundred of Irchenfield, and on 20 January 1264/5 of twenty oaks in the forest of Rutland for the repair of his houses in Preston, which had been burnt. He accompanied Simon de Montfort through Monmouthshire into Wales, and during this time was joint keeper of the royal seal. He was slain at the battle of Evesham, 4 August, his sons Piers and Robert being wounded and taken prisoners. He married, in or before 1228, Alice, daughter of Henry DE AUDLEY. He died as stated above, 4 August 1265. Alice survived him. "[Complete Peerage IX:123-6]
Sources
- ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. I, page 200
- Complete Peerage, 2nd ed., IX:126-6 and VIII:464 and following chart
- Peter Montfort's wikipedia page
See Also:
- Time Team, Season 9, Episode 11, "Every Castle Needs a Lord" (Beaudesert, Warwickshire)
Acknowledgements
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[CPR HIII] 31 March 1234 Westminster. Protection for Peter de Monte Forti, gone to Santiago with William de Cantilupo, the younger, his lord, so long as he be on pilgrimage with his lord.
[CFR HIII] 13 January 1242. Northampton. . Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to place in respite, until 15 days of Easter in the twenty-seventh year, the scutage which he exacts from Peter de Montfort for the knights’ fees that he holds of the earl of Warwick. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire, Rutland and Berkshire.
[CPR HIII] 25 February 1243 Bordeaux. Bond to Peter de Munford [Monte Forti per index] in 20 marks, to be paid at Easter for a horse lost in the king's service at Bordeaux.
[CFR HIII] 30 March 1243. Westminster. For Peter son of Thurstan. The king has given respite until St. John the Baptist in the twenty-seventh year, to Peter son of Thurstan concerning 40 marks that he owes to the king and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer for a fine which he made with the king for having seisin of the lands formerly of Ivo son of William Wygayn his kinsman. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit him to have the aforesaid respite and to cause his cattle, taken for this reason, to be delivered to him in the meantime.
[CPR HIII] 23 May 1248 Woodstock. Protection with clause volumus for Peter de Monte Forti, so long as he be in the service of Simon de Monte Forti, earl of Leicester.
[CPR HIII] 6 August 1248 Woodstock. Protection with clause volumus for Peter de Monteforti going to Gascony on the king's service, so long as he be on the king's service.
[CPR HIII] 20 August 1248 Woodstock. Grant to Peter Monteforti and William de Bello Campo of Worcester that if they agree between them that wither shall think fit to join in marriage the other's eldest son to his eldest daughter and the parents happen to die before their heirs come of age, whereby the marriage would belong to the king and the wardship of the heirs, the marriage shall stand, nevertheless, saving to the king the wardship of their lands during the minority of the heirs.
[CPR HIII] 4 March 1251 Westminster. Order to the constable of the castle of Harestan to deliver that castle to Peter de Monte Forti, to whom the king committed it during pleasure.
[CPR HIII] 28 June 1253 Southwick. Confirmation of a marriage arranged between whichever of the sons of Peter de Monte Forti the said Peter chooses, and Agnes firstborn daughter of Roger Bertram of Mitford.
[CPR HIII] 14 July 1253 Portsmouth. Mandate to Ernald de Bosco, justice of the forest, John de Lessinton, Gilbert de Preston and G. de Langele, who were appointed to make an inquisition at Ridelington, co. Roteland, on the morrow of St. Peter's Chains, of the woods which Peter de Monte Forti claims as his right within the metes of the forest of that county, to proceed therewith even though one of them be absent on said days.
[CPR HIII] 15 September 1253 In camp at Gironde. Grant to Peter de Monte Forti that when the king returns to the realm he will cause justice to be done to him touching that parcel of wood called the park of Ridelinton and touching parcels of the woods of Stowode, Fridwod, Haretbornes, and touching parcels of the woods of Huppingham under Biaumund, which are within the metes of the forest of Rotelaund; so that if by the inquisition which the king shall cause to be made, or by any other means, by judgement of the court he recover the said parcels, the king will restore them to him, or by his own arbitrament make him a reasonable exchange to the value thereof.
[CPR HIII] 26 February 1254 Bazas. Grant for life, to Peter de Monte Forti of 50 marks a year in the name of a yearly fee at the at the Exchequer; or until the king provide for him in that yearly value of land out of wards or escheats. This letter was afterwards sealed with the great seal of England.
[CPR HIII] 15 April 1254 Meilhan. To the subjects of Louis, king of the French, and of Alfonse, count of Toulouse and Poitou, who are coming to Connak on this Sunday the quinzaine of Easter. The king has appointed Peter Chaceporc, archdeacon of Wells, the treasurer, and Peter de Monte Forti to receive and do justice there on that day touching raids on both sides during the truce, if any remain beyond those which the king has amended, and this is signified to the dictators of the truce. The king has also given power to the said Peter and Peter to swear on the king's soul; and, if necessary, he promises to pay what is adjudged for the raids.
[CPR HIII] 17 June 1254 St Macaire. Mandate to Richard earl of Cornwall to cause the liberties of Peter de Monte Forti to be kept intact in the counties of Warwick, Rutland and Berkshire, as he had them before he went out of England because of the king's service, and if anything has been forfeited there to him or his men, to cause it to be amended.
[CPR HIII] 25 February 1255 Westminster. Appointment of Henry de Bathonia and Henry de Mara to enquire by jury of the counties of Rutland, Northampton and Leicester, with the foresters and verderers thereof pot of any affinity with Peter de Monte Forti, whether Thurstan de Monte Forti [living 1166/7], great grandfather of the said Peter, was seised in his demesne as of fee of parcels of the following woods, to wit, the park of Ridelinton, co. Rutland, and a parcel of Stocwode and Fritwode and Harethomes, and Oppingham under Beumunt; and whether he held the said parcels in demesne without the forest, and whether he was disseised thereof by the will of the king's ancestors and by whom, how much they contain, and what they are worth in vesture of wood, and what they would be worth if brought into cultivation; and the sheriffs are commanded to provide juries.
[CPR HIII] 20 January 1256 Windsor. To the king of France. The king is sending to him Peter de Monteforti to amend and confirm the articles touching breaches of the truce already discussed by Simon de Monte Forti, earl of Leicester, and Peter de Sabaudia, on the king's behalf, and the said king’s people in his presence. It is written by the same words to the said king by letters close.
[CPR HIII] 22 January 1256 Windsor. Grant to Peter de Monte Forti of 50/ a year at the Exchequer, until the king provide for him in any equivalent of land; and for this grant the said Peter has released to the king all his right in all the woods which the king holds in the forest of Roteland.
[CLR HIII] 23 January 1256 Windsor. Liberate to Peter de Monte Forti 25/ yearly at the Easter Exchequer and 25/ at that of Michaelmas, granted to him and his heirs till the king shall make provision for them in lands of that value, in lieu of the release which he made of his right and his claim in all the woods which the king holds in the forest of Roteland.
[CFR HIII] 27 September 1257. Worcester. The king has committed to Peter de Montfort the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire together with the castles of Shrewsbury and Bruges to be kept for as long as it pleases the king.
[CPR HIII] 29 September 1257 Woodstock. Whereas the king appointed Peter de Monte Forti to keep the march of Wales in the parts of Mungumery, the king, at the instance of Edward, his son, has committed to him, during pleasure, the above counties and castles to defend and keep that march and the castles out of the issues and profits of the said counties during the war with Wales, and to further other things concerning the said war, so that in the first year he shall pay nothing at the exchequer out of the said issues, nor render any account; and at the end of that year he shall render his account in the wardrobe of the said issues, and the king will then cause him to be allowed therein all his expenses in the keeping and defence of the said march and castles and in horses and carriage and other expenses concerning the said war.
[CFR HIII] 7 May 1258 Westminster. The king has committed his castle of Ellesmere with appurtenances to Peter de Montfort, to have for the 17 years next following Easter in the forty-second year in place of his annual fee of 50 marks that he takes at the Exchequer. Same entry appears in the Patent Rolls with slightly different wording.
[CPR HIII] 3 August 1258 Westminster. Commission to James de Audithele and Peter de Monte Forti to hear and determine excesses committed upon the bailiffs and men of the bishop of Hereford of the parts of Ledebirynorth by the bailiffs and men of John son of Alan of the parts of Clune, and cause amends to be made for the same according to the custom of those parts.
[CPR HIII] 18 August 1258 Woodstock. Appointment of James de Audithele and Peter Monte Forti, sheriff of Salop and Stafford, with others whom they shall associate with themselves, to receive and make amends for trespasses against the truce between Llewelyn son of Gruffudd and his men, and the king's men on the days and in the places which the said James and Peter shall prove in the marches of Salop and Cheshire until Michaelmas.
[CLR HIII] 7 November 1258 Westminster. Liberate to Peter Monte Forti from the money coming from Winchester 200 marks to spend on the guard and defence of the marches of Wales as may be needful.
[CLR HIII] 7 November 1259 Westminster. Liberate to Peter de Monte Forti, who is going with the king in parts of France, 50 marks of the king's gift for his expenses.
[CLR HIII] 17 May 1264 Battle. Mandate to Drew de Barenton, constable of the castle of Windesore to deliver Simon de Monte Forti, son of the earl of Leicester, and Peter de Monte Forti, the elder who were lately taken at Northampton and committed to his keeping by Edward the king's son; as by the form of the peace between the king and his barons they with Peter and Robert, sons of the said Peter de Monte Forti, who were also taken at Northampton, are to be delivered. The like to William la Zuche to deliver Peter de Monte Forti the younger. The like to James de Alditheleg to deliver Robert de Monte Forti.
[CPR HIII] 25 August 1264 Canterbury. Whereas a certain ordinance or provision of peace has lately been made in the march of Wales between Simon de Monte Forti, earl of Leicester, Thomas de Clare, John son of John, Peter de Monte Forti the elder, and other barons, of the one part, and Roger de Mortuo Mari, James de Aldithele and their co-marchers, of the other part, for the observance of which the said Roger has given his son William as a hostage to John son of John, and the said James has given his son Nicholas as hostage to the said Peter, subject to the king's acceptance of the provision; the king ratifies both the provision of peace and the delivery of the said hostages.
[CFR HIII] 16 December 1264 Worcester. Concerning castles that has been committed. The king has committed the castle of Whittington with appurtenances to Peter de Montfort to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answers him for the issues etc. at the Exchequer. The king has committed the castle of Hereford with the hundred of Archenfield and all its other appurtenances to Peter de Montfort to keep for as long as it pleases the king, so that he puts all issues of the same toward stocking the same castle. Slain battle Evesham 1265
The patriarch of this family in England was Hugh II Seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle, who fought at Hastings in 1066, contributing 50 ships and 60 knights to the conquest. Hugh's daughter, Alice, the only child from his first marriage to an unnamed daughter of Richard de Beaufour, was to become his evenutal heir following the expulsion of her half brother Robert and their nephew Robert II in 1107. Alice was to marry Gilbert van Gent [de Gand], lord of Folkingham, and their son Hugh was the assumed the Montfort name following his mother's death. Hugh married Adeline the daughter of Robert I de Beaumont and in 1123 was to join his brother in law, Waleran, comte de Meulan during the Normandy rebellion against Henry I. Their younger son Thurstan was granted Beaudeset by his great uncle, Henry de Beaumont, earl of Warwick prior to the latter's death in 1119, which became the seat of this branch of the family. Peter I Montfort was a minor at the time of his father’s death and was raised in the household of his maternal family, the Cantilupes, who were prominent royal servants, and was greatly influenced by his uncle Walter Cantilupe, bishop of Worcester.
Peter was one of the seven magnates that presented the ultimatum to Henry III in April 1258 that led some of the powers being placed into hands of a council and the expulsion of the king’s half brothers, the Lusignans, from England. Peter was slain at the battle of Evesham in 1265. His son Peter soon regained royal favour, receiving numerous grants and gifts from the king, but was never prominent in royal service as was his father, however was a knight of the household of Eleanor, consort of Edward I. The above is as comprehended from numerous academic works in information as gained from the various Calendar Rolls.
THERE WERE THREE MEN, GRANDFATHER, FATHER AND SON WITH THE GIVEN NAME OF WILLIAM.
PETER WAS A MINOR AT THE TIME OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH IN 1216 AND WAS RAISED IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY AND WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY HIS UNCLE, WALTER CANTILUPE. HE GAINED HIS MAJORITY ABOUT 1230.
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