Robert Montfort Esq. (abt. 1437 - aft. 1477)

Born about 1437 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Stapleton) Montfort — married about 1454 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1477 after about age 40 in England

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Biography

Robert Montfort, Esq., styled "the younger", was the son of Baldwin Montfort, Knt., and Joan Vernon.^[1][2][3] His date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.

Robert married Mary Stapleton, daughter and co-heiress of [?John Stapleton] and Margaret Stapleton, daughter of John Stapleton, Esq.^[2] of Stapleton, Shropshire and Dormington, Herefordshire, etc.^[1] Mary and Robert had one daughter:

• Katherine Montfort, wife of George Booth, Esq., and of _____ Ferror; she died 7 December 1498^[1]

In 1455 Mary, her husband Robert Montfort, and her fellow Stapleton co-heirs presented to the Free Chapel of St. John the Baptist at Stapleton, Shropshire.^[1][2]

In 1465, Robert was accused of treason.^[1] In 1470 Robert Montfort and other Stapleton co-heirs were summoned at the suit of Thomas Horde and Joyce his wife in a plea that a partition be made of the manors of Stapleton, Armegrove, and Folhampton, Shropshire, formerly belonging to John Stapleton, Esq, grandfather of Mary, late wife of Robert Montfort.^[2]

He may be the Robert Montfort, Esq. "of Wykenhyll" who issued a bond in 1477 to John Archer, Esq.^[1][2] His date and place of death are unknown.

He was a descendant of King Henry II.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. I, page 258, BOOTH 10.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, vol. I, page 437 BOOTH, Robert Montfort.
3. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. III, page 171 MONTFORT 9.ii.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry. (Baltimore, MD: 2004), pps: 128 and 514.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Robert Montfort, Esq. entry in Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors website, accessed 19 Mar 2020.

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Robert Montfort Esq. appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Thomas Booth to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter (vol. I, pages 258-261 BOOTH). This trail, set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile, was project-approved/badged in April 2016 by a Magna Carta project member.

Robert Montfort Esq. is also in a badged trail to FitzWalter from Gateway Ancestor Obadiah Bruen. See the Magna Carta Trails on John Bruen's profile to view the profiles in this trail.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".