Ellen (Montgomery) Booth (abt. 1475 - aft. 1523)

Born about 1475 in Throwley, Staffordshire, England [uncertain]

Wife of William Booth — married about 1495 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 18 Nov 1523 after about age 48 in Bolyn Manor-house, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Biography

Ellen was born about 1475 in Throwley, Staffordshire, England. She was the daughter of John Montgomery and Unknown (Unknown) Montgomery.

Ellen Montgomery, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Montgomery of Cubley, Derbyshire, and Throwley, Staffordshire, was the second wife of William Booth and mother of 8 of his children.^[1][2]

On 18 November 1823 Dame Elyn Bothe late wife of Sir William Bothe of Dunham and Roger Knottesford of Twemlow signed the marriage settlement of Edward son of the said Dame Elyn and Mary daughter of the said Roger Knottesford.^[3]

Research Notes

The printed genealogies state that Ellen was the daughter and heiress of Sir John Montgomery of Throwley, or of Cubley and Throwley. According to Shaw's Knights of England, there was only one Sir John Montgomery in this time period: John Montgomery (abt.1475-abt.1513).^[4] His heiresses were his three daughters, of whom Ellen (Montgomery) Vernon (abt.1500-) married John Vernon. Her inheritance was Sudbury, Derbyshire, from whence Sudbury passed into the Vernon family. The dates make it impossible that this is the same person: Ellen Vernon's heir was born in Sudbury when Dame Ellen Bothe was still a widow in Cheshire.

Glover's Derbyshire states that Sir John's sister Katherine married Sir William Bothe, but this appears to be a mistake for Sir William Bowden.^[5][6][7]

Throwley had been a possession of the Montgomery family generations earlier, but at the time Ellen would have been born it was occupied by the Meverell family: closely related to the Montgomerys by marriage and who had Montgomery ancestry.^[8]

It is possible that Ellen was one of the daughters of Thomas Meverell (abt.1450-1502) of Throwley. If so, she would have been the ward, rather than the daughter, of Sir John Montgomery. Sir John Montgomery was charged with arranging the marriages of Thomas Meverell's daughters.

The following by Poor-177 21:55, 25 March 2014 (EDT) Ellen's birth date estimated. Father's name from "History of Wilmslow Parish" Boothe Moiety pages start at page 52 - 56 .No evidence found for birth or death of father or mother.

She had NO other spouses. Ellen Montgomery wife of John Vernon was a Montgomery of Cubley Derbyshire born 1509. Born 30 years later See commentary for church view URL

Sources

1. ↑ 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 259, BOOTH 12. https://books.google.it/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=John+Montgomery+Bowden+Cheshire+Throwley&source=bl&ots=kxjJLYIN82&sig=ACfU3U2onyPIWmL-Pf5uXUDM7gqDRnxo5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxkbOqyojyAhWVlFwKHeQ8DvQQ6AEwDnoECBgQAw#v=onepage&q=John%20Montgomery%20Bowden%20Cheshire%20Throwley&f=false
2. ↑ Arthur Collins. The Peerage of England. Vol VII. London, 1768. Page 72.
3. ↑ Cheshire Archives and Local Studies catalogue reference DLL 2/41 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/31f6e4fc-b10f-4a70-a78b-4918fe1ed004
4. ↑ William Shaw, The Knights of England, vol. 2 (London: Sherratt and Hughes, 1906), p.29
5. ↑ Thomas Noble, ed. The History, Gazeteer, and Directory of the County of Derby, Part II. Derby: Stephen Glover, 1829. Page 335.
6. ↑ Charles Cox. Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol III: The Hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley. Chesterfield: W Edmunds, 1877. archive.org pages 96 and 322.
7. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/3764489933/
8. ↑ Ian Douglas Rowney. The Staffordshire Political Community 1440-1500, Vol. II. PhD Thesis submitted to the University of Keele, 1981. https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/5853/2/RowneyPhD1981Vol2.pdf

• Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18, Page 36 "Sr Wm Bouth of Dunham ob. 11 H. 8." married 2nd "Doroty d. to Sr Jno Mongomery"
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• Hist of Lancaster 1836 v2 p.532
• Poor-177 18:23, 20 March 2014 (EDT) History of Wilmslow Parish, Cheshire, p 55-56 Google Books
• https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p360.htm#i10805