John (Montagu) de Montagu KG (abt. 1350 - 1400)

Born about 1350 in Cassington, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Maud (Fraunceys) de Montagu — married 4 May 1383 in London, London, England

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1400 at about age 50 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

Sir John de Montagu, K.G.^[1]

3rd Earl of Salisbury (also Montacute)^[1]

John, son of John de Montagu & his wife Margaret Monthermer, was born about 1350 in Cassington, Oxfordshire, England. He married Maud Francis before 4 May 1383 in London. His children included: Richard Montagu, Margaret (Montagu) Ferrers, Anne (Montagu) Hankford, Elizabeth (Montagu) Willoughby, and Thomas Montagu.^[1]

John died 7 January 1400 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.^[1]

Father Sir John de Montagu, Lord Montagu, Trier of Petitions in Parliament^[2] b. c 1323, d. 25 Feb 1390 or 4 Mar 1390

Mother Margaret de Monthermer^[3] b. 14 Oct 1329, d. 24 Mar 1395

Sir John Montacute, 8th Earl of Salisbury, 2nd Baron of Montacute & Monthermer, Deputy Earl Marshal of England was born circa 1351 at of Wark-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England; Age 39 in 1390.^[4]

He married Maud Francis, daughter of Sir Adam Francis, Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff of Essex & Hertfordshire and Agnes Champneys, before 4 May 1383; They had 2 sons (Sir Thomas, 4th Earl of Salisbury, Count of Perche; & Richard) and 3 daughters (Margaret, wife of William, 5th Lord Ferrers of Groby; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Robert, 6th Lord Willoughby of Eresby, Count of Vendôme & Beaumont-sur-Oise; & Anne, wife of Sir Richard Hankford, of Sir Lewis John, & of Sir John Holand, Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon & Ivry).^[5]

Sir John Montacute, 8th Earl of Salisbury, 2nd Baron of Montacute & Monthermer, Deputy Earl Marshal of England died on 7 January 1400^[6] at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; Beheaded for conspiring against King Henry IV. Buried at Cirencester Abbey, Gloucestershire. He was later removed to Bisham Priory, Berkshire.^[7]

His heir was his son Thomas.^[6]

Family

• Maud Francis b. c 1352, d. c 5 Aug 1424

Children

• Sir Thomas, 4th Earl of Salisbury, Count of Perche
• Richard)
• Margaret, wife of William, 5th Lord Ferrers of Groby
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir Robert, 6th Lord Willoughby of Eresby, Count of Vendôme & Beaumont-sur-Oise
• Anne, wife of Sir Richard Hankford, of Sir Lewis John, & of Sir John Holand, Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon & Ivry

Research Notes

Following biography (copy/paste from Wikipedia?) needs review/sources/incorporated into profile (but not as copy/paste):

John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury

As a young man Montagu or Montacute distinguished himself in the war with France, and then went to fight against the pagans in Prussia, probably on the expedition led by Henry Bolingbroke (the future Henry IV of England). Bolingbroke was to entrust his young son and heir, later Henry V, to the care of Sir John and his wife Maud following the death of his wife Mary de Bohun. Lady Margaret cared for the young boy at a Montacute house in Welsh Bicknor near Monmouth until her death in 1395. He was summoned to parliament in 1391 as Baron Montagu. Montagu was a favorite of the King during the early years of the reign of Richard II. He accompanied the King during his expeditions to Ireland in 1394 and 1395, and as a privy councillor was one of the principal advocates of the King's marriage to Isabella of Valois. During the trips to France associated with the marriage, he met and encouraged Christine de Pisan, whose son was educated in the Montacute household. Montacute was a prominent Lollard, and was remonstrated by the King for this. With the death of his mother around this time, John inherited the barony of Monthermer and its estates. In 1397, he became Earl of Salisbury on the death of his uncle and inherited Bisham Manor and other estates. He continued as one of the major aristocratic allies of King Richard II, helping to secure the fall of the Duke of Gloucester and the Earl of Warwick. He persuaded the king to spare the life of Warwick. He received a portion of the forfeited Warwick estates, and in 1399 was made a Knight of the Garter. Early in 1399, he went to on a successful mission to France to prevent the proposed marriage of Henry Bolingbroke and a daughter of the Duke of Berry. In May, he again accompanied Richard II on an expedition to Ireland. When news reached them of that Bolingbroke had returned to England, Montacute was sent to Wales to raise opposing forces. When these deserted, Montacute advised King Richard to flee to Bordeaux. Instead Richard was imprisoned, Henry took the throne and, in the October, Montacute was arrested along with many of Richard's former councillors, and held in the Tower of London. Montacute had to answer charges related to the arrest and subsequent death of the Duke of Gloucester in 1397. Eventually he was released, due to the intercession of King Henry's sister Elizabeth, Countess of Huntingdon. Not long after his release, Montacute joined with the Earl of Huntingdon and a group of other barons in the Epiphany Rising, a plot to kill King Henry IV and restore Richard II. After the plot failed, mob violence ensued, and he was caught by a mob of townspeople at Cirencester, held without trial, and executed by beheading on 7 January 1400.

Titles of Nobility: 3rd Earl of Salisbury Lord Monthemer Lord of Wick, Hackney, Middlesex, England Occupation: Keeper of Trowbridge Castle Knight of the Garter, 1369 Privy Councillor, 1395 Deputy Earl Marshal of England, 1398 Governor of the Principality of Chester, 1399 Steward of Wales, 1399

Burial: Cirencester Abbey, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, and later removed to Bisham Priory, Berkshire

Sources listed in merged profile:

• familysearch.org/tree/person/details/99ZZ-F45
• url: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montagu,_3rd_Earl_of_Salisbury
• "Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition," by Douglas Richardson, url: books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA2-PA158&dq=John+Montacute,+3rd+Earl+of+Salisbury&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iH3lVNHZD4GNgwTWwILgDA&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=John%20Montacute%2C%203rd%20Earl%20of%20Salisbury&f=false

Citation: 2011, Kimball G. Everingham, editor, email: royalancestry at msn.com, Publisher: Douglas Richardson ISBN 1461045207, 9781461045205

merged profile had birth & marriage in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; had [certain] 1361 as birth & 5 Jan 1400 as death date. Death date changed to 7th. Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry says he was beheaded on 7 Jan 1399/1400. Wikipedia article says 7 Jan 1400.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Name, title, aka and bio basics from datafield entries of Montagu-8 as of 22 July 2018 (prior to merge with de_Montague-9, proposed that date)
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 155-156
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 508.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 158.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 299-300.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 1-50', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 18, Henry IV (London, 1987), pp. 1-20. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol18/pp1-20 [accessed 15 November 2020].
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 119-120

• Marlyn Lewis
• Beltz, George. Memorials of the Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841) Page 362-7

Acknowledgements

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