Nicholas Montgomery (1356 - 1424)

Born 1356 in Cubley, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1424 at about age 68 in Cubley, Derbyshire, England

Biography

He was son of Sir Walter Montgomery.^[1][2]

Heir of his father Walter [Nottinghamshire Archives DD/FJ/4/26/6]. Six pounds in rent from the manor of Cubley and a moiety of the manor of Snelston was settled on him and his wife Ann and their heirs in 1364 presumably as a marriage settlement [H.J.H Garratt (ed), Derbyshire Feet of Fines 1323-1546; no.874].

His first appearance in the records was in 1377 when serving on a local commission. In 1380/81 he was in the service of Thomas of Woodstock overseas when Thomas Foljambe administered his affairs (at a time when Nicholas may have been married to Foljambe's niece Margery, daughter of Sir Godfrey Foljambe d.1375).

Knighted by 1381 and in 1388/89, 1410, 1413, 1415 was Knight of the Shire for Derbyshire. He held local positions as Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Array, Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Commissioner of the Peace between 1381 and 1424. He was Constable of Tutbury castle, master forester of Tutbury and Needwood chase, parker of Agardsley and Rowley, Staffs. for the duchy of Lancaster 23 July 1403-16 Dec. 1408 [J.S.Roskell (ed), The House of Commons 1386-1421, v.3 p.760].

Nicholas was married subsequently to Margaret, widow of Richard Baskerville (1370-1394), and mother of John Baskerville, probably by 1403 when he was ordered by Henry IV to fortify Eardisley castle, a Baskerville possession, against the Welsh. [Pedigrees of the Plea Rolls, The Genealogist, v.16 p.86 ; M.Salter, The Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, 1992. p.19].

In the scutage of 13 Henry IV Nicholas was assessed at an income of £72 p.a and was receiving an annuity for life from the honour of Tutbury of 40 marks [J.P.Yeatman, A Feudal History of the County of Derby, v.1 section II, p. 484].

Margaret and Nicholas were involved in a suit over the manor of Chabnor, Herefordshire with Richard de la Bere in 1413 [The Genealogist v.16 p.86].

Nicholas died in 1424 and Margaret was still living in 1436 when she was assessed at £26 income in Derbyshire [English Historical Review 49:631-2]

Marriage

Info from Margaret/Margery's profile:

Sir Nicholas de Montgomery (b c 1357) was the son of Walter de Montgomery. He is stated to have married first Ann and second Margaret, widow of Richard Baskerville.^[3]

Regarding Nicholas Montgomery: "In 1380/81 he was in the service of Thomas of Woodstock overseas when Thomas Foljambe administered his affairs (at a time when Nicholas may have been married to Foljambe's niece Margery, daughter of Sir Godfrey Foljambe d.1375)".^[4]

It is unclear if Nicholas Montgomery was married three times, first to Anne, second to Margery Foljambe and third to Margaret the widow of Richard Baskerville of Eardisley, Herefordshire, and of Combe, Gloucestershire, or whether Margery Foljambe and Margaret the widow of Richard Baskerville are the same person.

A plea from michaelmas 1 Henry V (1413) by John Baskerville indicated that his father was Richard Baskerville and his mother was Margaret and that she subsequently married Nicholas de Montgomery.^[5] Richard Baskerville was recorded on 02 Sep 1394 prior to military service in Ireland^[6] but presumably died relatively soon after. Hence the earliest Margaret, widow of Richard Baskerville, could have married Sir Nicholas Montgomery was 1394.

Sir Nicholas Montgomery died around 1424^[4][3] but it seems he was survived by his then wife Margaret.^[4]

Children

• Matilda Montgomery
• Nicholas Montgomery (7 Kal [26th] March 1392: "To the bishop of Lichfield. Mandate to grant dispensation to Nicholas, donsel, son of Nicholas de Montegomery, knight, and Joan, damsel, daughter of Nicholas de Langeforde, knight, who married in ignorance that they were doubly related in the fourth degree of kindred, to remain in the marriage so contracted, declaring their past and future offspring legitimate)^[7]
• Margaret Montgomery (11 Aug 1411: grant to John Curson, son of John Curson, and Margaret his wife, daughter of Nicholas Montgomery, knight)^[8]

Career

• 01 Jul 1380: "Nicholas Moungomery, chivaler, about to set out in the king's service in the retinue of Thomas, Earl of Buckingham, had letters of attorney in the names of Thomas Foljambe, and John fitz-herberd, dated 1st July".^[9]
• 04 Mar 1396/1397: Creditor Nicholas Montgomery, knight, held fee in Cubley, in Appletree Hundred, Derbyshire.^[10]
• 1399 Patron of Cubley church, Derbyshire^[2]

Research Notes

The Montgomery line as described by Cox differs from the HOP profiles in that he has Sir Nicholas, son of Water, death as 1435.^[2]

Feet of Fines CP25(1)39/37/177 aalt and CP25(1)39/37/223 aalt.

Sources

1. ↑ Montgomery, Sir Nicholas I (d.c.1424), of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbys. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 HOP.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Cox, J C. Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire. Vol. III, 1875, p 91-100 Cubley archive.org..
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Montgomery, Sir Nicholas I (d.c.1424), of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbys. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 HOP.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Bevan, R. Montgomery of Cubley Part 2. Post of 2002 Soc Gen Medieval.
5. ↑ Wrottesley G. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. 1905, p 273 & p 279 Archive.org.
6. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Richard II. Vol. V. AD 1391-1396. HMSO, 1905, p 475 HathiTrust.
7. ↑ 'Lateran Regesta 25: 1391-1392', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 4, 1362-1404, ed. W H Bliss and J A Twemlow (London, 1902), pp. 435-443. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol4/pp435-443 [accessed 19 March 2021].
8. ↑ Jeayes, I H. Descriptive Catalogue of Derbyshire Charters. 1906, no 1505, p 186 HathiTrust.
9. ↑ Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Vol. XIV, 1893, p 228 archive.org.
10. ↑ Debtor: Robert le Grosvesnor, knight, John Maynwaring, Richard le Vernon, of Harlaston [Offlow Hundred, Staffs] Thomas de Stathum, and William Coton. Creditor: Nicholas Montgomery, knight [held fee in Cubley, in Appletree Hundred, Derbys] Walter Blount, knight [family held fee in Barton Blount, Appletree Hundred, Derbys] Thomas Foljambe, [knight, held fees in Chesterfield, and in High Peak Hundred, of Derbys] and John Fitz-Herbert. Amount: 1000m. Before whom: John de Plumtree, Mayor of Nottingham; Walter de Askeby, Clerk. When taken: 24/01/1392. First term: 24/06/1392. Last term: 24/06/1392. 04 Mar 1396/1397. C 241/186/78. The National Archives, Kew discovery.

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