Edmund Montfort

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Sir Edmund Montfort of Coleshill († 1494 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Edmund Montfort was an English knight and soldier who fought in the Wars of the Roses and was loyal to the House of Lancaster . Under King Henry VI. he began his career in 1444 as Esquire of the Kings Household and held this position until 1460. He fought in 1461 at the Battle of Towton and then fled with Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou to Scotland and then followed Queen Margaret into exile in France. From 1460 to 1471 he was Esquire of the Queens Household . In July 1461, after the coronation of Edward IV , he lost his rights in England (English Bill of Attainder) .

According to some sources, Sir Edmund returned to England between 1471 and 1475 and came to terms with the ruling House of York and in 1475 became Chamberlain with Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , but he definitely has to be together with Jasper Tudor and Henry in 1485 at the latest Tudor, later Henry VII, returned from France as he fought for Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth .

After the Battle of Bosworth, Sir Edmund was fully rehabilitated and was chamberlain to Jasper Tudor , Duke of Bedford and administrator of Thornbury from 1485 to 1494 . Together with Jasper Tudor, Sir Edmund was repeatedly entrusted with administrative and regulatory tasks in Wales and the counties on the border in 1491/92 and also took over the supervision of some properties for Jasper Tudor.

Sir Edmund Montfort died in 1494.

family

Sir Edmund Montfort's parents were Sir William Montfort and Joan, daughter of William Alderwich.

marriage

Edmund Montfort was married to Elizabeth FitzHugh, daughter of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh . The marriage remained childless.

literature

  • Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. Douglas Richardson 2011. - ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5
  • Jasper Tudor. Amberley Publishing Ltd. 2014, by Terry Breverton - ISBN 978-1-445-63402-9
  • History of Parliament 1439-1509, Volume 1. HM Stationray Office 1936, by JC Wedgewood, Baron Wedgewood
  • Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. Douglas Richardson 2011. - ISBN 978-1-461-04513-7
  • The Commons in Parliament of 1422: English Society and Parliamentary Representation under the Lancastrians. Manchester University Press 1954, by JS Roskell
  • A Cambridge Companion to Thomas More. Cambridge University Press 2011, by George M. Logan - ISBN 978-0-521-88862-2
  • History and Law Series, Issue 20, 1963, Indiana University
  • Transactions, volumes 49-54. University of California 1973, from Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Terry Breverton: Jasper Tudor. Amberley Publishing Ltd. 2014, ISBN 978-1-4456-3402-9
  2. ^ A b History and Law Series, Issue 20, 1963, Indiana University
personal data
SURNAME Montfort, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Montfort of Coleshill, Sir Edmund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1494