Baron Montagu

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Original family crest of the Barons Montagu

Baron Montagu ( Latinized also Montacute ) was a hereditary British title of nobility that was bestowed five times as Barony by writ in the Peerage of England .

Awards

The title was first created for Simon de Montagu on September 26th, 1300 , when he was convened by King Edward I in the English Parliament via Writ of Summons . His grandson, the 3rd Baron, was also elevated to Earl of Salisbury on March 13, 1337 .

On February 25, 1342, the brother of the above 1st Earl of Salisbury, Edward de Montagu , was appointed to Parliament by Writ of Summons and the title was newly created in the second award. This title expired with the childless death of his daughter Joan, the 2nd Baroness, wife of William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , in 1375.

On February 15, 1357, the younger son of the above 1st Earl of Salisbury, John de Montagu , was called to Parliament by Writ of Summons and the title was newly created in the third award. His son, the 2nd Baron, inherited the title of 4th Baron Monthermer from his mother in 1395 and, on the death of his paternal uncle, the 2nd Earl of Salisbury, on June 3, 1397 also the titles of 3rd Earl of Salisbury and 5th. Baron Montagu (first award). In 1400 all of his titles were stripped of him for treason. His son Thomas Montagu obtained the restoration of the title of 4th Earl of Salisbury, 6th and 3rd Baron Montagu, and 5th Baron Monthermer in 1421. His only daughter Alice inherited him as the 5th Countess. At the death of their son, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury , who was also 16th Earl of Warwick by marriage , on April 15, 1471, the baronies in Abeyance fell between his two daughters and the Earldom of Salisbury. The Abeyance or the state of rest ended on March 16, 1485 in favor of his grandson, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick , as 6th Earl of Salisbury and 8th and 5th Baron Montagu. He was executed for high treason in 1499 and his title was revoked. His sister Margaret Pole achieved in 1513 the restoration of the title for herself as 8th Countess of Salisbury and 10th and 7th Baroness Montagu. In 1539 her titles were finally revoked for high treason.

On May 23, 1461 the title was created in the fourth bestowal by Writ of Summons for John Neville , the younger son of the above 5th Countess of Salisbury. In the course of the Wars of the Roses on May 27, 1464, he was also elevated to Earl of Northumberland , but had to renounce the Earldom on March 25, 1470 and was compensated for it on the same day with the award of the title of Marquess of Montagu . When the Battle of Barnet fell near Barnet in 1471 , the claim to the title fell to his only minor son, who had been raised to Duke of Bedford in 1470 . Before he reached the age of majority, his titles were revoked in 1477 and he died childless in 1483.

In the fifth bestowal, the title was created on October 12, 1514 by Writ of Summons for Sir Henry Pole , the son of the above eighth Countess of Salisbury. In 1538 he was stripped of his title for high treason.

List of Barons Montagu

Barone Montagu, first award (1300)

Barone Montagu, second bestowal (1342)

Barone Montagu, third bestowal (1357)

Barons Montagu, fourth award (1461)

Barone Montagu, fifth bestowal (1514)

See also

Literature and web links

  • John-Bernard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, Extinet, Dormant and in Abeyance. Henry Colburn, London 1846, p. 359 ff.
  • Nicholas Harris Nicolas, William John Courthope: The Historic Peerage of England. John Murray, London 1857, p. 326 ff.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page