Montacute, Earl of Salisbury

• References:
  • MONTACUTE, Earl of Salisbury, in [Burkes Extinct]
  • MANCHESTER in [Burkes Peerage]

John de Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (see here), had issue:

Thomas de Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (see here), born 1388,
mar 1stly to Eleanor Holland [descendant of Edward I],
appears in the plays Henry V and Henry VI, part 1 by Shakespeare,
he was a leader of the English army occupying northern France in the Hundred Years War,
he began the Siege of Orleans 1428,
he was killed in the Siege 1428 (NOT 1421), age 40 yrs,
title extinct (revived for his son-in-law),
in 1429, the English were defeated and Orleans relieved in a famous victory by the French under Joan of Arc, turning point in the Hundred Years War and the emergence of modern France,
had issue by 1st wife:

1. Lady Alice Montacute,
   mar Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Salisbury and had issue.

Thomas Montague,
of Hemington, Northamptonshire,
mar Agnes Dudley and had issue:

1. Sir Edward Montagu, Knt., or Montague,
   of Hemington, Northamptonshire,
   mar 2ndly to Cecily Lane [or Cecilia, dau of William Lane of Orlingbury, Northamptonshire, by his wife Jane Mervin, dau of Hugh Mervin of Wolvey, Warwickshire],
   had issue by 2nd wife:
   1. Amicia Montagu, or Amy,
      mar George Lynne and had issue.

   in 1528 he purchased Boughton, Northamptonshire, and surrounds,
   lived at Boughton,
   mar 3rdly to Ellen Roper,
   knighted 1537,
   Lord Chief Justice of England 1539-45,
   one of executors of will of Henry VIII (died 1547),
   he unwillingly was made by 1st Duke of Northumberland in 1553 to alter Henry VIII's will in favour of Lady Jane Grey,
   on the fall of Lady Jane and the accession of Mary 1553 he was imprisoned in the Tower and fined,
   died 1557, bur church of St. Mary the Virgin, Weekley, Northamptonshire (nr Boughton), (todo) see effigy,
   had issue by 3rd mar:

   1. Sir Edward Montagu, Knt, of Boughton, had issue:
      1. Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu,
         ancestor of Barons Montagu and Dukes of Montagu.

      2. Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester,
         ancestor of Earls and Dukes of Manchester.

      3. Sir Sidney Montagu, Knt,
         ancestor of Earls of Sandwich.

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