Family and Education
b. c. 1562, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir James Harington† of Exton, Rutland; bro. of Charles*, Sir Henry*, Sidney* and Sir Walter*.Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115; E.S. Cope, Edward Montagu (Amer. Phil. Soc. cxlii), 7-13. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1574, BA 1579; M. Temple 1581-5.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 21 Sept. 1585,Cope, 17. Elizabeth (d. 6 Dec. 1611),CP, ix. 104. da. and h. of Sir John Jeffrey†, c. bar. Exch. 1577-8, of Chiddingly, Suss., 1da.;Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 137. (2) 24 Feb. 1612,CP, ix. 104. Frances (bur. 16 May 1620),Cope, 217. da. of Thomas Cotton of Conington, Hunts., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.;Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 137-8. (3) 16 Feb. 1625,Cope, 104. Anne (d. 11 July 1648),CP, ix. 105. da. of John Crouch, Clothworker, of London and Corneybury, Herts., wid. of Robert Wynchell, painter-stainer, of London, Richard Chamberlaine, and Sir Ralph Hare† of Stow Bardolph, Norf., s.p.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 137. suc. fa. 1602;C142/269/91. cr. KB 25 July 1603,Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 155. Bar. Montagu of Boughton 29 June 1621.CP, ix. 104-5. d. 15 June 1644.Ibid. 105. sig. Edward Mountagu.
Offices Held

Capt. militia ft., Northants. 1587–1602;Northants. Musters ed. J. Wake (Northants. Rec. Soc. iii), 9; HMC Hatfield, xi. 224. dep. lt. Rockingham forest, Northants. by 1593, master forester 1628–d.;HMC Buccleuch, i. 228; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 532; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 248, 264; Cope, 19, 58–62. sheriff, Northants. 1595 – 96, 1600–1;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 94. collector, Privy Seal loans, Northants. 1597–8;E401/2583, f. 3. j.p. Northants. 1598 – Feb. 1605, June 1605–d.;C231/1, f. 46v; Cope, 39–40, 43; C66/2858. commr. musters Northants. 1602-at least 1619,Add. 25079, f. 51; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 70, 175, 218. sewers, Gt. Fens 1604,C181/1, f. 74v. river Welland, Lincs. 1605, 1618, 1634, river Gleane, Lincs. 1609 – 18, Lincs. and Notts. 1610, Northants. 1634,Ibid. f. 119; 181/2, ff. 83, 119, 326v, 330; 181/4, ff. 161, 180. oyer and terminer, Northants. 1607, Midland circ. 1607–1642,C181/2, ff. 34v, 41v, 332v; 181/5, ff. 5, 258v; 181/4, ff. 10v, 195v; 181/5, ff. 4v, 220. inquiry into enclosure riots. Northants. 1607;HMC Buccleuch, iii. 119; Cope, 50–3. dep. lt. Northants. 1607–42;HMC Buccleuch, iii. 121, 305. commr. subsidy, Northants. 1608, 1622, 1624,SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. aid 1609, 1612–3,HMC Buccleuch, iii. 138–40, 146–8; E403/2732, f. 153. Forced Loan, Hunts. and Northants. 1626–7,C193/12/2; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 144, 145. knighthood fines, Hunts. 1630, Northants. 1630–2;E178/7155, ff. 39, 85, 107, 134. trustee, Thingdon sch., Northants. 1631;C78/411/4. commr. array, Northants. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133; HMC Buccleuch, i. 307.

Main residences: Boughton, Weekley, Northants.; Little Britain, London.
Mountague
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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGUE), Sir Edward (c.1562-1644)

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