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MONTAGU, Sidney (c.1572-1644), of Hemington, Northants. and the Middle Temple, London; later of Hinchingbrooke House, Hunts.

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b. c. 1572,Aged over 71 in Dec. 1642: Bodl. Carte 74, f. 349. 7th but 6th surv. s. of Sir Edward Montagu† (d.1602) of Boughton, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir James Harington† of Exton and Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutlan; bro. of Sir Edward*, Sir Walter*, Sir Henry* and Sir Charles*. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 37. educ. privately (Christopher Green); Christ’s, Camb. 1588; M. Temple 1593, called 1601. W.J. Sheils, Puritans in Dioc. of Peterborough, 115; Al. Cant.; MT Admiss.; MTR, 413. m. (1) lic. 21 Aug. 1619, Pauline (d.1638), da. of John Pepys, yeoman, of Cottenham, Cambs. 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 141; W.C. Pepys, Gen. Pepys Fam. ped. 6; J. Bridges, Hist. and Antiqs. Northants. ii. 216. (2) aft. Sept. 1642, Anne (d.1676), da. of Gregory Isham of Barby, Northants., wid. of John Pay of Westminster, Mdx. s.p. Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 141; PROB 11/190, ff. 200-1. Kntd. 20 July 1616. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. d. 25 Sept. 1644. Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 141. sig. Sydney Mountagu.
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Steward, Kimbolton manor, Hunts. 1605; Harl. 7002, f. 65. assoc. bencher M. Temple 1616; MTR, 602. master of Requests (extraordinary) 1616 – 18, (ordinary) 1618–40. APC, 1615–16, pp. 388, 400; 1618–19, p. 18; HEHL, EL7839; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 290.

J.p. Hunts. 1621–d.; C231/4, p. 119. commr. subsidy, Hunts. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, Northants. 1624, Forced Loan, Hunts. 1626, C212/22/20–23; SR, v. 62, 84; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1622, oyer and terminer, London 1622, Norf. circ. 1629–d.; C181/3, ff. 74v, 76, 257. collector knighthood fines, Hunts. 1630–4; E178/5348; 178/7154, f. 101C; E198/4/32, f. 1. commr. Poll Tax, Hunts. 1641, assessment and Irish aid 1642. SR, v. 107, 141, 152.

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MONTAGU, James (1603/7-1666), of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.; later of Lackham, nr. Chippenham, Wilts

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b. 1603 /7,Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 142, but see below. 3rd s. of Sir Henry Montagu* of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. and 1st w. Catherine, da. of Sir William Spencer† of Yarnton, Oxon.; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. bro. of Edward*. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1624. Al. Cant. m. 11 Nov. 1635, Mary (bur. 22 June 1685), da. and h. of Sir Robert Baynard† of Lackham 7s. 1da. Wilts. RO, Lacock par. reg. 1654/1-2; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 142; PROB 11/351, ff. 110-1. d. Feb. 1666. Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 142. sig. J[ames] Mountagu.
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R. adm. privateering expedition led by 2nd earl of Warwick (Sir Robert Rich*) 1627; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 170. capt. RN 1635. Ibid. 1634–5, pp. 603, 605; 1635, pp. 6, 73, 93; Life and Works of Sir Henry Manwaring ed. G.E. Mainwaring (Navy Rec. Soc. liv), 231.

Commr. Poll Tax, Wilts. 1660, assessment/subsidy Beds. 1662–d. SR, v. 221, 327, 455, 527.

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MONTAGU, Edward (c.1602-1671), of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.; later of Manchester House, Westminster

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b. c. 1602,He d. aged 69: Lansd. 921, f. 39. 1st s. of Sir Henry Montagu* of Kimbolton Castle and 1st w. Catherine, da. of Sir William Spencer† of Yarnton, Oxon.; bro. of James*. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. educ. Eton 1613-17; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1618; travelled abroad (France, Low Countries) 1621-2; MA, Oxon. 1665. Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry, i. 234; Al. Cant.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 391; APC, 1621-3, p. 287; Al. Ox. m. (1) 6 Feb. 1623, Susan (d. Jan. 1625), da. of John Hill, innkeeper of Honiley, Warws. 1da. d.v.p.; HMC Mar and Kellie, ii. 149; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 476, 599; HMC 8th Rep. ii. 29. (2) 1 July 1626 (with £6,000), Anne (d. 14 Feb. 1642) da. of Sir Robert Rich*, 2nd earl of Warwick, 1s. 2da.; Northants. RO, IL981; Lansd. 921, ff. 38-9. (3) 20 Dec. 1642, Essex (d. 28 Sept. 1658), da. of Sir Thomas Cheke* of Pirgo, Essex, wid. of Sir Robert Bevill of Chesterton, Hunts., 6s. 2da.; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. (4) settlement 15 July 1659, Eleanor (d. 20 Jan. 1667), da. of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., wid. of Sir Henry Lee, 1st bt. of Quarendon, Bucks., Sir Edward Radcliffe*, 6th earl of Sussex and Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick, s.p.; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 140-1; CP (earl of Manchester). (5) lic. 1 Aug. 1667, Margaret (d. Nov. 1676), da. of Sir Francis Russell*, 4th earl of Bedford, wid. of James Hay, 1st earl of Carlisle, s.p. CP (earl of Manchester); Lansd. 921, f. 39. cr. KB 2 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. styled. Lord Mandeville from 5 Feb. 1626, summ. to Lords as Lord Kimbolton, 22 May 1626; LJ, iii. 648b. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Manchester 7 Nov. 1642;CP (earl of Manchester). cr. KG 1 Aug. 1661. Shaw, i. 35. d. 5 May 1671. Lansd. 921, f. 39. sig. E[dward] Mountagu.
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J.p. Hunts. 1624 – 49, 1660–d.; C231/4, f. 172. dep. lt. Hunts. 1624 – ?42, lord lt. (sole) 1642 – 44, (jt.) 1660–d., Ibid. f. 173; Add. Ch. 33168; A. and O. i. 1–4; Hunts. RO, D/DM20B/9. Northants. 1643; commr. subsidy, Hunts. 1624, Forced Loan 1626; C212/22/23; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. ranger, Weybridge Forest, Hunts. (jt.) 1627–d.; Hunts. RO, D/DM50/3–4; C66/2440/3. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1629, 1631;C181/4, ff. 29, 93v. chan. S. Wales (jt.) 1635, C66/2714/19. Camb. Univ. 1649 – 51, 1660–d.; Al. Ox. chamberlain, Chester, Cheshire (jt.) 1647 – 50, S. Wales 1660–d.; CP (earl of Manchester). high steward, Westminster 1660 – d., Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr. 1660–?d. Ibid.; Hunts. RO, D/DM86.

PC, Feb. 1641–2, June 1660 – d., [S] 1661–?d.; PC2/53, ff. 43–4; C. Russell, Fall of Brit. Monarchies, 263; Diurnal of Thomas Rugg 1659–61 ed. W.L. Sachse (Cam. Soc. ser. 3. xci), 92; SP29/5/109; Reg. PC Scot. 1661–4, p. 2. treas. (jt.), payment of Scots army 1641; SR, v. 123. commr. defence, W. Indies 1643; A. and O. i. 331–2. member, cttee. of safety 1642 – 44, cttee. of Both Kingdoms 1644 – 46, Derby House cttee. 1646–8; CJ, iii. 392b; A. and O. i. 382, 437; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 1. commr. gt. seal 1646–8, A. and O. i. 885–7, 995, 998. Admlty. 1647–9; G.F. James and J.J. Sutherland Shaw, ‘Admiralty Admin. and Personnel, 1619–1714’, BIHR, xiv. 18. ld. chamberlain, June 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1671, p. 224; Diurnal of Thomas Rugg, 93. commr. Marshalsea ct. 1662. SP29/53/79.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642 – 45, 1667; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 366; SP28/143, unnumb. (accts. of Essex’s army, 1642–4). maj. gen. Eastern assoc. 1643–5. A. and O. i. 215–19.

Member, assembly of divines 1643; Ibid. 181. commr. scandalous offences 1646–8. Ibid. 853, 1208.

Speaker, House of Lords 1642–8 (intermittently), 1660. LJ, v. 150a, 181a; x. 625a; xi. 35.

FRS 1665–d. CP (earl of Manchester).

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MONTAGU, Edward (c.1602-1671), of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.; later of Manchester House, Westminster
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MONTAGU, Sir Henry (bef. 1567-1642), of Aldersgate Street, London; Brick Court, the Middle Temple, London; and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London; later of Hertford (subsequently Manchester) House, Cannon Row, Westminster; Kimbolton Castle, H

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b. bef. 1567, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of (Sir) Edward Montagu I† (d.1602) of Boughton, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. of (Sir) James Harington I† of Exton, Rutland; bro. of Sir Charles*, Sir Edward*, Sidney* and Sir Walter*. educ. fell. comm. Christ’s, Camb. 1583; M. Temple 1585, called 1592. Al. Cant.; A.R. Ingpen, M. Temple Bench Bk. 169. m. (1) 1 June 1601, Catherine (d. 7 Dec. 1612), da. of (Sir) William Spencer† of Yarnton, Oxon., 5s. 4da.; (2) 9 Nov. 1613, Anne (d. 29 Oct. 1614), da. of William Wincold of Waldingfield, Suff., wid. of Sir Leonard Halliday, alderman of London, s.p.; (3) 26 Apr. 1620, Margaret (bur. 29 Dec. 1653), da. of John Crouch Clothworker of London and Corneybury, Herts., wid. of Allen Elvine, Leatherseller, of Old Jewry, London and John Hare* (d.1613), of Totteridge, clerk of the Ct. of Wards, 1s. 1da. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115; St. Michael Bassishaw (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxxii), 125; R.C. Winthrop, Life and Letters of John Winthrop, i. 435; D. Lysons, Environs of London, iv. 44, 46; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 110; CP. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 114. cr. Bar. Kimbolton of Kimbolton and Visct. Mandeville 19 Dec. 1620, earl of Manchester 5 Feb. 1626. d. 7 Nov. 1642. Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 20. sig. He[nry] Mountagu.
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Commr. rebellion, Northants. 1599, C66/1503, m. 15, dorse. inquiry regarding damage to G. Inn Fields, Clerkenwell Fields, Finsbury Fields and Moorfields, Mdx. 1603, C181/1, f. 50v. assurances, London 1603-at least 1614; C181/1, f. 69; 181/2, ff. 105, 215. surveyor, jointure lands of Anne of Denmark, Hunts. 1604; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, iii. 133. j.p. Mdx. and Surr. 1604 – at least14, Herts., Kent, Suss. and Essex by 1614, C66/1620; 66/1988. Westminster 1620, C181/3, f. 15v. Hunts. 1632-at least 1636, Add. ch. 33169; SP16/405. all counties by 1640–d.; C66/2859, dorse. commr. charitable uses, London 1604, Mdx. 1605, Surr. 1612, 1614, C93/2/15, 28; 93/4/21; 93/6/7. oyer and terminer, London 1604 – d., the Verge 1607 – 26, Norf. circ. 1616 – d., Marshalsea 1620, 1623, Oxf. circ. at d., Midland circ. at d., Home circ. at d., Western circ. at d., Northern circ. to at least 1641, C181/1, f. 87v; 181/2, ff. 57, 258; 181/3, f. 1; 181/5, ff. 203v, 207, 217v, 218v, 219v, 221v, 220v. subsidy, London 1605, 1608, 1622, 1624, Mdx. 1608, 1622, 1624, Surr. 1608, Westminster 1624, E115/60/102; SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. king’s Household 1641–2, SR, v. 59, 81; E115/87/102. bankruptcy of Matthew de Renzi, London merchant 1606, HMC Hatfield, xviii. 24. gaol delivery, Newgate 1606, Essex by 1613-at least 1615, C181/2, f. 5; Cal. Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 130, 141. sewers, Lea valley, Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1607, Westminster 1634, C181/2, f. 50; 181/4, f. 191. new buildings, London 1608, 1615, 1630, London and Westminster 1636, C193/6, no. 163; C66/2056, dorse; T. Rymer, Foedera, pt. 3, p. 114; ix. pt. 2, p. 8. license passengers and administer Oath of Supremacy 1608 – at least11, repair of highways 1609, compound for cutting New River 1609, inquiry into lands of Sir William Fleetwood I*, Mdx. 1609, C193/6, nos. 167, 177, 188, 190, 197, 230; C181/2, f. 105. aid, London 1609; SP14/43/107. gov. Bridewell Hosp., London 1610, CLRO, Reps. 29, f. 291v. Charterhouse 1621–d.; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse, 852; LMA, Acc/1876/G/02/02, f. 44. commr. aid, Southwark, Surr. 1611; CLRO, Jors. 28, f. 227. steward, St. Neots manor, Hunts. 1619; E315/310, f. 80. ld. lt. Hunts. 1624–7 (jt.), 1627–9 (sole), 1629–36 (jt.), 1636–d. (sole); Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 24. high steward, Dartmouth, Devon 1626-at least 1636;C.F. Patterson, Urban Patronage in Early Modern Eng. 246. commr. Forced Loan, London, 1627, Hunts. 1627, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 141, 144. knighthood fines, Hunts. 1630–1, E178/7154, f. 101c; 178/5348, ff. 4, 9. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, Hunts. 1631, Tower of London 1638; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 172; ix. pt. 2, p. 157. high steward, Camb. Univ. 1634–d.; Historical Reg. Univ. of Camb. to 1910 ed. J.R. Tanner, 29. commr. poll tax, royal Household 1641, SR, v. 148. array, Hunts. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Recorder, London 1603 – 16; assoc. bencher, M. Temple 1603 – 06, bencher 1607 – 11, reader 1606, asst. reader 1607; Ingpen, 169; MTR, ii. 458, 466, 473; W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 380. fee’d counsel, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1603–16, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, min. bks. 1599–1604, p. 319; 1611–17, p. 180. Carpenters’ Co. 1608–16, Recs. of Carpenters’ Co. VII: Wardens’ Acct. Bk. 1592–1614 ed. A.M. Millard, 318, 402, 431, 463, 494; GL, ms 4326/7, ff. 12, 26v. Merchant Taylors’ Co. by 1611-at least 1616; GL, microfilm of Merchant Taylors’ accts. vols. 10 and 11, unfol. KC in c.p. 1607 – at least08, sjt.-at-law 1611 – 16, king’s sjt. 1611–16; List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 17, 85; J.H. Baker, Order of Sjts.-at-Law (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 179, 527. judge of assize, Home circ. 1612 – 14, Midland circ. 1612, Western circ. 1615, Norf. circ. 1617; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. of English Assizes, 269–70; E403/1717, unfol., payment of 16 July 1614. c.j.k.b. 1616–21. Sainty, Judges, 10.

Member, High Commission, Canterbury province 1604-at least 1633, HMC Hatfield, xvi. 290; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 354–5. execute Proclamation concerning starch 1609, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 536. inspect Reports of Sir Edward Coke* 1616, fix prices for horsemeat 1618, cause imprisoned debtors to compound with creditors 1618, Ibid. 1611–18, pp. 408, 590, 593. regulate gold and silver thread patent 1618; Archaeologia, xli. 251. ld. treas. 1620–1; CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 199–200; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, v. 424. PC 1620 – d., ld. pres. 1621 – 28; commr. Gt. Seal 1621, to regulate alien merchants 1621, let out the king’s lands 1621, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, pp. 198, 210. take the accts. of Sir Henry Carey I*, 1st Visct. Falkland 1621, trade 1622, 1625, exacted fees 1623 – 25, 1627-at least 1634, CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 248, 286, 450, 515; G.E. Aylmer, King’s Servants, 191–2; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 59; pt. 2, p. 147; pt. 4, p. 55. govt. of Virg. 1624, expel Jesuits and seminary priests 1624, funeral of Jas. I 1625, defective titles 1625, ordering of royal mines 1625, coronation 1626, reprieve felons for foreign service 1626, 1633, sell king’s lands 1626, improve king’s revenues 1626, recusancy 1627, deceits in coinage 1627, try four Frenchmen accused of piracy 1627, treat with extraordinary Dutch ambs. 1627; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, pp. 144, 168; viii. pt. 1, pp. 32, 49, 196, 222; pt. 2, pp. 121, 152, 217, 231, 235, 259; CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 15, 428; 1627–8, p. 53; 1629–31, p. 236. ld. privy seal 1628–d.; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 182. commr. to consider ways of raising money to assist the king’s allies and defend the realm 1628, to hear appeals in admlty. suits brought by Dutch subjects 1628, to investigate complaint of Ven. amb. 1628, compound with recusants in the North 1628, to search pprs. of Sir Robert Cotton* 1630, knighthood fines 1630, execute office of j. in Eyre S. of Trent 1630, poor relief 1631–2, Ibid. 1627–8, pp. 574, 577; 1628–9, pp. 18, 205; 1629–31, pp. 175, 305, 474, 551; PC2/42, f. 54. repair St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631, regulate starchmakers 1632, reprieve felons 1633, CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 6, 547; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 217. enforce soap monopoly 1634, C181/4, f. 186. consider affairs of Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1634, treasury 1635 – 36, May 1641, CSP Dom. 1634–5, pp. 9, 583; Rymer, ix. pt. 3, p. 47. govt. of colonies 1636, examine claim of Roger Stafford to be Lord Stafford 1637, settle revenues of Queen Henrietta Maria 1638, regency, Sept. 1640, Aug.-Nov. 1641, Rymer, ix. pt. 2, pp. 8, 121, 187; pt. 3, pp. 31, 61. investigate leaking of discussion concerning the continuance of the Short Parl. 1640, dissolve the Short Parl. 1640, swear in Col. Thomas Lunsford as lt. of the Tower 1641, Sir John Conyers 1642. CSP Dom. 1640, p. 222; C66/2895/2, 11; Works of Abp. Laud ed. J. Bliss, iii. 286.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1607; Virg. Co. Recs. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 369. asst., Irish Soc. 1610-at least 1612, CLRO, Jors. 28, ff. 48v, 186. E.I. Co. 1617, New River Co. 1619, CSP Col. E.I. 1617–21, p. 99; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 111. Somers Is. Co. 1620. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 344.

Speaker, House of Lords 15 Feb. 1629, 3 Dec. 1641, 14–24 May 1642. LJ, iv. 32, 462; v. 64–80.

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Main residences: Aldersgate Street, London and Brick Court, the Middle Temple and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London; Hertford (subsequently Manchester) House, Cannon Row, Westminster and Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. and Totteridge, Herts.
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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGUE), Sir Edward (c.1562-1644), of Boughton, Weekley, Northants. and Little Britain, London

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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.
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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.

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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGUE), Sir Edward (c.1562-1644), of Boughton, Weekley, Northants. and Little Britain, London
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MONTAGU, Sir Charles (1567-1625), of Lombard Street, London and Cranbrook, Barking, Essex

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b. 23 Jan. 1567,PROB 11/148, f. 148v. 5th but 4th surv. s. of Sir Edward Montagu I† (d.1602) of Boughton, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir James Harington† of Exton, Rutland; bro. of Sir Edward*, Sir Henry*, Sidney* and Sir Walter*. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. m. (1) c.1601, Lettice (d.1611), da. of Henry Clifford of Keyston, Hunts., wid. of Thomas Malby, merchant, of London, and John Rotherham of Seymours, Great Marlow, Bucks., s.p.; VCH Hunts. ii. 62; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 137. (2) 1612, Mary (d.1652), da. of William Whitmore, Haberdasher, of London, 3da. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 499. Kntd. 18 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101. d. 11 Sept. 1625. C142/418/82. sig. Cha[rles] Montagu.
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Vol. [I] by 1586, capt. of ft. [I] 1595–1600; SP63/207 pt. 4, f. 203; CSP Ire. 1592–6, p. 405; 1600, p. 126. kpr. Rathdrum fort, co. Wicklow 1597–1600; CSP Ire. 1598–9, p. 5. quartermaster-gen. [I] 1598–1600. CSP Carew, 1589–1600, p. 280; CSP Ire. 1600, p. 126.

Commr. inquiry, Fotheringhay sch., Northants. 1611, CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 56, 58. sewers, Hants 1617, Havering and Dagenham level, Essex 1625; C181/2, f. 296v; 181/3, f. 158v. kpr. Farnham park, Surr. 1617–d.; HMC Montagu, 93; G.H. Glanville, ‘Aspects Hist. Surr. 1580–1620’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1972), p. 88. constable, Farnham Castle 1618–d.; Add. 39978, f. 510. j.p. Hants and Surr. 1617–d. C231/4, ff. 31, 32; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 15, 16.

Commr. govt. of Virg. 1624, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 144. Somers Is. tobacco duty 1625. APC, 1623–5, pp. 478, 490.

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MONTAGU, Sir Charles (1567-1625), of Lombard Street, London and Cranbrook, Barking, Essex
Main residences: Lombard Street, London; Cranbrook, Barking, Essex.
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MONSON (MOUNSON), Sir Thomas (1565-1641), of Burton, Lincs. and High Holborn, Mdx.

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b. 21 Dec. 1565,Diary of John Dee ed. J.O. Halliwell (Cam. Soc. xix), 2. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Monson of South Carlton, Lincs. and Jane, da. of Robert Dighton† of Little Sturton, Lincs.; bro. of Sir Robert* and Sir William†. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 682. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1579; MA 1605; G. Inn 1583. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. July 1590, Margaret (bur. 3 Aug. 1630), da. of Sir Edmund Anderson of Eyworth, Beds., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.). Lincs. Peds. 682. suc. fa. 1593; Kntd. by Nov. 1597; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 80. cr. bt. 29 June 1611. C66/1942. d. 21 May 1641. GL, ms 6673/2, unfol.
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J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) by 1592 – 1616, (Kesteven, Holland) 1597–1616; C231/4, ff. 13v, 14. sheriff, Lincs. 1597–8, List of Sheriffs, 80. surveyor of Crown lands 1599–1616, E315/309, f. 122; 315/310, f. 16; Lansd. 171, f. 397; Lansd. 168, f. 182. col. militia horse 1599; APC, 1599–1600, p. 74. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by 1602–16, C181/1, ff. 18v, 30v. sewers, Gt. Fens 1604, Ibid. f. 74v. subsidy (Lindsey) 1608, SP14/31/1. admlty. causes, Lincs. 1608;HCA 14/39, no. 217. recvr. honour of Bolingbroke, Lincs. 1614–23; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 188; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 606. clerk of bills and letters, Council in the North 1626–30; C66/2386; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii pt. 2, p. 163. dep. lt. Lincs. 1629–d. Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/3; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 176.

Chan. to Anne of Denmark 1603; Illustrations of Brit. Hist. ed. E. Lodge, iii. 64. gent. usher of the privy chamber 1604–16; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 227; Lincs. AO, Worsley 1/30. master of the armoury 1611–16; C66/1950; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 301. kpr. of naval instruments 1612–16; CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 15, 153. master falconer by 1613–16. HMC Hodgkin, ii. 278; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 205.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 363.

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MONSON (MOUNSON), Sir Thomas (1565-1641), of Burton, Lincs. and High Holborn, Mdx.
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MONSON (MOUNSON), Sir Robert (c.1574-1638), of North Carlton, Lincs. and Wakefield, Yorks.

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b. c.1574, 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir John Monson (d. 20 Dec. 1593) of South Carlton, Lincs. and Jane, da. of Robert Dighton† of Little Sturton, Lincs.; bro. of Sir Thomas* and Sir William†.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 683. educ. G. Inn 1592.GI Admiss. m. 1602, Sarah, da. of Richard Clayton, draper, of Wakefield, wid. of Thomas Savile of Northgate Head, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p. 5da.C2/Jas.I/S23/15; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. x. 202. Kntd. 23 July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 117. d. 15 Sept. 1638.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 683.
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Commr. sewers, Lincs. and Notts. 1607, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1627–32;C181/2, f. 49; 181/3, f. 223; 181/4, f. 114. j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) by 1608–16;SP14/33, f. 21; STAC 8/151/8. freeman, Lincoln, Lincs. 1614.Lincs. AO, L1/1/1/4, f. 114; J.W.F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln, 117.

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MONSON (MOUNSON), Sir Robert (c.1574-1638), of North Carlton, Lincs. and Wakefield, Yorks.
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MONSON, John (1600-1683), of Burton, nr. Lincoln, Lincs.; later of Broxbourne, Herts.

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b. 8 Sept. 1600,Bodl. Ashmolean ms 176/10. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Monson* of Burton, and Margaret, da. of Sir Edmund Anderson, c.j.c.p. 1582-1605, of Flixborough, Lincs. and Eyworth, Beds. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 682. educ. travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1621. SP77/14, f. 461. m. (settlement 10 Apr. 1627, with £3,000)Lincs. AO, Mon. 1/13/1. Ursula (bur. 10 Dec. 1692), da. of Sir Robert Oxenbridge I* of Hurstbourne Priors, Hants, 1s. d.v.p. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 682; Suss. Arch. Colls. viii. 229. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 21 May 1641. C142/606/42. d. 29 Dec. 1683. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 682.
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J.p. Lincs. 1625 – 46, 1660 – d., Herts. by 1670–d.; C231/4, f. 192; C220/9/4; C193/12/3, 4; Cal. Sessions Bks. ed. W. Le Hardy (Herts. Recs. vi), 524. recvr. (jt.), duchy of Lancaster lands in Lincs. 1626–8; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 188–9. commr. Forced Loan, Lincs. 1626–7, Lincs. AO, 2 ANC 8/14; C193/12/2, ff. 31v, 32v, 33v. sewers, Lincoln, Lincs. 1627 – 29, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 1629 – 37, 1660 – 70, River Gleane, Lincs. 1631, Ancholme, Lincs. 1634 – 35, Gt. Fens 1635–42,C181/3, f. 228v; 181/4, ff. 16v, 39v, 83, 170, 174v, 201; 181/5, ff. 9v, 16v, 87, 223; 181/7, pp. 76, 543, 558. knighthood fines, Lincs. 1630–2, E178/7154, f. 66; 178/5414, ff. 5, 9, 13; E198/4/32, f. 2v. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1631 – 42, 1660 – 73, Lincs. 1661, Surr. and Suss. 1669 – 71, Herts. and Essex 1671 – 73, swans, Lincs. 1635;C181/4, ff. 70, 195v; 181/5, ff. 4, 14, 220; 181/7, pp. 15, 121, 493, 570, 595, 639, 642. collector for St. Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. by 1637; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 512. commr. array, Lincs. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133; HMC Buccleuch, i. 528. assessment (Lindsey) 1660 – 61, 1663 – 64, Lincs. 1661 – 63, 1664–d., SR, v. 215, 334, 461, 534, 762, 815, 911. loyal and indigent officers, 1662, SR, v. 383. corporations 1662–3; J.W.F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln, 173. v. adm. Yorks. 1660–9; Vice Adms. of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 52. dep. lt. Lincs. 1660-at least 1670. SP29/11, f. 208; 29/60, f. 144v; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 466; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/5; Mon 19/7/2/1.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627. Eng. and Irish Settlement on the R. Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2. clxxi), 292.

Farmer of greenwax fines in k.b. by 1639. E401/2640.

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MONSON, John (1600-1683), of Burton, nr. Lincoln, Lincs.; later of Broxbourne, Herts.
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MONSON, Sir William (1600-1672), of Reigate, Surr. and Chelsea, Mdx.

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b. 2 Feb. 1600,Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson ed. M. Oppenheim (Navy Recs. Soc. xxii), p. xxxvii. 2nd s. of Sir William Monson† (d.1643) of South Carlton, Lincs. and Kinnersley, Surr. and Dorothy, da. of Richard Wallop of Bugbrooke, Northants., wid. of Richard Smith of Shelford, Warws. CP, ix. 67; Oxford DNB sub Monson, Sir William. educ. sch., Calais; acad., Brussels by 1613-16; G. Inn 1633. HMC Downshire, iv. 223; v. 454-5; SP77/11, f. 25; GI Admiss. m. (1) by 19 Oct. 1625, Margaret (d. 4 Aug. 1639), da. of James, 2nd earl of Moray [S], wid. of Charles Howard†, 1st earl of Nottingham, 1s. d.v.p. ; (2) settlement 1 May 1646, Frances (d. Nov. 1650), da. of Thomas Alston of Polstead, Suff., 1s. 1da. (); (3) 14 Feb. 1651, Elizabeth (d. 26 Dec. 1695), da. of Sir George Reresby of Thrybergh, Yorks., wid. of Sir Francis Foljambe, 1st bt.*, of Aldwark, Yorks. and Edward Horner of Mells, Som., 1da. C115/108/8632; Linc. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 683; C5/24/28; 5/388/97. Kntd. 12 Feb. 1623; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 181. cr. Visct. Monson of Castlemain [I] 23 Aug. 1628, degraded 12 July 1661. CP, ix. 67-8. bur. 29 Feb. 1672 29 Feb. 1672. W.H. Challen, ‘Suss. Entries in London Par. Registers’, Suss. N and Q, x. 18.
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Page to Margaret Howard, countess of Nottingham. Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson, p. xxxvi.

Recvr. duchy of Lancaster estates, Lincs. 1628 – 32; constable, Bolingbroke castle, Lincs. ?1628–32; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 189; G. Holles, Lincs. Church Notes ed. R.E.G. Cole (Lincs. Rec. Soc. i), 126. commr. subsidy, Surr. 1641–2, SR, v. 88, 155. defence of Surr. 1643–5, A. and O. i. 335, 731. j.p. Surr. by 1644 – 53, 1660, Mdx. and Westminster 1647 – 53, Kent, Lincs. (Lindsey), and Northants. by 1650 – 53, custos rot. Surr. by 1650–3; ASSI 35/84/4; C231/5, pp. 94, 261; Names of Justices of the Peace (1650), pp. 28, 33, 40, 54, 74; C193/13/4, ff. 47, 57, 59, 96, 127v; Perfect List of all such Persons as by Commn. under the Gt. Seal of Eng. are now Confirmed to be Custos Rot., Justices of Oyer and Terminer, Justices of the Peace and Quorum (1660), p. 54. commr. assessment Surr. 1644 – 52, Southwark 1647 – 52, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1648, Kent, Leics., Lincs., Mdx., Northants. and Westminster 1649 – 52, Kent, Northants., and Surr. 1660; A. and O. i. 451, 541, 636, 976, 1093, 1112; ii. 36–9, 44, 300–4, 309, 468, 470–2, 478, 665, 667–9, 676, 1370, 1375, 1379. dep. lt. Surr. 1644; CJ, iii. 376. commr. oyer and terminer 1644, gaol delivery 1644, C181/5, ff. 238v, 239v. New Model Ordinance 1645, A. and O. i. 624. sewers, Surr. and Kent 1645, Lincs. and Notts. 1654–6, C181/5, f. 263v; 181/6, ff. 37, 203. militia, Surr. 1648, 1659, Westminster 1649, Northants. 1659. A. and O. i. 1243; ii. 20, 1329, 1333.

Commr. for indemnity 1647; member, High Ct. of Justice 1649, Ibid. i. 937, 1253. Derby House cttee. 1649; commr. army 1649 – 53, compounding 1649, advance of money 1649, removing obstructions to sale of ecclesiastical lands 1649–53. CJ. vi. 113; A. and O. ii. 63, 152, 562, 689.

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MONSON, Sir William (1600-1672), of Reigate, Surr. and Chelsea, Mdx.
Main residences: Reigate, Surr.; Chelsea, Mdx.
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