MONTAGU, Sir Charles (1567-1625), of Lombard Street, London and Cranbrook, Barking, Essex

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

MONTAGU, Sir Charles (1567-1625), of Lombard Street, London and Cranbrook, Barking, Essex

Main residences: Lombard Street, London; Cranbrook, Barking, Essex.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MONTAGU, Sir Charles (1567-1625)

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Oxford 1644

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