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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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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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

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, Sir Henry (bef. 1567-1642)

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