MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Sir Sidney (c.1572-1644), of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts. and Hemington, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c.1572, 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, Rutland.Bodl. Carte 74, f. 349; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. educ. privately (Christopher Green); Christ’s, Camb. 1588;Al. Cant. M. Temple 11 May 1593.M. Temple Admiss. i. 65. m. (1) lic. 21 Aug. 1619, Pauline (d.1638), da. of John Pepys of Cottenham, Cambs. 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.;Vis. Northants. 1681, 141; W.C. Pepys, Genealogy of the Pepys Family (1887), pedigree VI; Bridges, Northants. ii. 216. (2) 17 Jan. 1644, Anne (d.1676), wid. of John Pay of Westminster, da. of Gregory Isham of Barby, Northants. s.p.F.R. Harris, Life of Edward Montagu (1912), i. 18; Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 141. Kntd. 20 July 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. d. 25 Sept. 1644.NMM, SAN/A/3, f. 120; Vis. Northants. 1681, 141.

Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 22 May 1601;M. Temple Admiss. i. 65. associate bencher, 9 Feb. 1616.Mins. of Parl. of the MT, ed. C.T. Martin (1904–5), ii. 602.

Household: steward, manor of Kimbolton, Hunts. 1605.Harl. 7002, f. 65.

Central: master of requests, extraordinary, 1616 – 18; in ordinary, 1618-June 1640.APC 1615–16, pp. 388, 400; 1618–19, p. 18; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 290; HMC Rutland, i. 521.

Local: j.p. Hunts. 1621–d.C213/4, p. 119; Add. Ch. 33169. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641; Northants. 1624;C212/22/20–3; SR. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 1621-Jan. 1644;C181/3, ff. 22v, 243; C181/4, ff. 34, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 214. oyer and terminer, London 1621-Jan. 1644;C181/3, ff. 46v, 243; C181/4, ff. 16, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 214. Norf. circ. 1629-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/3, f. 257; C181/4, ff. 9v, 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. Forced Loan, Hunts. 1626.T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. Collector, knighthood fines, 1630–4.Bodl. Carte 74, ff. 174–175; E178/5348, f. 4, 9; E178/7154, f. 101v; E198/4/32, f. 1. Commr. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1633;C181/4, f. 153v. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1635-aft. Aug. 1640;C181/5, ff. 9v, 101; Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.1A, f. 198. further subsidy, Hunts. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 11 Aug. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

: of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts. and Northants., Hemington.

MOUNTAGU

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Sir Sidney (c.1572-1644), of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts. and Hemington, Northants.

Will

18 Mar. 1644, pr. 13 Jan. 1645.PROB11/192/225.

Estates

bought Hinchingbrooke House, Hunts. July 1627;HMC Buccleuch, i. 266, iii. 319; VCH Hunts. ii. 136. sold land at Eltington, Northants. 1631;Coventry Docquets, 611. bought manor of St. Neots, Hunts. 1631;VCH Hunts. ii. 339. he and Edward Bagshawe* bought land at Tichmarsh, Northants. from (Sir) Gilbert Pykeringe*, 1638;Coventry Docquets, 721. bought manor of Eynesbury, Hunts. 1639.VCH Hunts. ii. 273.

Oxford 1644

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