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s. and h. of Sir Walter Montgomery (d. by 1374) of Cubley by his w. Maud (fl. 1385). m. (1) by Easter 1364, Anne, 2s. inc. Sir Nicholas II, 1da.; (2) by Mich. 1413, Margaret (fl. 1435), wid. of Richard Baskerville of Eardisley, Herefs. Kntd. by July 1381.CP25(1)39/37/177, 223; CPL, iv. 442; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiv. 228; J.C. Cox, Notes on Churches Derbys. iii. iii. 94, 316; Derbys. Chs. ed. Jeayes, nos. 931, 1505; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 279; CCR, 1435-41, pp. 116-17.
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Derbys. Jan. 1377 (robbery at Glossop), Staffs. Apr. 1388 (murder at Newcastle-under-Lyme), Derbys. June 1406 (concealments), Nov. 1406 (estates of the late Henry Herville); to suppress the rebels Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; make arrests, Derbys., Cheshire July 1384, Derbys. Feb. 1388, Derbys., Notts. Feb. 1394, Derbys., Leics., Staffs. July 1394, Derbys., Staffs. Feb. 1409 (Hugh Erdeswyk and other enemies of the duchy of Lancaster); enforce the statute of weirs, Derbys. June 1398; of array Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, Derbys., Notts. May 1405, Derbys. May 1415, Oct. 1417, Apr. 1418, Mar. 1419; oyer and terminer Mar. 1401 (poaching on Sir Walter Blount’s fishery at Willington), July 1401 (a murder), Staffs. Dec. 1405, Mar. 1406 (assault on the abbey of Burton-upon-Trent), Derbys. May 1416 (assault on Repton priory); to proclaim the King’s intention of ruling justly, Derbys. May 1402; raise a royal loan, Notts., Derbys. June 1406, Nov. 1419.

J.p. Derbys. 24 Dec. 1390 – Jan. 1406, 13 Feb. 1407–10, July 1418–24.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 22 Mar. – 21 Oct. 1391, 27 Jan. – 5 Nov. 1406, 29 Nov. 1409 – 10 Dec. 1411, 6 Nov. 1413-Mich 1414.

Constable of Tutbury castle, master forester of Tutbury and Needwood chase, parker of Agardsley and Rowley, Staffs. for the duchy of Lancaster 23 July 1403–16 Dec. 1408.Somerville, Duchy, i. 539, 541, 546. DL29/402/6451 makes clear that it was not Montgomery (as Somerville states) but his son and namesake who became steward of Tutbury in 1416.

Keeper of the royal castle of Eardisley by 8 Sept. 1403.C47/2/49, f. 6.

Assessor of a tax, Derbys. Mar. 1404; collector of a royal loan Jan. 1420.

Parlimentarian
MONTGOMERY, Sir Nicholas I (d.c.1424), of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbys.
Main residences: Cubley; Marston Montgomery, Derbys.
Monegomery, Mongumry, Mountgomery
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C.R.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

MONTGOMERY, Sir Nicholas I (-d. c.1424)

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