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s. and h. of Sir Nicholas Montgomery I. m. c. 20 July 1391, Joan, da. of Sir Nicholas Longford (d.1401), of Withington, Lancs. and Longford, Derbys., at least 1s. Kntd. by Feb. 1414.CPL, iv. 442; HMC Hastings, i. 110; Huntington Lib. San Marino, Hastings ms HAP box II; EHR, xlix. 632; DL42/16 f. 1. Staffs. Parl. Hist. i (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), 269 confuses Montgomery with his son and namesake and mistakenly gives his wife as Margaret, da. and h. of Reynold Dethick.
Offices Held

Commr. to make arrests, Derbys., Notts. Jan. 1414 (lollards at large); of array, Derbys. Mar. 1419, Rouen Aug., Oct. 1420, Jan. 1421,DKR, xlii. 406, 431, 433. Derbys. Mar. 1427; to hold an inquisition Dec. 1427 (lands of Hugh Halle); raise a royal loan, Staffs. Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431.

Constable of the duchy of Lancaster castle of Tutbury, Staffs. 15 Feb. 1414 – d.; master forester of Needwood chase, Staffs. 15 Feb. 1414 – d.; steward of the lordship of Tutbury 24 Nov. 1416 – Oct. 1422, the duchy manors of Melbourne by 28 June 1420 and Wirksworth, Derbys. by 28 Jan. 1428.Somerville, Duchy, i. 539, 542, 546; Derbys. Chs. ed. Jeayes, no. 2673. As DL29/402/6451 shows, it was this MP, not his father (as Somerville states) who occupied the stewardship of Tutbury. He was, moreover, granted the constableship at an earlier date than that given by Somerville (DL42/16 f. 1).

J.p. Derbys. 8 July 1419–23.

Sheriff, Staffs. 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431, Notts. and Derbys. 26 Nov. 1431–5 Nov. 1432.PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 103, 127. He was first appointed sheriff of Notts. and Derbys. on 6 Nov. 1424, but Sir Richard Vernon* actually served that term (ibid. 103; CFR, xv. 88).

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MONTGOMERY, Sir Nicholas II (d.1435), of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbys.
Main residences: Cubley; Marston Montgomery, Derbys.
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Commons 1386-1421
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MONTGOMERY, Sir Nicholas II (-d.1435)

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