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Sir Nicholas Montgomery & 1477135. Anne ?
~1352, Nicholas Montgomery, born in England, s/o 2954268. Sir Walter Montgomery & 2954269. Maud Furnival.
~1355, Anne born in England.
1350s, Walter settled the reversion of the manors of Cubley
and Marston Montgomery as well as farmland in Snelston on his son Nicholas.
By 4/1364, Nicholas married to Anne ?. Walter Montgomery settled
on Nicholas and Anne lands worth £6 annually in Snelston, and half of
the manor of Cubley.
1365, King Edward III confirmed an earlier royal grant to
Walter Montgomery’s family of the right to hold markets and an annual fair at
Cubley.
By 10/1374, Nicholas’ father died, bringing him property in
the Derbyshire villages of Somersal Herbert, Potter Somersal, Marchington and
Sudbury.
1/1377, Nicholas on a commission of inquiry in Derbyshire
about a robbery at Glossop, Staffordshire.
6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, succeeded Edward III as King
of England.
7/1380, Nicholas in the retinue of Thomas of Woodstock, Earl
of Buckingham, on a military expedition of 5200 men to Brittany, landing at
Calais.
11/1380, The Earl of Buckingham laid siege to Nantes and its
bridge over the Loire river.
1/1381, With dysentery ravaging his soldiers, and a
reconcilation between the Duke of Brittany and French King Charles VI, the Earl
abandoned the siege and returned to England.
By 7/1381, Nicholas knighted.
7/1386, Nicholas left England with Duke John of Gaunt in a
force to win the Spanish crown, landing at Corunna. John of Gaunt then
conquered Galica and Compostela.
1387, John of Gaunt invaded Castile with little success.
4/1388, Nicholas on a commission of inquiry about a murder
at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Derby.
9/1388, Nicholas M.P. for Derbyshire.
1/1390, Nicholas M.P. for Derbyshire.
7/1391, Nicholas arranged for the marriage of his son
Nicholas to Joan, d/o Sir Nicholas Langford [died 1401.]. Nicolas Montgomery agreed
to support Anne for 4 years after the marriage, and settled an annuity of 20m a
year upon Nicholas and his bride for life, while the Nicholas Langford was to pay £153 in 3 instalments, and to
secure a papal dispensation allowing the marriage to continue, the couple being
doubly related in the 4th degree.
1/24/1392 at Nottingham, “Debtor: Robert le Grosvesnor,
knight, John Maynwaring, Richard le Vernon of Harlaston, Thomas de Stathum, and
William Coton. Creditor: Nicholas Montgomery, knight [held fee in Cubley, in
Appletree Hundred, Derbys] … Amount: 1000m.” (S) UKNA.
10/6/1393 at Newhall, A grant from Joan, wife of Sir Richard
de Meynell, lady of the manor of Newhall in Derbyshire, to Richard, Lord Grey
of Codnor, Sir Hugh de Shirley, Sir Nicholas Montgomery, Sir Richard de Byron,
and Roger de Bradburne, of all her estate of lands, tenements, rents, services,
meadows, pastures, woods and mines with appurtenances, lately held by Roger de
la Warde of Newhall and Sir Hugh de Meynell. (S) UKNA.
1394, Nicholas retained by John of Gaunt for 40m yearly.
1399, Nicholas on commission for peace for Derbyshire.
7/1399, Nicholas at Ravenspur with a force of his own men to
welcome Henry of Bolingbroke when he returned from exile to claim his
inheritance.
7/4/1399, Henry Bolingbroke [1st cousin of
Richard II] landed at Ravenspur; then proceeded through the Lancastrian lands
in the north and took York. [Henry IV invaded while Richard II was in Ireland.]
9/30/1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II as King of England.
[At the following parliament, Nicholas given £66 13s 4d from the revenues of
the duchy of Lancaster to cover his expenses.]
11/1399, Nicholas involved in the estate settlement of Ralph
Longford, related to his son Nicholas’ wife.
7/1401, Nicholas attended the great council held at
Westminster.
7/23/1403 at Westminster, Nicholas appointed Master forester
of Tutbury and Needwood chase, Parker of Agardsley and Rowley, Staffs. for the
duchy of Lancaster [held for 5 years, on the death of Sir Walter Blount.]
9/8/1403, Nicholas appointed Constable of Tutbury castle
[held for 5 years.]
3/1404, Nicholas a tax assessor in Deberyshire.
11/5/1405, “… Writ to: Sheriff of Notts. Sent by: Chancery. Endorsement:
Nicholas Montgomery, Sheriff …” (S) UKNA.
3/3/1406, Commission of oyer and terminer to John Cokeyn the
elder, Hugh Huls, Nicholas Montgomery, … his closes and houses at Burton on
Trent … (S) CPRs.
1407, Nicholas Montgomery held the manor of Eaton Dovedale,
Derby, previously held by William de Montgomery in 1300.
9/1409, An ambush was laid for Nicholas at his manor of
Cubley by High Erdeswyk. [A time of violence between factions in Staffordshire
and Derbyshire.]
1411, Nicholas M.P. for Derbyshire.
1412, Nicholas’ lands valued at £72 yearly. [Non-valued lands
held of the manor of Caverswall, Staffordshire.]
1/7/1413, Power of attorney by Nicholas Montgomery to John
Bokestones and Thomas Ridley his bailiffs to save the goods and chattels of
John de Dale, of Alsop, John de Dale his son and John Shepherd of the same. (S)
UKNA.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded Henry IV as King of England.
By 1413, Anne died.
[––Nicholas––]
By 9/1414, Nicholas married 2nd Margaret, widow
of Richard Baskerville of Eardisley, Herefordshire. [Nicholas’ stepson bringing
suit over a manor.]
4/1414, Nicholas [the father] the Sheriff of Derbyshire,
held elections in which Nicholas [the son] was elected as a representative to
parliament.
1415, A commission was issued to Sir Nich. Montgomery to
make musters in Derbyshire of men suitable for the Agincourt expedition. (S)
Journal of Derbyshire.
5/10/1416, Commission of oyer and terminer to … Nicholas
Montgomery, ‘chivaler,’ … county of Derby … (S) CPRs.
1/1420, Nicholas a collector of a royal loan.
6/12/1422, “… Writ to: Sheriff of Notts. Sent by: Chancery. Endorsement:
Nicholas Montgomery, Sheriff …” (S) UKNA.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
10/2/1422, Inquisition made at Laneham before Nicholas
Montgomery, Sheriff of Notts. (S) UKNA.
12/20/1422, £100 to Sir Nicholas Montgomery, for the custody
of the Duke of Bourbon. (S) Minutes of the Privy Council of England.
1424, Nicholas of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbyshire
died; buried at St. Andrew, Cubley. His estates worth £78 yearly.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P202. (S) Notes on the Churches of
Derbyshire, Cox, 1877, P92. (S) Hist. of Parliament, Roskell, 1993.
Child of Nicholas
and Anne:
i. Maud Montgomery (738567), born ~1373 in England.
ii. Nicholas Montgomery, born ~1375 in England.
1391, Nicholas married to Joan Langford.
By 2/1414, Niccols knighted.
1415-6, “Indentures between the king and the following for
service in his invasion of France: Nicholas Montgomery ‘le filz’.”
12/7/1419, “Indenture between Nicholas Montgomery, ‘le filz’,
knight, and Robert Waterton, esquire, witnessing that by the King’s order they
have exchanged the prisoners in their charge, Montgomery giving up the Duke of
Bourbon to Waterton and receiving from him the Duke of Orleans. Nottingham.”
(S) UKNA. [Note: both Dukes captured at Agincourt. The Duke of Burbon died 1433
in London. The Duke of Orleans was held by Nicholas and his son Nicholas for 19
years in the castle of Melburn near the river of Trent, Derbyshire. (S) The
Montgomery Manucripts, Montgomery, 1869, P457.]
By 1437, Nicholas died.
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