Peter de Montfort 
Peter de was born about 1273.1 Peter de's father was John de Montfort and his mother was Alice De Plaunche. He had a brother and two sisters, named John de, Elizabeth de and Maud de. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died in 1367.1 General Notes
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Peter de Montfort, 3rd baron, summoned to parliament from 22 January, 1336, to 10 March, 1349. This nobleman, prior to the decease of his brother, was in priest's orders, but upon inheriting the honours of his family, the sacred function was dispensed with. In the 15th Edward II [1322], he was joined in commission with William de Beauchamp and Roger de Alesbury (? sp), in the custody of the city or Worcester, and five years afterwards was constituted governor of Warwick Castle, then vested in the crown by reason of the minority of the Earl of Warwick. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of the Lord Furnival, and had a son, Guy, who m. Margaret, one of the daus. of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, but d. v. p., s. p. Peter, Lord Montfort, d. in 1367, when the barony fell into abeyance between his sisters, as it still continues amongst their representatives. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 377, Montfort, Barons Montfort]
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