General Notes

LDS Temple marriage data: has married: 1621, England.
Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages; Hist/Rel Ref. CS/ 422/ .B88/ 1962.
Under MONTAGU, EARLS of: Sir Edward Montagu.
Sir Edward Montagu, Knight (K.B.), was elevated to the peerage, 29 June, 1
621,
as 1st Baron Montagu, of Boughton, co. Northampton.
This nobleman is characterised "as a person of plain, downright English sp
irit;
of a steady courage, a devout heart; and though no puritan, severe and reg
ular
in his life and manners.  That he lived amongst his neighbours with great
hospitality; and was very knowing in country affairs, and exceedingly belo
ved
in the town and county of Northampton.  That he was no friend to changes e
ither
in church or state; that when the civil wars began, he was brought prison
er to
town by the parliament party, and confined in the Savoy; where he di
ed in the
82nd year of his age, 1644".
"The Complete Peerage" vol. 9, British Ref. Area/ 942/ D22cok.
He suc. his father in the family estates, 26 Jan. 1601/2;
B.A. 14 Mar. 1578/9; ent. Middle Temple 1580. M.P. for Beeralston, 1584-86
;
for Brackley, 1601; and for Northamptonshire 1604-11, 1614 and 1620-21,.
.. .
High Sheriff of Northants, 1595-96, and 1600-01... ; was K.B. at the
Coronation, 23 July 1603, of James I.  He was cr., 29 Jun 1621, Baron Mont
agu
of Boughton... .  Lord Lieut. of Northants, 1642, exerting himself, thou
gh of
great age, on behalf of the King, and being consequenty seized by the
Parliamentary party in Sep. of that year.    (d)  ... When summoned to att
end
the King at Yorkk in Mar. 1639, he wrote to Secretary Coke, 18 Feb. 1638/9
:
"though I am 76 years of age, and have some great infirmities upon me, y
et I
will rather venture my life than deny to serve his Majesty".
He died while a prisoner ( on account of his loyalty to the King ).
LDS Temple marriage data: has married: 1621, England.
Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages; Hist/Rel Ref. CS/ 422/ .B88/ 1962.
Under MONTAGU, EARLS of: Sir Edward Montagu.
Sir Edward Montagu, Knight (K.B.), was elevated to the peerage, 29 June, 1
621,
as 1st Baron Montagu, of Boughton, co. Northampton.
This nobleman is characterised "as a person of plain, downright English sp
irit;
of a steady courage, a devout heart; and though no puritan, severe and reg
ular
in his life and manners.  That he lived amongst his neighbours with great
hospitality; and was very knowing in country affairs, and exceedingly belo
ved
in the town and county of Northampton.  That he was no friend to changes e
ither
in church or state; that when the civil wars began, he was brought prison
er to
town by the parliament party, and confined in the Savoy; where he di
ed in the
82nd year of his age, 1644".
"The Complete Peerage" vol. 9, British Ref. Area/ 942/ D22cok.
He suc. his father in the family estates, 26 Jan. 1601/2;
B.A. 14 Mar. 1578/9; ent. Middle Temple 1580. M.P. for Beeralston, 1584-86
;
for Brackley, 1601; and for Northamptonshire 1604-11, 1614 and 1620-21,.
.. .
High Sheriff of Northants, 1595-96, and 1600-01... ; was K.B. at the
Coronation, 23 July 1603, of James I.  He was cr., 29 Jun 1621, Baron Mont
agu
of Boughton... .  Lord Lieut. of Northants, 1642, exerting himself, thou
gh of
great age, on behalf of the King, and being consequenty seized by the
Parliamentary party in Sep. of that year.    (d)  ... When summoned to att
end
the King at Yorkk in Mar. 1639, he wrote to Secretary Coke, 18 Feb. 1638/9
:
"though I am 76 years of age, and have some great infirmities upon me, y
et I
will rather venture my life than deny to serve his Majesty".
He died while a prisoner ( on account of his loyalty to the King ).