Earl William de Montacute of Salisbury 
William was born in Shepton Montague, Somersetshire, England. William's father is Drew de Montacute and his mother is Aline Bassett. His paternal grandfather is William de Montacute; his maternal grandfather was Lord Alan Basset of Wycombe and his maternal grandmother is Aline de Gai. He had a half-brother named Gilbert. William is no longer alive.General Notes
William succeeded to the lands and recovered all that his fatherhad lost.But in the 17th of Henry II, 1233, he also had his landsdistrained by virtue of the King's precept for omitting torepair to court at the feast of Whitsuntide, there to receivethe dignity of knighthood as required by law. But the next ondoing homage he was reinstated of his possessions.
WILLIAM DE MONTAGU, grandson and heir of William, and son of Drew and Aline. He was still under age in 1227, and in 1232-33 was amerced for not taking knighthood. He was heir to his father and his grandfather, and obtained possession of his lands in 1234. In 1236 he confirmed his grandfather's gift of the advowson of Shipton church to Bruton, and in July 1244 made a grant to Christchurch, Hants. He was pardoned a forest trespass in Somerset in 1247. In 1255 he was serving with Prince Edward in Wales, and was summoned for service there from 1257 to 1264. He seems to have been knighted by 1258. In 1259, and again in 1269, he made an agreement with his uncle Philip Basset, and Ela, Countess of Warwick, Philip's wife, respecting Thurlbear and other manors. He married Berthe, whose parentage is not known (m). He died 23 September 1270. The custody of his lands was granted to Philip Basset. [Complete Peerage IX:77, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(m) She was heiress of West Lulworth, and was living 1259.
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William de Montacute had summons to attend the king into Gascony against Alphone 10th, King of Castile, who had usurped the porovince. In the 41st of Henry III (1257), he was summoned to be with the king at Chester on the feast day of St. Peter ad Vincula, well-furnished with horse and arms, thence to march against Llewellyn ap Gryffudd, Prince of Wales. He received a similar summons in the 42nd of Henry III. By his wife, Berta, he left issue, his son and heir, Simon de Montacute. [Montagues in Great Britain, Terry and Jason Fritts, The Montague Millennium, Gladstone, Missouri]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b. in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1067 in Bishopstone, Somerset, England d.1125
- b.~ 1127 in Bishopstone, Somerset, England d.1163
- b.~ 1157 in Bishopstone, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1183 in Bishopstone, Somerset, England
- b.ABT 1210/1234 in Shepton Montague, Somersetshire, England d.1247/1288
- b.1078 in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1102/1108 d.1165
- b.ABT 1130/1134 in Colston, Nottinghamshire, England d.~ 1182 in Hedington, Oxford
- b.1087 in Hork Norton, Oxford, England d.1150
- b.1105/1112 in Hork Norton, Oxford, England
- b.1085 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England d.1152
- b.1155 in Wycombe, England d.1233
- b.~ 1054 in Castle Combe, Wiltshire d.ABT 1124/1135 in Tewkesbury, Wiltshire
- b.ABT 1080/1104 in Castle Combe, Wiltshire d.3 Apr 1150/1156 in Tewkesbury, Wiltshire
- b.~ 1058 in Castle Combe, Wiltshire
- b.~ 1135 in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England d.1186
- b.ABT 1183/1189 in Wycombe, Bucks, England
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis-le-Fermont, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 1090 in Caen, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.ABT 1086/1096 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England d.~ 1147
- b.1122 in Wooton Basset & Broadtown, Wiltshire, England d.1167
- b.~ 1070 in East Chester, England d.10 Mar 1107
- b.~ 1094 in Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1066 in St Germain Mntgm, Normandy, France
- b.1165 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1068 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucester d.29 Sep 1131
- b.1094 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucester d.1170
- b.1130 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.1192
- b.~ 1100 in Dudley, Worcestershire
- b.~ 1129 in Dudley, Worcestershire d.1208/1209
- b.1115 in Tutbury, Derbyshire
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Children
Hawise de Montagu
Hawise was born about 1235 in Shepton Montagu, Wincanton, Somerset, England. She died before 1275.
Lord Simon de Montagu of Berhamstead Castle
Simon was born in Montacute, Somersetshire, England. He died on September 26th, 1316 in Priory, Burton, Somersetshire, England. He was buried on November 2nd, 1316 in Bruton Priory, Bruton, Somersetshire, England.
He had a biological son named John.
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