History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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his life. He was slain at the battle of Barnet, 14th April, 1471,
though some authors affirm that he was murdered by his own party.
John Nevil, the younger of the two sons of Richard and Alice
(Montague) Nevil, Earl of Salisbury, was 1st of Edward IV. created
Baron Nevil of Montague, and 10th of the same reign, Marquis of
Montague.
He was slain at the battle of Barnet, (some say murdered) 14717
while endeavoring to succor his brother Richard, Earl of Warwick.
They were both laid in state at Westminster, London, and afterward
were carried to Bisham Abbey and buried among their ancestors.
Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury and Warwick, had two daughters,
namely, Isabel, married to George, Duke of Clarence, and Anne,
married first to Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI.; second
to King Richard III.
George, Duke of Clarence, was murdered in a hogshead of wine,
leaving his wife Isabel with an only son Edward who was beheaded
on Tower hill at the age of fifteen by order of Henry VII., and an only
daughter Margaret who became Countess of Salisbury in right of her
mother. She was the last Countess of Salisbury and with her death
the title became extinct until revived in the person of Cecil, in the
year 1605 by King James.
The title of Countess of Salisbury had been restored to Margaret
by Henry VIII. in full parliament about the fifth year of his reign.
Both George, Duke of Clarence, (who was a brother of both King
Richard III. and Edward IV.) and his unfortunate son, the young
Edward, were taken to Bisham Abbey and buried among their
ancestors. Margaret the last Countess of Salisbury, married Sir
Richard Pole (also often spelled Poole), and had four sons and one
daughter. Ursula, married Henry Stafford, son of the Duke of
Buckingham. She was beheaded 27th of May, 23d of Henry VIII.
The sons were, Henry Pole, created Baron Montague, Sir Arthur,
Sir Jeffray, and Reginald Pole who was Dean of Winburne, then
made a Cardinal by Pope Paul III., and afterward Archbishop of
Canterbury. He was, for his religion, banished from England by
King Henry VIII. He went to Rome and became eminent with
Pope Paul III., at whose death he was unanimously chosen Pope, as.
his successor. This he refused to accept. " Thereupon, one night
Note.—Page 21, ninth line from bottom of page, "Sir Simon No. IX." should read " Sir
Simon No. VIII."