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Abt. 1240 in Shepton Montagu, Somerset, England 2484,2485 , and died September 26, 1316 in Priory, Burton,
Sommersetshire, Eng 2486,2487 . He married (1) AUFRICA PRINCESS OF ISLE OF MAN 2488,2489 , daughter of FERGUS
KING OF THE ISLE OF MAN. She was born Abt. 1243 in Isle Of MAN, British Crown Dependancy 2490,2491 , and
died 1287 2492,2493 . He married (2) HAWISE DE ST. AMAND 2494,2495,2496 Abt. 1270 in Shepton Montague,
Somersetshire, England 2497,2498 . She was born Abt. 1252 in Isle Of MAN 2499,2500 , and died 1287 2501,2502 . He
married (3) ISABEL (NMN-SIMON) MONTAGU 2503,2504 Abt. 1275 in Shepton Montague, Somersetshire,
England 2505,2506 . She was born Abt. 1240 in Isle Of MAN, British Crown Dependancy 2507,2508 , and died
Deceased 2509,2510 .
Notes for SIR SIMON 1ST BARON DE MONTAGU:
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The first baron Montacute by writ was Simon de Montacute, o ne of the most eminent persons of the period in
which he li ved. In the 10th Edward I [1282], he was in the expeditio n made into Wales, and within a few years
after, received c onsiderable grants from the crown. In the 22nd [1294], he w as in the wars of France, where he
appears to have been eng aged for the two or three following years, and them we fin d him fighting in Scotland. In
the 27th [1299], he was cons tituted governor of Corfe Castle, and summoned to parliamen t as a Baron from the
28th Edward I [1300], to 9th Edward I I [1316]. In the 4th Edward II [1311], his lordship was app ointed admiral
of the king's fleet, them employed against t he Scots; and he obtained, in three years afterwards, licen se to make a
castle of his mansion house, at Perlynton, i n Somerset. He m. Aufrick, dau. of Fergus, and sister and h eir of
Orry, King of the Isle of Man, and had issue, Willia m, his successor, and Simon, m. to Hawise, dau. of Almeric ,
Lord St. Amand. His lordship d. about the year 1316, an d was s. by his elder son, Sir William de Montacute. [Sir
B ernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage , Ltd., London, 1883, p. 317, Montacute, Barons
Montacute , Earls of Salisbury]
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In the reign of Edward II, Sir Simon de Montacute obtained a grant to a weekly market on Tuesday at his Manor
of Yar dlington, county of Somerset, and a fair on the eve day an d morrow after the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin. In th e 7th of Edward II [1314], he obtained a license of the Kin g to fortify his Manor house at
Yardlington. This Manor wa s very beautifully situated in a picturesque locality upo n a very fine lawn, and
remained in this family through man y descents until, through the last Countess of Salisbury, w ho was beheaded
at the age of 70 years by Henry VIII, it passed to the Poles and thence to Henry Stafford, Duke of Buc kingham.
Sir Simon also owned the Manor of Goat-hill, grant ed to him by Edward I, and it descended to Gen. Thomas
Mont acute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, thence to Richard Neville, Ea rl of Warwick, and to John Neville, Marquis of
Montacute. S ir Simon bore as his coat of arms the original shield of hi s ancestor Drogo, viz., "Azure - a gryphon
segreant, or," b ut later changed the arms to "Argent three fusils in fess g ules."
Sir Simon married Aufricia, daughter of Fergus, King of Man , descended from Orry, King of Denmark. The
Historian recor ds that Aufricia, daughter of Fergus, King of Man, having f led to King Edward when
dispossessed by Alexander III, Kin g of Scots, Edward bestowed her in marriage upon Simon, Lor d Montague,
baron of Shipton Montague, who, by the King's a ssistance, recovered the island and enjoyed it in her righ t many
years. Their issue was William and Simon, the forme r succeeded his father and continued the line, the latter w as
married to Hawise, daughter of Almeric, Lord St. Amand . He had been summoned to parliament from the 28th of
Edwar d I [1300] to the 8th of Edward II [1315], soon after whic h he died. [Montagues in Great Britain, Terry
and Jason Fri tts, Gladstone, Missouri]
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The first baron Montacute by writ was Simon de Montacute, one of the most eminent persons of the period in
which he li ved. In the 10th Edward I [1282], he was in the expeditio n made into Wales, and within a few years
after, received c onsiderable grants from the crown. In the 22nd [1294], he w as in the wars of France, where he
appears to have been eng aged for the two or three following years, and them we fin d him fighting in Scotland. In
the 27th [1299], he was cons tituted governor of Corfe Castle, and summoned to parliamen t as a Baron from the
28th Edward I [1300], to 9th Edward I I [1316]. In the 4th Edward II [1311], his lordship was app ointed admiral
of the king's fleet, them employed against t he Scots; and he obtained, in three years afterwards, licen se to make a
castle of his mansion house, at Perlynton, i n Somerset. He m. Aufrick, dau. of Fergus, and sister and h eir of
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