Vol 3 - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family
Edward and Helen‘s son Edward 70 , who inherited Hemington and Boughton,
married Elizabeth Harrington 71 .
He represented Huntingdonshire in the first Parliament of Elizabeth I, and
was made a justice of the Peace in 1564 72 was knighted in 1567 and was
sheriff of the county in 1570.
As one of the knights running the county on the king’s behalf Edward was
involved in making post mortem inquisitions to decide what land a deceased
land owner held in the county. For example, in 1570 73 he was one of four
knights, including the feodary of Huntingdonshire 74 , who were
commissioned to undertake the Inquisition post mortem of Mary Brooke,
the daughter and heir of Robert Brooke, she being a minor in the Queens
ward.
69 “Farewell, O Edward Montagu father of Justice and master of the Law, you
whom sober skill has nourished and wicked knaves of men feared have lived in the
ancient manner, a lover of peace and an unyielding guardian of virtue and scourge
of vice. O venerable ancient, prodigal youth fears you as an avenger of crime and
takes joy in your death but bereft of pious Cato your country mourns you who
lived to be its highest defence of justice and equitity- this man, reader, as you
pass by, remember in your prayers” Taken from the translation given in St Mary
the Virgin, Weekley
70 born 1532
71 Bell, T (1853) The Rural Album p93 the daughter of Sir James Harrington of Exton,
Rutland
72 Calendar Patent Rolls Elizabeth I vol III 1563-1566 HMSO 1960 no 131 commission
dated I June 1564
73 Calendar Patent Rolls Elizabeth I vol V 1569-1572 HMSO 1963 no 255 commission
dated 11 February 1570
74 William Rudde
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