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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 22
The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family In the same year Robert Forrest and his wife Agnes had licence to alientate (ie lease) “lands in Wassingley and Calcott alias Caldecott co Hunts to Edward Montagu, knight for 13s 4d” 75 In January 1603 Edward Montagu bought the entail of Barnwell from Queen Elizabeth I for £153 3s 9d 76 . He died the same month and in his will he gave “all my househoulde stuff in my Castell of Barnewelle 77 “ to Elizabeth. He was also buried at Weekley and a fine altar tomb was erected by his sons after Elizabeth’s death. Edward and Elizabeth are both represented on the tomb, Edward is shown in armour and Elizabeth in Tudor costume. It is possible that the effigies are lifelike rather than representational; Edward has the characteristic hook nose of the Montagu family and Elizabeth is just too hard faced for it not to be from life! 75 Calendar Patent Rolls Elizabeth I vol V 1569-1572 HMSO 1963 no 1235 76 Cal. Pat. Roll. 44 Eliz. pt. 15, m. 12 quoted in VCH Northamptonshire vol 3 (1930) p76 77 P.C.C. 1 Mountague quoted in VCH Northamptonshire ibid 23
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