Vol 3 - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family
says that they had eight sonnes, but only 6 are named – Henry “who died in
his infancy”, Edward, Walter, James, Sidney and Thomas “who died in
infancy”. The missing two are another Henry, see below, and Charles 81
The three coats of arms at the base of the tomb are those of three of the
sons and their wives, The first are those of Henry Montagu and Spencer,
then those of Walter Montagu and Clifford and finally those of Bishop
James of Winchester (which dates the erection of the tomb to after 1615
as this was when James became Bishop of Winchester, logically it would be
1618 when Elizabeth died. James was dead before this, he died 1617)
Fig. 12 Arms on the side of Edward Montagu’s tomb 82 **
Edward married three times; his first wife was Elizabeth Jeffrey,
daughter of John Jeffrey of Chillingleigh in Sussex 83 and they were
married at Weekley on 21 September 1585 84 . They had a daughter
81 Name from Burke (1871) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of Great Britain &
Ireland – hereafter Burke (1871) There is no evidence for the George suggested by Burke
82 L to R Henry, Walter James
The arms for Clifford are a composite image; they cannot be clearly seen in any one
picture as they lie behind a pillar. The arms of Bishop James are blurred but these are
discussed in more detail below
83 John Jeffrey was Lord Chief Justice of the Exchequer. He died in 1622 and was the
grandfather of the notorious ‘Hanging’ Judge Jefferies
84 Weekley PR
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