Vol 3 - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family
but with the provision that Edward his son could live there when he was
necessarily in London, Henry having specified that Edward should make his
main habitation at Boughton.
This is not the only place where Henry speaks highly of Margaret – “she
hath ever been as kind to my other children as if she had borne them of her
own body” 164
Margaret died in 1653 and was buried at Totteridge in December of that
year 165
The first son was yet another Edward, who became the second Earl of
Manchester with whom the third son, James, had problems, see below.
Henry’s second son, Walter, had a fascinating life; he was born in 1603. He
was at Sidney College, Cambridge 166 and as a ,young man was an agent and
spy for Lord Buckingham. He negotiated on Buckingham’s behalf with
Cardinal Richlieu, and spent some time, in the Bastille in 1627 after being
captured in neutral Lorraine, but he was soon released 167 . In July 1635, he
became a Roman Catholic
his conversion became a matter of gossip at the court and the
letter in which he announced it to his father , the earl of
Manchester, passed from hand to hand 168
164 Huntingdon archives M71/1/3/20
165 CP Vol VIII p366 December 29 th
166 Venn, J & Venn JA (1924) Alumni Cantagrienses part 1 Vol III p202 Matriculated
1618, MA 1627
167 DNB vol XIII p717
168 Gardiner, SR (1844) History of England from the Accession of James I. to the
Outbreak of the Civil War: 1603-1642: Volume 8: 1635-1639 p139
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