Edward Montagu (judge)

Sir Edward Montagu.

Sir Edward Montagu (c. 1485 – 10 February 1557) was an English lawyer and judge.[1]

Life

He was born the son of Thomas Montagu of Hemington, Northamptonshire and Agnes Dudley, daughter of William Dudley of Clopton, Northamptonshire, and Christiana Darrel.

He was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Court of the King's Bench in 1539, which office he resigned in 1545 when he was constituted Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He was a member of the Privy Council of King Henry VIII of England, who appointed him one of sixteen executors of his last will, and governor to his son Edward. During the crisis of 1553 when Edward VI wished to alter the succession in favour of Lady Jane Grey, Montagu protested at the illegality of the proceedings. However, when the Duke of Northumberland called him a traitor and threatened him with physical violence, he withdrew his protest.[2] He was imprisoned in the Tower of London on Mary's accession but bought his way out.

He bought the manor of Boughton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire and built the family seat of Boughton House on the site.

Family

He married three times, firstly to Agnes Kirkham, secondly to Cicely Lane. By his third wife Elenor, daughter of John Roper of Well Hall, Eltham, Kent he had eleven children was the father of:

See also

References

  1.  "Montagu, Edward (d.1557)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. Ives, Eric (2009), Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 105, 148.
Legal offices
Preceded by
John Fitz-James
Lord Chief Justice
15391545
Succeeded by
Richard Lyster
Preceded by
Sir John Baldwin
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
15451553
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Morgan
Honorary titles
Preceded by
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Custos Rotulorum of Rutland
bef. 15441557
Succeeded by
Kenelm Digby
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