Biography of Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 1250-1316

Paternal Family Tree: Montagu

1298 Edward I 43rd Parliament

1298 Battle of Falkirk

1300 Siege of Caerlaverock Castle

1301 Baron's Letter to the Pope

Around 1250 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu was born to William Montagu (age 37) at Montacute, Somerset.

In 1270 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 20) and Hawise St Amand (age 18) were married.

Around 1275 [his son] William Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu was born to Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 25) and [his wife] Hawise St Amand (age 23) at Cassington, Oxfordshire.

Before 30 Sep 1283 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 33) was summoned to the parliament which met on 30 September 1283 at Shrewsbury for the trial of Dafydd ap Gruffudd Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 45), brother of Llewellyn "Last" Aberffraw.

In 1287 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 37) and Isabel Unknown Baroness Montagu were married.

On 14 Jun 1294 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 44) was summoned to meet the king at Portsmouth on 1 September and accompany him to Gascony. It doesn't appear that he subsequenmtly travelled to Gascony.

In 1296 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 46) broke the siege by taking a ship loaded with victuals through the line of French galleys at Bourg sur Mer.

In 1297 William Pontington Canon Exeter purchased Poltimore Manor, Devon for £200 from Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 47).

Edward I 43rd Parliament

In 1298 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48) attended Edward I 43rd Parliament at York [Map].

Battle of Falkirk

On 22 Jul 1298 King Edward I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.

John de Graham and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.

The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:

Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).

Walter Beauchamp (age 55).

Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).

Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).

Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).

Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).

William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).

Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).

Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).

Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).

Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).

John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).

John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).

Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).

Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).

William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).

John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).

Nicholas Segrave (age 42).

Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).

Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).

Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).

Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).

John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 67).

Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).

Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 21).

Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 31).

Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).

John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).

Philip Darcy (age 40).

Robert Fitzroger.

Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.

Simon Fraser.

Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).

John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.

Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).

William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.

John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.

John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.

In 1299 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 49) was appointed Governor of Corfe Castle.

In 1299 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 49) was created 1st Baron Montagu. [his wife] Isabel Unknown Baroness Montagu by marriage Baroness Montagu.

In 1300 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 50) provided two substantial ships for the Scottish Wars, a galley and a barge, manned by 100 men between them.

Siege of Caerlaverock Castle

In Jul 1300 Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 23), Simon Fraser, John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 31) and Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 50) fought at Caerlaverock during the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle.

In or before 1301 [his son] William Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Montfort Baroness Furnivall Baroness Montagu (age 25) were married.

Baron's Letter to the Pope

Before 09 Mar 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 34), Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 29), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 26), William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne (age 59), Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 20), William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 58), Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny (age 14), Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 50), Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin (age 16), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27), Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 54), John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 26), William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose 10th Baron Bramber (age 41), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 36), Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 61), John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 32), Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 55), Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 48), Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 25), Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Walter Beauchamp (age 58), Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 33), John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 45), William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 29), Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51), Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 38), John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 32), Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 41), Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 41), Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 24), William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 28), Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 81).

In 1310 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 60) was appointed Admiral of the Fleet.

In 1316 Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 66) died. His son [his son] William Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Montagu. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Montfort Baroness Furnivall Baroness Montagu (age 41) by marriage Baroness Montagu.

[his son] John Montagu was born to Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu and Hawise St Amand.

[his son] Simon Montagu was born to Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu and Hawise St Amand.

Royal Descendants of Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 1250-1316

King Edward IV of England

King Richard III of England

Anne Neville Queen Consort England

Queen Anne Boleyn of England

Queen Jane Seymour

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland

George Wharton

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales