Agnes Montagu

Biography

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Agnes Dudley is the daughter of William Dudley, of Clopton, near Oundle in Northamptonshire in England, and his wife Christian Darrell. Her birth date is unknown but given she married in or before September 1485 (see below) she might have been born in about the mid-1460's.

She married Thomas Montagu, the son of Richard Montagu (formerly Ladde) and his wife Agnes.[1] Thomas was considered an adult in August 1482 [2]and must have been born by 1461 but could have been born earlier than that. Thomas Montagu married her in or before September 1485.

They had the following two sons, but there may have been other children;

• Edward Montagu, born circa 1487[9] at Brigstock Manor;
• John Montagu (often thought to be the elder son[10] but perhaps a younger son[11]). Thomas' second wife, whom he married in or before 1512, was Mary Lane, daughter of William Lane, of Finedon.[12] There seems to be no children from this marriage.

Thomas Montagu was buried in the chancel of the Church of Hemington in a tomb of grey marble, with his first wife Agnes. The inscription is as follows;

Of your charite pray for the soules of Thomas Montagu, gentilman, and Agnes his wyff. Which Thomas decessed the 5 day of September, the yer of our Lord 1517. On whos soules Jesu have mercy.[15]

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• Agnes Dudley1,2,3
• F, #32585, b. 1454
• Father William Dudley2,3 b. c 1430, d. 1505
• Mother Christiana Darrel b. c 1430, d. 1504
• Agnes Dudley married Thomas Montague, son of William Montague and Margaret Bouling.2,3 Agnes Dudley was born in 1454 at of Clopton, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England.
• Family Thomas Montague d. 5 Sep 1517
• Child
  • Sir Edward Montague, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas+2,3 d. 10 Feb 1557
• Citations
• [S114] Unknown author, Wallop Family, p. 556.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 87.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 680.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1085.htm#... ___________________________
• Agnes Dudley1
• F, #475992
• Last Edited=9 Aug 2011
• Agnes Dudley is the daughter of William Dudley.1 She married Thomas Montague, son of Richard Montagu and Agnes (?), before September 1485.1
• From before September 1485, her married name became Montague.1
• Child of Agnes Dudley and Thomas Montague
  • Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Montagu+1 b. c 1487, d. 10 Feb 1556/57
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2581. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p47600.htm#i475992 ____________________
• Agnes DUDLEY
• Born: ABT 1454, Clopton, Northampton, England
• Father: William DUDLEY
• Mother: Christiana DARREL
• Married: Thomas MONTAGUE of Hemington 1485, Clopton, Northamptonshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Edward MONTAGUE (Sir Lord Chief Justice)
  • 2. John MONTAGUE of Brigstock
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SUTTON.htm#Agnes DUDLEY2 ____________________
• Sir Edward Montagu (c. 1485 – 10 February 1557) was an English lawyer and judge.
• He was born in Broughton, the son of Thomas Montagu of Hemington, Northamptonshire and Agnes Dudley, daughter of William Dudley of Clopton, Northamptonshire and Christiana Darrel.
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Montagu_%28judge%29 _______________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 38
• Montagu, Edward (d.1557) by James McMullen Rigg
• MONTAGU, Sir EDWARD (d. 1557), judge, second son of Thomas Montagu, lord of the manors of Hanging Houghton and Hemington, Northamptonshire, by Agnes, daughter of William Dudley of Clopton, near Oundle, in the same county, born in the royal manor-house of Brigstock towards the close of the fifteenth century, studied at Cambridge, and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, where he was autumn reader in 1524 and 1531. His family claimed descent from the Earls of Salisbury. His father died on 5 Sept. 1517, and on the subsequent death of his elder brother without issue Montagu succeeded to the family estates. .... etc.
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Montagu,_Edward_(d.1557)_(DNB00) ________________
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19006/19006?back=,19007
• Montagu, Sir Edward (1480s–1557), judge, the second son of Thomas Montagu (d. 1517), of Hemington, Northamptonshire, and Agnes, daughter of William Dudley of Clopton, near Oundle, was born in the royal manor house of Brigstock. His father, an attorney representing Northamptonshire clients in the common pleas from the 1470s until at least 1505, had prospered sufficiently to acquire the manors of Hemington and Hanging Houghton. Edward is said to have spent some time at Cambridge before 1506, when he was admitted to the Middle Temple, an inn with a strong Northamptonshire presence perhaps attributable to the benchership of Richard Empson. Little is known of his early career, save that he is mentioned as an attorney in the court of requests from 1519 and was a justice of the peace for his native county from 1523. A tradition that he was speaker of the Commons in 1523 has not been corroborated by any contemporary source, though it is possible that he was a member of parliament that year. __________________

References

• “The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family” The Manor of Lackham – Volume 3. The Montagus of Lackham and their historical connections.” by Tony Pratt and Karen Repko Last update : March 23, 2019 PDF