Sir John of Montgomery

SIR JOHN OF MONTGOMERY

Sir John of Montgomery, here treated, is the son of Alan of Montgomery. He and his father are noticed in the witness list of a undated charter by which Vincent son of Robert Avenel confirms that he has given part of the territory of Innerwick to the monks of Kelso.Kelso Liber: charter number 252 on pp. 210-11

Marriage

Sir John of Montgomery, here treated, married Helena, one of the heirs of Robert of Kent: "Johs de Mundegumi 7 Helena uxor eis / hedes Rob de Kent". Kelso Liber: charter number 251 on pp. 209-10

Evidence from the Register of Charters of Kelso Abbey

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[Suggested Date circa 1190] Kelso Liber: charter number 251 on pp. 209-10

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[Suggested Date circa 1190] Kelso Liber: charter number 252 on pp. 210-11

Evidence from the Munimenta of Melrose

Melrose Munimenta I: charter number 61 on pp. 50-1

Printed Evidence

1. Registrum Monasterii de Passelet cartas privilegia conventiones aliaque munimenta complectens a domo fundata A.D.MCLXIII usque ad A.D.MDXXIX, etc. (Maitland Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXII), 440 pp. plus Appendix and Index
2. Liber Sancte Marie de Melros. Munimenta Vetustiora Monasterii Cisterciensis de Melros. Tomus Primus. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M. DCCC.XXVII), 321 pp. plus Indexes and Illustrations
3. Liber S, Marie de Calchou. Registrum Cartarum Abbacie Tironensis de Kelso. 1113-1567. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCXLVI), 582 pp. including indexes
4. Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia; E Registro Ipso in Archivis Baronum De Panmure Hodie Asservato (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XLI), 432 pp. plus indexes

Genealogy

1. Memorials of the Montgomeries Earls of Eglinton. By William Fraser. Volume I. (Edinburgh, MDCCCLIX), 400 pp. including illustrations
2. Memorials of the Montgomeries Earls of Eglinton. By William Fraser. Volume II. (Edinburgh, MDCCCLIX), 424 pp. including index
3. The Scots Peerage; Founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume III (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1906), 617 pp. For Montgomerie Earl of Eglinton see pp. 421-65
4. Origin and History of the Montgomerys etc. By B. G. de Montgomery, 303 pp. including index. For the Montgomery Earls of Eglinton see pp. 101-14

Biographical Summary

Sir John Montgomerie of Eastwood. Born: Abt 1225, Inverwick, Renfrewshire, Scotlan Died: 1285, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Parents: Sir Alan de Montgomerie, 4th Laird of Eaglesham (1198-1233) and Miss De Cassilis (abt. 1199-)

1. Marriage: Margaret MURRAY, daughter of William MORAY 1st Lord of Bothwell and Unknown 580. (Margaret MURRAY was born about 1225 in Bothwell Castle, Uddingston, Strathclyde, Scotland.)

Children:

1. Alan MONTGOMERIE Laird of Cassillis
2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE+
3. Sir John MONTGOMERIE Laird of Eaglesham

4th Baron of Eaglesham

Information from corresponding with Brent Friedrichs, Box 34, Charter Oak, IA 51439, 712-678-3720, email: blf@ia.frontiercomm.net, Dec. 1996.

Sir John I de Montgomery, 4th Baron of Eaglesham died about 1214. Married Helen de Kent, dau. of Robert de Kent.

"Origin and History of the Montgomerys" by B.G. Montgomery of Sweden.