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Birth:          ABT 1350 of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Death:          7 Jan 1400 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Cause of Death: beheaded
Burial:         Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England

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John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and 5th and 2nd Baron Montagu, KG (c. 1350 – 7 
January 1400) was an English nobleman, one of the few who remained loyal to 
Richard II after Henry IV became king.[1]
Early life[edit]

He was the son of Sir John de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died in 1390), and 
Margaret de Monthermer.[2] His father was the younger brother of William Montagu, 
2nd Earl of Salisbury. His mother was the daughter of Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd 
Baron de Monthermer (1301 – Battle of Sluys, 1340), and Margaret Teyes (died in 
1349[citation needed]) and granddaughter, and heiress, of Ralph de Monthermer, 1st 
Baron Monthermer, and Joan of Acre.[3] As a young man, Montagu distinguished 
himself in the war with France, and then went to fight against the pagans in Prussia, 
probably on the expedition led by Henry Bolingbroke (the future Henry IV of England). 
Bolingbroke was to entrust his young son and heir, later Henry V, to the care of Sir 
John and his wife Maud following the death of his wife Mary de Bohun. Lady Salisbury 
cared for the young boy at a Montagu house in Welsh Bicknor near Monmouth until 
her death in 1395.

He was summoned to parliament in 1391 as Baron Montagu. Montagu was a favorite of 
the King during the early years of the reign of Richard II. He accompanied the King 
during his expeditions to Ireland in 1394 and 1395 and, as a privy councillor, was one 
of the principal advocates of the King's marriage to Isabella of Valois. During the trips 
to France associated with the marriage, he met and encouraged Christine de Pisan, 
whose son was educated in the Montagu household. Montagu was a prominent 
Lollard, and was remonstrated by the king for this.

With the death of his mother around this time, John inherited the barony of 
Monthermer and its estates. In 1397, he became Earl of Salisbury, on the death of his 
uncle, and inherited Bisham Manor and other estates. He continued as one of the 
major aristocratic allies of King Richard II, helping to secure the fall of the Duke of 
Gloucester and the Earl of Warwick. He persuaded the king to spare the life of 
Warwick. He received a portion of the forfeited Warwick estates and, in 1399, was 
made a Knight of the Garter.

Early in 1399, he went to France on a successful mission to prevent the proposed 
marriage of Henry Bolingbroke and a daughter of the Duke of Berry. In May, he again 
accompanied Richard II on an expedition to Ireland. When news reached them of that 
Bolingbroke had returned to England, Montagu was sent to Wales to raise opposing 
forces. When these deserted, Montagu advised King Richard to flee to Bordeaux. 
Instead Richard was imprisoned, Henry took the throne and, in October, Montagu was 
arrested along with many of Richard's former councillors, and held in the Tower of 
London.

Issue[edit]

By Maud Francis, John had three sons and three daughters:
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury (c. 1388–1428), married firstly Lady Eleanor 
Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Lady Alice FitzAlan by 
whom he had issue.[2] Their descendants include Richard Neville, 16th Earl of 
Warwick and Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. Thomas married secondly, Alice 
Chaucer by whom he had no issue.[2][4]
Robert Montecute, married Mary deDevon
Richard Montagu (d. after 1400), never married; died d.s.p (decessit sine prole). Other 
sources suggest he had a son, Edward Montagu, with Eleanor (Alianore) de Holand.
[2][5][6]
Anne Montagu (d.1457), who married firstly (as his 2nd wife) Sir Richard Hankford[2] 
(c. 1397 – 1431) of Annery, Monkleigh in Devon, feudal baron of Bampton in Devon.[7] 
Their descendants include Anne Boleyn. After the death of Sir Richard, Anne married 
secondly Sir John FitzLewis by whom she had further issue, and thirdly, she married 
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter by whom she had no issue.[2][8]
Margaret Montagu (d. before 1416), married William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of 
Groby; no issue.[2][4]
Elizabeth Montagu (d. about 1448), married Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby 
de Eresby;[2] they had one daughter, Joan, who became suo jure 7th Baroness.[9]

Downfall and death[edit]

Montagu had to answer charges related to the arrest and subsequent death of the 
Duke of Gloucester in 1397. Eventually, he was released, due to the intercession of 
King Henry's sister Elizabeth, Countess of Huntingdon. Not long after his release, 
Montagu joined with the Earl of Huntingdon and a group of other barons in the 
Epiphany Rising, a plot to kill King Henry IV and restore Richard II. After the plot 
failed, mob violence ensued, and he was caught by a mob of townspeople at 
Cirencester, held without trial, and executed by beheading on 7 January 1400. His 
eldest son, Thomas – by Maud Francis daughter of London citizen, Adam Francis – 
eventually recovered the earldom, though the attainder against John Montagu was not 
reversed until the accession of Edward IV in 1461.

Parents
DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) John (ABT 1330 - 25 Feb 1390)
DE MONTHERMER Margaret (14 Oct 1329 - 24 Mar 1395)

Siblings
MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) John (ABT 1350 - 7 Jan 1400)

Marriage To FRANCIS Maude (ABT 1370 - BEF 5 Aug 1424)
    m.  London, England

Notes

Parents
FRANCIS Adam (ABT 1334 - )
CHAMPNES Agnes (ABT 1338 - )

Children by FRANCIS Maude ABT 1370 - BEF 5 Aug 1424
MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) Thomas (13 Jun 1388 - 2 Nov 1428)

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