Elizabeth de Montfort of Beaudesert, Lady Montagu

✓ Elizabeth, 'da. of Sir Piers de Montfort, of Beaudesert, co. Warwick, by Maud, his wife'; m. c.1292 William de Montagu (CP IX p.82 n.(b): the marriage of 'Pole' [her father's heir] had been granted to Queen Eleanor and then, 20 June 1292, to John de Montfort, King's yeoman, her brother); m. 2ndly 8 June 1322 Sir Thomas de Furnivalle (paid £200 for marrying her without licence); d. Aug 1354, bur. St Frideswide's, Oxford, 'where her tomb is still to be seen in the Latin Chapel'; founded a chantry there 1346 for her parents, her children, her two husbands and 'her kinsman Piers de Limesey'. Mother of William, 1st Earl of Salisbury - the chantry deed names him. Her father is the Piers de Montfort who was son of the Piers killed at Evesham beside Simon de Montfort (standard accounts, note-only). Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. IX (1936), 'Montagu' pp.75-82 and notes (article mainly by Ethel Stokes; page images supplied by Aynsley, read 27 Oct 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]