Piers de Montfort (k. Evesham 1265)

✓ Piers I de Montfort of Preston, Rutland, and Beaudesert ([1205/07]-killed at Evesham 4 Aug 1265), son of Thurstan III ('Petrus de Monteforti filius Turstini de Monteforti', charter 1245; claimed forest rights of 'Thurstan de Monte Forti great grandfather of the said Peter', 1253); ward of William de Cantelou 1216; leader of the baronial party in the Welsh march; killed fighting for Earl Simon; m. 1228 a daughter of Henry de Audley; his sons Piers and Robert captured at Evesham (Annals of Waverley). Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), read 5 Nov 2026: 'English Nobility Medieval 3 (L-O)', Montfort of Beaudesert. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]