William de Montagu 2nd Lord Montagu

✓ William (de Montagu), Lord Montagu, s. and h. of Simon; 'During the greater part of his life he was employed in the wars in Scotland and Wales, and abroad'; sum. for military service 1301; 'King's yeoman' 1302/3; at the siege of Stirling May 1304; imprisoned in the Tower 1304 with his uncle Amauri de St Amand, his father Simon being one of his sureties; 'ceremoniously knighted, with many others, at the knighting of Prince Edward, 22 May 1306'; commissioner to survey Hastings and other castles 1311; charge of Berkhamsted Castle Sep 1311; with the King at the coronation of Louis X May 1313; 'captain of the knights of the King's household'; commander in Wales against Llywelyn Bren Feb 1315/6; Steward of the King's household 15 Jan 1316/7, awarded 200 marks p.a.; 'one of the majores barones of the King's party'; keeper of Abingdon Abbey Aug 1318; Seneschal of Gascony 1318, 'where he d. in the following year', 18 Oct 1319. 'He m., circa 1292, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Piers de Montfort, of Beaudesert, co. Warwick, by Maud, his wife. She m., 8 June 1322, Sir Thomas de Furnivalle, of Sheffield ... She d. in Aug. 1354, and was bur. in the Priory of St. Frideswide (now Christ Church), Oxford, where her tomb is still to be seen in the Latin Chapel' - she founded a chantry there in 1346 naming her children 'John de Montagu (d. young), William, late Earl of Salisbury, Simon, late Bishop of Ely (d. 1345), Edward de Montagu, Alice de Aubeney, Lady Mary Cogan, Elizabeth prioress of Halliwell, Hawise Bavent, Maud abbess of Barking, Isabel nun of Barking'. Father of William, 1st Earl of Salisbury (I101899). Mother: see Simon's note - Hawise de St Amand at ~. 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.]