Edward Montagu (orEdward de Montacute), 1st Baron Montagu (d. 14 July 1361) was an English knight and peer. He fought at the Battle of Crecy. His assaulted his first wife, Alice of Norfolk, who died as a result.
Montagu fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, and was summoned to Parliament from 20 November 1348 to 20 November 1360 by writs directed Edwardo de Monte Acuto, 'whereby he is held to have become Lord Montagu'.[6][5]
Montagu and his retainers assaulted Alice,[clarification needed] causing her death on 30 January 1352. Montagu and some of his followers were indicted for the crime.[7][5] In 1361, one William Dunche of Bungay was pardoned for his part in her death, as well as other felonies.[7][5]
Montagu died on 14 July 1361, his only son and heir by Alice having predeceased him. His place of burial is unknown. His heir was his seven-week-old son by his second marriage, Edward Montagu, who survived him by only three months. At his death on 4 October 1361, any barony created by writ fell into abeyance, according to modern doctrine, among the surviving daughters of his father.[7][8]
Audrey Montagu, who was living in June 1349, but died before February 1359.[5]
Elizabeth Montagu (c.1344 - before July 1361), who married, before February 1359, Walter Ufford (born 3 October 1333), third son of Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and Margaret Norwich, daughter of Sir Walter Norwich (d.1329), Treasurer of the Exchequer,[11] by whom she had no issue.[5]
Maud Montagu (d. before 5 October 1393), who was elected Abbess of Barking Abbey on 20 April 1377.[2]
Joan Montagu (2 February 1349 - before 27 June 1376), who married, as his first wife, before 28 October 1362, William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (30 May 1338 - 15 February 1382), by whom she had four sons and a daughter.[12]
He married secondly a wife named Joan, whose parentage is unknown, by whom he had a son and two daughters:[13]
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