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Biography of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 1563-1642

Paternal Family Tree: Montagu

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544

In 1557 [his father] Edward Montagu (age 27) and [his mother] Elizabeth Harrington (age 12) were married.

Around 1563 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester was born to Edward Montagu (age 33) and Elizabeth Harrington (age 18) at Boughton, Northamptonshire.

Around 1573 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 10) educated at Christ's College, Cambridge University [Map].

On 01 Jun 1601 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 38) and Catherine Spencer (age 15) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

In 1602 [his son] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester was born to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 39) and [his wife] Catherine Spencer (age 16).

In 1602 [his son] James Montagu was born to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 39) and [his wife] Catherine Spencer (age 16).

On 26 Jan 1602 [his father] Edward Montagu (age 72) died at Brigstock, Boughton.

Around 1603 [his son] Abbot Walter Montagu was born to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 40) and [his wife] Catherine Spencer (age 17).

On 17 Nov 1603 Walter Raleigh (age 49) was tried by Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 40) at Great Hall, Winchester Castle.

In 1607 [his daughter] Elizabeth Montagu Lady Sebright and Mansel was born to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 44) and [his wife] Catherine Spencer (age 21).

Around 1610 [his daughter] Lucy Montagu Baroness Coleraine was born to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 47) and [his wife] Catherine Spencer (age 24).

On 07 Dec 1612 [his wife] Catherine Spencer (age 26) died.

In 1613 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 50) and Anne Wincot (age 60) were married.

In 1616 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 53) was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench.

On 19 May 1618 [his mother] Elizabeth Harrington (age 73) died.

On 14 Nov 1619 [his wife] Anne Wincot (age 66) died.

In 1620 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 57) was created 1st Viscount Mandeville, 1st Baron Montagu of Kimbolton.

In 1620 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 57) was appointed Lord Treasurer.

On 26 Apr 1620 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 57) and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 15) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Mandeville. The difference in their ages was 42 years.

Autobiography Simon D'Ewes. 03 Oct 1621. Having therefore spent some little time during this month in mine own private study and arriving at London upon Wednesday the 3rd day of October, with my father and the rest of his family, I understood that Sir Henry Montague (age 58), Viscount Mandeville was, for some abuses in the place of Lord Treasurer, put out of the same, having not yet continued ten months in it, and was made Lord President of the Council.

Autobiography Simon D'Ewes. 09 Oct 1621. Michaelmas Term beginning upon Tuesday, the 9th day of October, John Williams (age 39), Doctor of Divinity, Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Lincoln, took his place in the Chancery, as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Viscount Mandeville (age 58), Lord President, administering the oath to him. Much talk there was of this divine's sudden rising, being a Welchman by birth, and, but a few years before, a poor subsizar in St. John's College in Cambridge of little regard or learniug. After he had taken his oath, he made a long, learned, and ho&est speech in the Chancery Court; but little practised it, as the sequel too plainly verified. I heard it confidently reported, that the old Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere, prophesied of him, being then his household chaplain, that he would prove another Wolsey, which was as strangely verified many years after by his fall, as now by his rising.

On 28 Jul 1622 [his son] George Montagu was born to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 59) and [his wife] Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 17).

On 06 Feb 1623 [his son] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Susannah Hill were married. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 60) and [his former wife] Catherine Spencer.

On 01 Jul 1625 [his son] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 38) and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 62) and [his former wife] Catherine Spencer.

In 1626 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 63) was created 1st Earl Manchester. [his wife] Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 21) by marriage Countess Manchester.

On 25 Aug 1627 [his son-in-law] Lewis Mansel 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Montagu Lady Sebright and Mansel (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 64) and [his former wife] Catherine Spencer.

In 1632 [his son-in-law] Hugh Hare 1st Baron Coleraine (age 26) and [his daughter] Lucy Montagu Baroness Coleraine (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Coleraine. She the daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 69) and [his former wife] Catherine Spencer.

On 11 Nov 1635 [his son] James Montagu (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Baynard (age 30) were married. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 72) and [his former wife] Catherine Spencer.

On 14 Dec 1637 [his son-in-law] George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos (age 17) and [his daughter] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos were married. She by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley. She the daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 74) and [his wife] Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 32). He the son of Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 57). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Trial and Execution of the Earl of Strafford

On 13 Apr 1641 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 48) was attainted by 204 votes to 59 ostensibly for his authoritarian rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland. Despite his promise not to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40) signed the death warrant on the 10 May 1641 in the light of increasing pressure from Parliament and the commons.

Wenceslaus Hollar (age 33). Engraving of the Trial of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford with the following marked:

A. King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.

C. Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 31).

D. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 10).

E. Thomas Howard 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 55), Lord High Steward.

F. Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 78), Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.

G. John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 43).

H. Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey (age 58), Lord Chamberlain.

I. Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 56), Lord Chamberlain of the Household.

V. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford.

Z. Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 56).

Wenceslaus Hollar: On 23 Jul 1607 he was born. Pepy's Diary. 22 Nov 1666. Up, and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and my Lord Bruncker did show me Hollar's new print of the City, with a pretty representation of that part which is burnt, very fine indeed; and tells me that he was yesterday sworn the King's servant, and that the King hath commanded him to go on with his great map of the City, which he was upon before the City was burned, like Gombout of Paris, which I am glad of. On 25 Mar 1677 he died.

On 07 Nov 1642 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 79) died. His son [his son] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Manchester, 2nd Viscount Mandeville, 2nd Baron Montagu of Kimbolton.

After 07 Nov 1642. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map] to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (deceased)

In Dec 1653 [his former wife] Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 48) died.

Autobiography Simon D'Ewes. 31 Dec 1690. The four lords that came for it were Henry Viscount Mandeville, Lord Treasurer, Lodowick Stewart, Duke of Lennox, Lord Steward of the King's house-hold, William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain of the same household, and Thomas Earl of Arundel, Earl Marshal of England (whom I should have placed before Pembroke); they, coming to York House [Map] to him, where he lay, told him they were sorry to visit him upon such an occasion, and wished it had been better. "No, my lords," replied he, "the occasion is good;" and then delivering them the great seal, he added, "It was the King's favour that gave me this, and it is my fault that hath taken it away: Rex dedit, culpa abstulit" - or words to that effect. So leaving him, the said four lords carried the gage they had received to Whitehall, to the King, who was overheard by some near him to say upon their delivery of it to him, "Now, by my soul, I am pained at the heart where to bestow this; for as to my lawyers, I think they be all knaves." Which it seemeth his Majesty spake at that time to prepare a way to bestow it on a clergyman, as the Marquis of Buckingham had intended; for otherwise there were at this present divers able wise lawyers, very honest and religious men, fit for the place, in whom there might easily have been found as much integrity, and less fawning and flattery than in the clergy; and, accordingly, Doctor Williams, now Dean of Westminster, and before that time made Bishop of Lincoln, was sworn Lord Keeper, and had the great seal delivered to him. On October the 9th, next ensuing, being the first day of Michaelmas Term, one Lloyd, or Floud, a Papist, being of the Inner Temple, having spoken these buse and opprobrious words following of the distressed Prince Elector Palatine and his royal lady, to wit, - "What is now become of your goodman Palsgrave, and your goodwife Palsgrave?1 - they had, I think, as much right to the kingdom of Bohemia as I have to the principality of Wales," was censured by the House of Commons, to pay a fine to the King, to be imprisoned during the King's pleasure, to ride disgracefully two several days in the open street upon a horse, with his face to the tail of it, and each day to stand in the pillory. The execution was long deferred, his fine and imprisonment remitted, and himself and his fellow Romanists began to boast that nothing should be inflicted. But at last, tho two Houses of Parliament appearing stoutly in the cause, he underwent the first day's punishment on May the 30th, being Wednesday, and the second on Friday the 1st day of June, on which Midsummer Term began. These days' actions I have added a little before the due time, that I might at once finish the relation of this business; in which the faithful zealous affection of the whole state and kingdom, in their body representative, consisting of the two Houses of Parliament, was fully expressed to that royal Princess, our King's only daughter, amidst the many scorns and oppressions of her irreconcilable and bloody enemies.

Note 1. This exclamation is given somewhat differently by Meade in the Harl. MSS. He says, "On Tuesday, Floyd, a counsellor, steward and receiver in Shropshire to the old Lord Chancellor Ellesmere and the Earl of Suffolk, a papist, and prisoner in the Fleet, was censured to ride thrice with papers, and stand in the pillory, and first at Westminster, for saying, Goodman Palsgrave. and Goody Palsgrave may or must go pack their children at their backs and beg. On Wednesday should have been the first time, but his Majesty stayed it. Yesterday the King and House met; his Majesty thanked them for the care they had of his son-in-law, daughter, and grandchildren's honour; if it were in them to censure this prisoner, the censure should be executed, otherwise there should be a punishment equivalent to that they had set down; which gave good content."

[his daughter] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos was born to Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester.

Royal Ancestors of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 1563-1642

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 1563-1642

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 1563-1642

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montagu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Christina Basset 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ladde Montagu 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Holcot

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Dudley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Dudley

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Dudley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Dudley

Father: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Roper

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Roper

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Roper of Well Hall

GrandMother: Helen Roper

Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harrington

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Culpepper

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harrington

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington

GrandFather: James Harrington

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Moton of Peckleton in Leicestershire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton

Mother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 3 Grandfather: William IV Sidney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sidney

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brandon

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Calthorpe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brandon

GrandMother: Lucy Sidney

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pakenham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham