Montagu, Sir Edward Justice of the King's Bench^[1]

Abt 1485 - 1557  (72 years)

• Name	Montagu, Edward
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Justice of the King's Bench
  Born	Abt 1485	Brigstock, Boughton, Northamptonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	56D90B9E09731A349FB96C738057A022
  _UPD	3 MAR 2016 22:14:26 GMT -0600
  Occupation	Sir/Knight
  Record ID Number	MH:I501671
  Buried	Abt Feb 1557	Hemington, Northamptonshire, England
  Died	10 Feb 1557	Brigstock, Boughton, Northamptonshire, England
  Person ID	I501671	Harper - MyHeritage
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family	Roper, Lady Eleanor,   b. 1500, Eltham, Kent, , England ,   d. 3 May 1563, Boughton, Northamptonshire, , England  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1518
  _UID	56D90B9E0ABD4A359FB96C738057A022
  _UPD	3 MAR 2016 22:14:22 GMT -0600
  Record ID Number	MH:F501611
  Children	1. Montagu, Elizabeth (Elinor),   b. Abt 1522, Boughton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 16 May 1571, Thornton, Buckinghamshire, England  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F501611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Sir Edward Montagu (ca. 1485 – 10 February 1557) was an English lawyer and judge , daughter of William Dudley of Clopton, Northamptonshire, and Christiana Darrel. the King's Bench in 1539, which office he resigned in 1545 when he was constituted Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He was a member of the Privy Council of King Henry VIII of England, who appointed him one of sixteen executors of his last will, and governor to his son Edward. During the crisis of 1553 when Edward VI was induced to alter the succession in favour of Lady Jane Grey, Montagu had sufficient courage to protest at the patent illegality of the proceedings. However, he was unable to withstand the ferocious bullying of the Duke of Northumberland who called him a traitor and threatened him with physical violence, and soon withdrew his protest. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London on Mary's accession but bought his way out.

  
  

• Sources

  [S500035] Urwin Web Site, Peter Urwin, Sir Edward Montagu, Justice of the King's Bench (Reliability: 3), 3 Mar 2016. Added via an Instant Discovery™