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Baron Monthermer is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Forfeit Baronies of England.
1462 Warwick becomes Kingmaker
14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet
1485 Queen Consort Anne Neville Dies
1499 Trial and Execution of Perkin Warbreck and Edward Earl of Warwick
Summary
4th March 1309. Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford created.
5th April 1325. Son Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer succeeded.
24th June 1340. Daughter Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer succeeded. See Battle of Sluys.
1395. Son John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury succeeded.
7th January 1400. John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury forfeit. See Epiphany Rising.
1421. Son Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury restored.
3rd November 1428. Daughter Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury succeeded. See Siege of Orléans.
26th June 1462. Son Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury succeeded. See Warwick becomes Kingmaker.
14th April 1471. Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury forfeit. See 14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet.
16th March 1485. Grandson Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick restored. See Queen Consort Anne Neville Dies.
28th November 1499. Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick forfeit. See Trial and Execution of Perkin Warbreck and Edward Earl of Warwick.
1513. Sister Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury restored.
12th May 1539. Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury forfeit.
On 4th March 1309 Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 39) was created 1st Baron Monthermer by writ of summons.
On 5th April 1325 Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 55) died. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct. His son Thomas (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baron Monthermer.
Before 1340 Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer (age 38) and Margaret Brewes Baroness Monthermer were married. She by marriage Baroness Monthermer. She the daughter of Peter Brewes Count Flanders. He the son of Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford.
On 24th June 1340 King Edward III of England (age 27) attacked the French fleet at anchor during the Battle of Sluys capturing more than 200 ships, killing around 18000 French. The English force included John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 24), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 30), Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (age 27), William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 10), John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 22), Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 38), Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 30), Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny (age 30), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 32) and Richard Pembridge (age 20).
Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer (age 38) died from wounds. His daughter Margaret succeeded 3rd Baroness Monthermer.
Before 1350 John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer (age 19) and Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu. He by marriage Baron Monthermer. He the son of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury.
In 1395 Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer died. In 1395 Her son John (age 45) succeeded 4th Baron Monthermer. Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury (age 31) by marriage Baroness Monthermer.
On 7th January 1400 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map] Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley (age 40) was beheaded by the townspeople following an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town. Baron Lumley forfeit.
Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 26) was beheaded. He had to forfeit the honours and estates he had gained after the arrests of Gloucester and Arundel: Duke Surrey extinct. He retained those he had received before: His brother Edmund (age 16) succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 3rd Baron Holand, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell. He was buried, or re-buried, at his foundation Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map].
John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 50) was captured, tried and beheaded. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer forfeit.
Bernard Brocas (age 46) was captured.
In 1421 Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury (age 32) was restored 4th Earl Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, 6th Baron Montagu, 5th Baron Monthermer although he had been styled Earl since 1409.
On 3rd November 1428 Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury (age 40) died from wounds received at the Siege of Orléans. His daughter Alice (age 21) succeeded 5th Countess Salisbury, 4th Baroness Montagu, 7th Baroness Montagu, 6th Baroness Monthermer. Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 28) by marriage Earl Salisbury.
Before 26th June 1462 Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 55) died. Her son Richard (age 33) succeeded 6th Earl Salisbury, 5th Baron Montagu, 8th Baron Montagu, 7th Baron Monthermer adding to the earldom of Warwick he had already acquired through his wife some fourteen years previously. The combined earldoms of Warwick and Salisbury made Warwick the second most powerful man in the Kingdom making him Kingmaker. The date based on an entry in the Patent Rolls in which he is referred to as "Richard, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury".
On 14th April 1471 Edward IV (age 28) commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George (age 21) and Richard (age 18), John Babington (age 48), Wiliam Hastings (age 40) (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys (age 30), William Parr (age 37), John Savage (age 49), William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (age 41), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough (age 40), John Scott (age 48) and Thomas Strickland.
The Yorkists William Blount (age 29), Humphrey Bourchier (age 36), Henry Stafford (age 46) and Thomas Parr were killed.
Humphrey Bourchier 1st Baron Cromwell (age 40), was killed. Baron Cromwell extinct.
The Lancastrians ...
Warwick the Kingmaker (age 42) was killed. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu and Baron Monthermer forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the titles may have been abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 19) and Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14).
John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 40) was killed. Marquess Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit; unclear as to when he was attainted. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].
William Tyrrell was killed.
William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele (age 43) was killed. His son Henry (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 40) commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford and John Paston (age 27) were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 28) commanded, and John Paston (age 29) and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 33) fought.
Robert Harleston (age 36) was killed.
Thomas Hen Salusbury (age 62) was killed.
Thomas Tresham (age 51) escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on the 6th of May 1471.
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On 16th March 1485 Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 28) died at Westminster Palace [Map]. Probably of tuberculosis. The day she died there was an eclipse of the sun; a bad omen to some. There were rumours of foul play.
Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick (age 10) was restored 6th Baron Montagu, 9th Baron Montagu, 8th Baron Monthermer
On 28th November 1499 Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick (age 24) was executed at Tower Hill [Map]. Earl Warwick, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer forfeit.
Documentation held in Spain apparently describes Catherine of Aragon's (age 13) parents Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 47) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 48) expressing concern that Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick was a potential claimant to throne, and being reluctant for their daughter to marry Arthur Prince of Wales (age 13) whilst there was a threat to his accession causing King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 42) to use Perkin Warbreck's (deceased) attempted escape with Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick as a means to an end.
In 1513 Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury (age 39) was restored 7th Baroness Montagu, 10th Baroness Montagu, 9th Baroness Monthermer.
On 12th May 1539 Margaret Pole Countess Salsbury (age 65) was attainted. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer forfeit.
On 14th May 1790 Stephen Moore 1st Earl Mount Cashell (age 59) died. His son Stephen (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Mount Cashell. Margaret King Baroness Monthermer (age 17) by marriage Baroness Monthermer.