MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), William (c.1618-1706), of the Middle Temple, London and Little Oakley, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c.1618, 2nd s. of Edward Montagu† (d.1644), 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his 2nd w. Frances, da. of Thomas Cotton† of Conington, Hunts.;Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115 bro. of Edward Montagu I*. educ. Oundle g.s. 1627 aged 10;Oundle Sch. Admiss. Reg. 1626-34, f. 6v. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1632, aged 13;Al. Cant. M. Temple 23 Oct. 1635.MT Admiss. i. 131. m. (1) 18 June 1646, Elizabeth (bur. 23 June 1647), da. of Ralph Freman of Aspenden, Herts., s.p.;Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 138; Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 348. (2) 7 Dec. 1651, Mary (d.10 Mar. 1700), da. of Sir John Aubrey, later 1st bt. of Llantrithyd, Glam. 2s. d.v.p. 1da.Vis. Northants. 1681, 138; E. Kimber and R. Johnson, The Baronetage of Eng. (1771), ii. 73-4; Bridges, Northants. ii. 329. d. 26 or 27 Aug. 1706.Le Neve, Monumenta Anglicana, v. 122.

Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 9 July 1641; bencher, 1662; treas. 1663 – 64; summer reader, 1664.Mins. of Parl. of the MT, ed. C.T. Martin (1904–5), iii. 1174, 1189, 1191, 1197. Sjt.-at-law, Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street Apr. 1676–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 197, 446, 527.

Local: commr. assessment, Northants. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689, 1691–?d.; Lincs. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; Mdx. 1664, 1672, 1677; I. of Ely 1677;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Northants. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. July 1660–?d.; Mdx. 1662 – bef.80; Lincs. (Kesteven) aft. 1664–85.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 15, 642. London 27 Nov. 1666-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 370, 630. Mdx. 1 Oct. 1669, 7 Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 509, 589. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 14 Aug. 1660-aft May 1670;C181/7, pp, 75, 543. River Welland 18 July 1664;C181/7, p. 281. subsidy, Kesteven 1663; enclosures, Deeping Fen, Lincs. 1665;SR. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 27 Nov. 1666-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 370, 630. recusants, Lincs. 1675.HP Commons 1660–1690

Civic: freeman, Stamford 1661.J. Simpson, ‘Extracts from the par. regs. of St Michael’s, Stamford’, The Reliquary, xvii. 202.

Central: att.-gen. to Queen Catherine of Braganza, 1662–76.CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 404. Commr. dedimus potestatam, Parl. 31 Oct. 1666.C181/7, p. 377. KC, 1670.List of Eng. Law Officers (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 86. C. bar. exch. 1676–86.Sainty, Judges, 96; HMC Finch, ii. 28.

Parlimentarian

MONTAGU, Hon. William (c.1618-1706), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Little Oakley, Northants.

: of the Middle Temple, London and Northants., Little Oakley.

MOUNTAGU

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, school of D. Mytens, 1639;Sidney Sussex, Camb. oil on canvas, G. Kneller, 1680.Government Art Colln.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), William (c.1618-1706), of the Middle Temple, London and Little Oakley, Northants.

Will

30 July 1702, pr. 3 Sept. 1706, new admon. 28 Apr. 1727.PROB11/490/86.

Estates

manor of Little Oakley, Northants. leased to him by his father for £150 p.a. 1639;C108/62: indenture, 27 Sept. 1639. inherited lands at Little Oakley, Great Oakley, Stanion and Geddington, Northants. and at Seaton, Rutland,1644;Bridges, Northants. ii. 329; PROB11/196/404. sold manor of Downhall, Seaton, Rutland, for £9,000, 1646.C108/62: indenture, 20 Oct. 1646; C108/63: indentures, 29 Oct. 1646 and 18 Jan. 1649.

Oxford 1644

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