| Code | P/0068 |
| Dates | c.1563-1642 |
| Person Name | Montagu; Sir; Henry (c.1563-1642); 1st Earl of Manchester (1626-1642); of Kimbolton Castle |
| Surname | Montagu |
| Forenames | Henry |
| PreTitle | Sir |
| Title | 1st Earl of Manchester (1626-1642) |
| Epithet | of Kimbolton Castle |
| Activity | "Sir Henry Montagu was one of the representatives of the City of London in the Parliament called by James I upon his accession (19 March 1604) and acquired great distinction as a Parliamentary orator. In 1616 he was apptd. Lord Chief of Justice of the Court of Kings Bench; in 1620, constituted Lord Treasurer of England and elevated, 19 Dec., in the same year to the peerage as Baron Montagu of Kimbolton, Huntingdon, and Viscount Mandeville. Upon the accession of Charles I he was advanced to an Earldom as Earl of Manchester and subsequently apptd. Lord Privy Seal."
- from Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (103rd ed) 1963 |
| Relationships | Father: Edward Montagu MP (c.1530 - c.1602)
Mother: Elizabeth Harrington (c.1545 - c.1618)
Spouse: Catherine Spencer (c.1586 - c.1612), daughter of Sir William Spencer MP of Yarnton [Oxon]
Children with Catherine Spencer:
- Lucy Montagu (?-?)
- Elizabeth Montagu (?-before 1657), m. (1) Sir Lewis Mansel and (2) Sir Edward Sebright
- Walter Montagu (d. 1670), Abbot of St. Martin's Abbey, Pontoise, France
- James Montagu (d.1665), m. Mary Baynard
- Henry Montagu (?-?), Master at St. Katherine's Hospital, City of London
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-1671)
Spouse: Anne Holliday (c.1553 - 1619), daughter of William Wincott of Langham [Suffolk]
Spouse: Margaret Crouch (c.1582 - c.1653), daughter of John Crouch of Hertfordshire
Children with Margaret Crouch:
- George Montagu (?-?), m. Elizabeth Irby
- Susan Montagu (?-1652), m. George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley |
| RefNo | Title |
| KMAN1/A/7/24 | Manor of Brampton: lease of the Manor |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/9 | Release of a claim |
| KMAN1/A/22A/9 | Licence of alienation |
| KMAN1/A/22A/3 | Title deeds to Montagu properties in Huntingdonshire |
| KMAN1/A/22B/14 | Papers relating to the Kimbolton estates purchased by Sir Henry Montagu |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/4 | Deed to lead the uses of a fine |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/3 | Quitclaim[?] |
| KMAN1/A/7/25 | Defeasance for a lease of the Manors of Great Oxenden and Little Oxenden [Northants] |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/10 | Quitclaim |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/1 | Lease of property in Kimbolton for 12 years |
| KMAN1/A/20B/6 | Letters patent confirming Sir Henry Montagu as Tenant in Chief to a house and property at Coleworth, Sharnbrook, Woodhall, Newton and Overdean [Beds] |
| KMAN1/A/7/26a | Declaration of trust under the will of the late Henry Earl of Manchester |
| KMAN1 | Records of the Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle |
| KMAN1/A/13/2/1 | Indenture of lands in Pertenhall [Beds] and Kimbolton |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/7 | Articles of agreement for the disposal of the Wingfield estates |
| KMAN1/A/13/2/14 | Covenant to levy a fine [?] for Kimbolton Manor and Castle |
| KMAN1/A/13/2/15 | Bargain and sale for property in Stonely and Kimbolton |
| KMAN1/A/13/2/3 | Assignment of lease of property in Kimbolton |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/8 | Fine [?] |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/2 | Grant of the Manor of Swineshead |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/6 | Letter from J. Wingfield, presumably intended for Sir Henry Montagu |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/9 | Quitclaim |
| KMAN1/A/13/3/5 | Lease of several closes in Kimbolton |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/8 | Feoffment of a piece of ground in Kimbolton |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/10 | Feoffment of property in Swineshead |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/11 | Contract for sale of Stonely Priory and other closes in Kimbolton and Great Staughton |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/12 | Feoffment of Stonely Priory and other closes in Kimbolton and Great Staughton |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/7 | Feoffment of the Manor of Swineshead |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/15 | Declaration of trust |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/2 | Lease of several closes in Kimbolton and Stow |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/5 | Lease of several closes in Kimbolton and Stow |
| KMAN1/A/13/4/6 | Lease of several closes in Kimbolton and Stow |
| KMAN1/A/17/4/13/1 | Prints of portraits by the Masters in the possession of the Duke of Manchester in 1880, published by The Arundel Society |
| KMAN1/A/20B/4/7 | Letter to the Earl of Manchester from Edward Maria Wingfield, Stonely |
| KMAN1/A/20B/7/1 | Letters patent appointing Henry Montagu (later 1st Earl of Manchester) to be Serjeant at Law and Recorder of the City of London |
| KMAN1/A/28/2/10 | Articles to be performed against Charles Morrison, one of the Justices of the Peace for Northamptonshire |
| KMAN1/A/28/3/1 | Receipt for £22 4s 6d paid by Henry Earl of Manchester towards the repair of the cathedral church of St Paul, London |
| KMAN1/A/28/3/8 | Letter to William Whalley from James Montagu, Paris |
| KMAN1/A/28/3/9 | Account of fines and recognizances of the Star Chamber between 1615 and 1621 |
| KMAN1/A/28/4/1 | Notes relating to an agreement for the sale of certain lands in Swineshead by Sir James Wingfield to Sir Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester |