Record

CodeP/0069
Dates1602-1671
Person NameMontagu; Sir; Edward (1602-1671); 2nd Earl of Manchester (1642-1671); of Kimbolton Castle
SurnameMontagu
ForenamesEdward
PreTitleSir
Title2nd Earl of Manchester (1642-1671)
Epithetof Kimbolton Castle
Activity"Edward 2nd Earl of Manchester, who was summoned to Parliament in the lifetime of his father as Baron Kimbolton. He was an active and successful General of the Parliamentary Army during the Civil Wars and particularly distinguished by his celebrated victory over Prince Rupert at Marston Moor, in which engagement Cromwell acted as his Lt-Gen. His Lordship, however, refused to sanction the murder of the King and retired from Parliament until 1660 when he assisted at the meeting of Peers who voted for the restoration of Charles II and was deputed by the Lords ans their speaker to congratulate the King upon his return to his capital..."
- from Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (103rd ed) 1963
RelationshipsFather: Sir Henry Montagu (c.1563-1642), 1st Earl of Manchester
Mother: Catherine Spencer (c.1586 - c.1612)

Spouse: (1) Susanah Hill, daughter of John Hill of Honily [Warks]

Spouse: (2) Lady Anne Rich (1604-1642), daughter of Robert 2nd Earl of Warwick
Children from this marriage:
- Robert 3rd Earl of Manchester (1634-1682)
- Frances m. Henry Saunderson
- Anne (d.1689) m. Robert Rich Earl of Holland

Spouse: (3) Essex Bevill (1618-1658), daughter of Sir Thomas Cheke of Pirgo [Essex] and widow of Sir Robert Bevill of Chesterton
Children from this marriage:
- Essex Montagu (d. 1677), m. Henry Ingram, 1st Viscount of Irvine

Spouse: (4) Eleanor Dowager Countess of Warwick (d.1666), daughter of Sir Richard Wortley and widow of (1) Sir Henry Lee, 1st Baronet of Quarendon (2) Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex and (3) Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick

Spouse: (5) Margaret Dowager Countess of Carlisle (d.1676), daughter of Francis Russell 4th Earl of Bedford and widow of James Hay 2nd Earl of Carlisle
Linked entries in the catalogue
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KMAN1/A/8/9/13Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes, possibly Wyberton
KMAN1/A/22A/5Title deeds to Montagu properties in Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire
KMAN1/A/22A/3Title deeds to Montagu properties in Huntingdonshire
KMAN1/A/8/9/10Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/5bPetition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/17Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes, possibly Sibsey
KMAN1/A/22B/5Papers concerning the purchase of properties in Northamptonshire
KMAN1/A/14/13Three papers relating to properties belonging to the Earls of Manchester
KMAN1/A/8/9/15Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes, possibly Ashby
KMAN1/A/8/9Petitions to the 2nd Earl of Manchester, Major General of the Associated Counties, from the inhabitants of various parishes in Lincolnshire
KMAN1/A/8/9/7Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/14Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/12Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/5aPetition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/6Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/1Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/16Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/18Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/8Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/36/22bScrapbook containing cuttings of printed works referring to history and geneology of the Montagu family
KMAN1/A/20B/9Warrants and appointments
KMAN1/A/7/26aDeclaration of trust under the will of the late Henry Earl of Manchester
KMAN1/A/7/34Bond to pay £1000
KMAN1/A/8/9/2Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes, possibly Frampton
KMAN1/A/8/9/3Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes, possibly Fosdyke
KMAN1/A/8/9/4Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes, possibly Algarkirk
KMAN1/A/8/9/9Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes
KMAN1/A/8/9/19Petition to the 2nd Earl of Manchester from the inhabitants of unknown Lincolnshire parishes, possibly including Salmonby, Ashby Puerorum and Tetford
KMAN1Records of the Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle
KMAN1/A/7/27Lease of lands in the Somer Islands
KMAN1/A/13/5/2Quitclaim
KMAN1/A/14/12Title deeds to several closes in Keyston
KMAN1/A/49/1/2Civil War cipher
KMAN1/A/14/9/10Bargain and sale of property in Great Catworth
KMAN1/A/17/4/13/1Prints of portraits by the Masters in the possession of the Duke of Manchester in 1880, published by The Arundel Society
KMAN1/A/28/7/1Letter to the Earl of Manchester from Robert Bernard, Huntingdon
KMAN1/A/28/7/2Letter to the Earl of Manchester from Nathaniel Brown, London
KMAN1/A/28/7/3Letter to the Earl of Manchester from Mr. Kirke, London
KMAN1/A/28/7/5Letter to the Earl of Manchester from James Ravenscroft
KMAN1/A/28/7/8Letter to the Earl of Manchester from John Somers
KMAN1/A/28/7/10The Earl of Manchester's answer to the Duke of York's demand for ten years arrears of rent for the Manor of Great Staughton
KMAN1/A/28/7/15Letter from Katherine Greville, Lady Brooke [recipient unknown]
KMAN1/A/28/7/16Letter to the Earl of Manchester from Nathaniel Fiennes, London
KMAN1/A/28/7/17Handwritten verse titled "Salomon's Decree"
KMAN1/A/28/7/18Letter to the Earl of Manchester from Nathaniel Fiennes, London
KMAN1/A/28/7/19Letter to the Earl of Manchester from Nathaniel Fiennes, London
KMAN1/A/28/7/20Letter to Mr Brinknell, unsigned but in the hand of Nathaniel Fiennes
KMAN1/A/28/3/3bAgreement between the inhabitants of Holywell cum Needingworth with Edward Earl of Manchester for the use of fen grounds in the parish, including Clay Lake
KMAN1/A/28/3/7Legal notes, in the hand of the 2nd Earl of Manchester
KMAN1/A/32/5/1Letter from Edward 2nd Earl of Manchester to the House of Lords
KMAN1/A/32/5/2Letter received from the Scottish Council at Ripon [Yorks] concerning the preparation of articles of peace
KMAN1/A/32/5/3Answers to be given to the Scottish Council "touching the securitie of the Competencie"
KMAN1/A/32/5/8Draft letter to the King, presumably from Edward 2nd Earl of Manchester
KMAN1/A/32/5/11Order for the discharge of money and other necessities to the army according to an Ordinance of Parliament
KMAN1/A/32/5/30Estimate for the construction of a new 12-oar barge for the Lord Chamberlain
KMAN1/A/32/5/17Letter containing a report on foreign affairs and on the war in Scotland
KMAN1/A/32/5/22Letter to King Charles from the Lords Commissioners, with an account of their meeting with the Scottish Council
KMAN1/A/32/5/23Scrap of paper with a note about "Lord Audly's Case" on one side and an unfinished note about the commission to Scotland on the other
KMAN1/A/32/5/27Recommendations made prior to the passing of the Tonnage and Poundage Act
KMAN1/A/32/5/28Draft letter, written around the time of the negotiations for the Treaty of Ripon
KMAN1/A/32/5/32Dimensions and specifications for a new 12-oar barge
KMAN1/A/32/5/51Petition by the Earl of Manchester for the enclosing of Holywell West Fen or Clay Lake
KMAN1/A/32/5/34Extract from a document recommending ways of improving customs and excise arrangements
KMAN1/A/32/5/52Extract from the answers of Edward Earl of Manchester to questions put to him by the Committee in the House of Commons
KMAN1/A/32/5/53Sketch plan of a wooden barge
KMAN1/A/32/5/57Return stating the numbers of troops stationed at Faringdon [Berks] and at other nearby garrisons
KMAN1/A/32/5/61Petition by the Keeper of the Palace for reimbusement after a "shed of boards erected for a court of guard attending the long parliament" was broken up and taken away
KMAN1/A/32/8/8Declaration by Edward Maria Wingfield making clauses in a previous settlement null and void
KMAN1/A/32/9/1Petition by the inhabitants of Sudbury [Suffolk] to Parliament
KMAN1/A/32/9/2Letter addressed to "Mr Speaker"
KMAN1/A/32/9/4Rough draft of the preamble to a speech setting out Parliament's grievances to the King
KMAN1/A/32/9/5Petition to the King by "divers of his Majesties subjects, ministers of God's word"
KMAN1/A/32/9/6Page of notes, possibly a draft of a speech to Parliament
KMAN1/A/32/9/7Petition to Parliament by the inhabitants of Holywell cum Needingworth
KMAN1/A/32/9/8Petition to Parliament by Richard Golby, Minister of Framlingham [Suffolk]
KMAN1/A/32/9/9Petition to Edward Earl of Manchester, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's household, by Edward Ladds
KMAN1/A/32/9/10Petition to Edward Earl of Manchester by Lieutenant Colonel James Gourdon [?Gordon]
KMAN1/A/32/9/11Petition to Parliament by Edward Perkins, student at Catherine Hall, Cambridge
KMAN1/A/32/9/12Petition to the King by Edward Bedford
KMAN1/A/32/9/13Petition to Edward Lord Viscount Mandeville by Samuel Young
KMAN1/A/32/9/14Petition to the King by Thomas Warren, clerk and minister of Houghton [Hants]
KMAN1/A/32/9/15Petition to the Earl of Nottingham by George Witham, Caleb Cockroft, John Dethick and Thomas Francknell, merchants
KMAN1/A/32/9/16Petition to Parliament by James Nelthorpe of Windsor, gentleman
KMAN1/A/32/9/17Testimonial by several landowners in support of a petition by Ann Evernden, widow, in her poverty
KMAN1/A/32/9/18Petition to Parliament by William Counton
KMAN1/A/32/9/19Petition to Parliament by Roger Flynt, Clerk
KMAN1/A/32/9/20Petition to the "Committee for the Safety of the Kingdom" by Captain Palmer, Captain Redman, Captain Sawyer, Captain Hunt and Captain Turkington
KMAN1/A/32/9/21Petition to the King by John Colludon, Doctor of Physic and one of His Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary
KMAN1/A/32/9/22Petition to the Lord Chamberlain by Edmond Williamson
KMAN1/A/32/9/23Petition to Parliament by Michael Crake, "34 years footman to King Charles the First"
KMAN1/A/32/9/24Petition to the Earl of Manchester by Dixi Taylor
KMAN1/A/32/9/25Petition to the Earl of Manchester by George Thompson "one of the Sewers to his late Majesty's chamber"
KMAN1/A/32/9/26Petition to Parliament by the inhabitants of the parish of St Brides, London
KMAN1/A/32/9/27List of requests made by the Commons to Lord Kimbolton
KMAN1/A/32/9/29Part of a petition by involving Mr. Overton, Mr King and John Bayley and the presentation to Fringford [Oxon]
KMAN1/A/32/10/8Note on the extent of West Fen and Clay Lake, Holywell cum Needingworth
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