The title Baron Monthermer was created twice in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...

. The first creation was for Ralph de Monthermer who was summoned to parliament on 4 March 1309. After the death of the second baron, his heiress Margaret inherited the barony. On her death, her son, John de Montacute, succeeded her in the barony and in 1397 he became

Earl of Salisbury Earl of Salisbury is a title that has been created several times in English and British history. It has a complex history, and is now a subsidiary title to the marquessate of Salisbury. Background The title was first created for Patrick de S ...

with which title the barony became united. The second creation was for Edward de Monthermer who was summoned to parliament on 23 April 1326 despite his elder brother Thomas still being alive. On Edward's death in about 1340, that barony became extinct.

Barons Monthermer (1309)

Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester, Hertford, and Atholl (c. 1270 – 5 April 1325) was an English nobleman, who was the son-in-law of King Edward I. His clandestine marriage to the King's widowed daughter Joan greatly ...

(d.1325) *

Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron Monthermer Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron Monthermer (4 October 1301 – 24 June 1340) was the son of Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer and Joan of Acre, the daughter of King Edward I of England. He was a first cousin of King Edward III of Engla ...

(d.1340) * Margaret de Monthermer, ''suo jure'' 3rd Baroness Monthermer (d.1395) **

John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute John de Montacute ( – ) was a 14th-century English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III. He was the son of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury by his wife Catherine Grandison, and younger brother of William de Montacute, 2nd Earl ...

(d.1390), her husband, ''

jure uxoris ''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...

'' 3rd Baron Monthermer * John de Montacute, 4th Baron Monthermer (1350–1400) succeeded as Earl of Salisbury in 1397. * Thomas Montacute, 5th Baron Monthermer (1388-1428) * Alice Montacute, 6th Baroness Monthermer (1407-1462) ** Richard Neville, 6th Baron Monthermer (1400–1460) ''jure uxoris'' * Richard Neville, 7th Baron Monthermer (1428-1471) (abeyant from 1471 to 1477) * Edward Plantagenet, 8th Baron Monthermer (1473-1484) * Edward Plantagenet, 9th Baron Monthermer (1474-1499) (abeyant from 1499 to 1513) * Margaret Pole, née Plantagenet, 10th Baroness Monthermer (1473-1541) (abeyant from her attainder in 1539)Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence taken before The Committee For Privileges in the House of Lords for a peerage claim for the barony of Monthermer in 1928, p. lxi and prior discussions on pp. lvi to lx

Baron Monthermer (1326)

Edward de Monthermer, Baron Monthermer Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

(d. c.1340) (extinct about 1340)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monthermer 1309 establishments in England 1326 establishments in England Baronies in the Peerage of England Extinct baronies in the Peerage of England Abeyant peerages Noble titles created in 1309 Noble titles created in 1326

Barons Monthermer (1309)

Baron Monthermer (1326)

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