Simon Montacute (died 1345) was a medieval

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and

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. Montacute was the third son of

William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu ( 1275 – 18 October 1319) (''alias'' de Montagu, de Montacute, Latinized to ''de Monte Acuto'' ("from the sharp mountain")), was an English peer, and an eminent soldier and courtier during the reigns of Edwar ...

(d. 18 October 1319), by Elizabeth Montfort (d. August 1354), daughter of Sir Piers Montfort of

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. He had two elder brothers, John, who died in August 1317, and

William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Man (1301 – 30 January 1344) was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III. The son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, he entered the r ...

, and a younger brother,

Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu Edward Montagu (or Edward de Montacute), 1st Baron Montagu (d. 14 July 1361) was an English peer. He fought at the Battle of Crecy. His assaulted his first wife, Alice of Norfolk, who died as a result. Life Edward Montagu was the youngest son of ...

, who married

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, daughter of

Thomas of Brotherton Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (1 June 13004 August 1338), was the fifth son of King Edward I of England (1239–1307), and the eldest child by his second wife, Margaret of France, the daughter of King Philip III of France. He was, t ...

and granddaughter of

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. Among his seven sisters were Elizabeth, Prioress of

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,Sturman, Winnifred M., ''Barking Abbey: A Study in its External and Internal Administration from the Conquest to the Dissolution'', PhD thesis, University of London, 1961, pp. 375, 382, 400-1, 404
Retrieved 21 October 2013. and Maud and Isabel, successively Abbesses of

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from 1341 to 1358. Montacute was nominated to the

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on 11 December 1333 and consecrated on 8 May 1334. and was then translated to the

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on 14 March 1337. As bishop of Ely, he was involved in the foundation of

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, being largely responsible for an early set of statutes for the college.'The colleges and halls: Peterhouse', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge (1959), pp. 334–340. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66643. Date accessed: 2 July 2008. He died on 20 June 1345.

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External links

'Elizabeth De Montacute née Montfort', History of Henley Series
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