The World of Margaret Montgomery and her family
The Montgomerys were established in Cubley, Derbyshire by the time of Domesday Book5 where the village was spelt as Cobelei. In 1086 its owner, Ralph Montgomery also held Snelston (Derbyshire) and four hides in Ecton, Northamptonshire under the overlordship of Henry de Ferrers/ Ferrieres6. By 1297, his great-great-great-great grandson Sir William Montgomery (d 1303) also had knight's fee7 for Sudbury, Marston, Aston, Somersal, Eyton, Seggeshale and Orleston8. William's son, Sir Walter Montgomery was knighted in 1306 with Edward, Prince of Wales (subsequently King Edward II); he was involved9 with the 1312 death of Edward's favourite Piers Gaveston and attended the Great Council in Westminster in 132410. Walter gave his son Sir William Montgomery (bc1280) and his heirs the manors of Cubley, Marchington11 and Sudbury although he outlived William who was murdered by his wicked stepmother12 in 1423. William's elder son, another Walter Montgomery (c1314-1368) added Rodsley, then Cavershall, Forshorne and Dilhorne in Staffordshire to his possessions, through further land grants in 135513. There followed four generations of Sir Nicholas Montgomery: Nicholas I (c1357-1424) was knighted by…show more content… I was hooked again. Geni.com is a free online genealogical database which concentrates on individuals well-documented from researched ancient sources worldwide. One does not need to log in or even to register. It displays the entire family group information on known historical individuals. One can then focus on any family name in the display and be shown a new page with the entire family group for that person and so on. This is an endless treasure trove for genealogical researchers and thus I was able to continue backwards on this line, one step at a time. It changed my
