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Inquisitions Post Mortem for Thomas, Earl of Salisbury, Writ. 24 November 1428.
He died on 3 November last [1428]. Alice wife of Richard Neville, knight, present earl of Salisbury, is his daughter and next heir, and aged 22 and more.

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Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, (13 June 1388 – 3 November 1428), was an English nobleman. He was one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War.

He was the eldest son of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, who was killed while plotting against the King in 1400, and his lands forfeited. Thomas did get back some of his father's lost lands, and helped his financial position further by marrying Eleanor Holland, a sister and eventual co-heiress of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, and daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent.

Thomas was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Salisbury in 1409, although he was not formally invested as earl until 1421. In 1414, he was made a Knight of the Garter. In July 1415, he was one of the seven peers who tried Richard, Earl of Cambridge on charges of conspiring against the King. Montacute then joined Henry V in France, where he fought at the Siege of Harfleur and at the Battle of Agincourt. Montacute fought in various other campaigns in France in the following years. In 1419, he was appointed lieutenant-general of Normandy, and then created Count of Perche, part of Henry V's policy of creating Norman titles for his noblemen. He spent most of the rest of his life as a soldier in France, leading troops in the various skirmishes and sieges that were central to that part of the Hundred Years' War. In 1425, he took over the city of Le Mans. On 27 October 1428 he was wounded during the Siege of Orléans, when a cannonball broke a window near to where he stood, and he died a few days later.

He married twice, first (as mentioned above) to Eleanor Holland, and second to Alice Chaucer, daughter of Thomas Chaucer and granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer. They lived at Bisham Manor in Berkshire. His only legitimate child was a daughter from the first marriage, Alice, who married Richard Neville. Neville succeeded his father-in-law as earl.www.celtic-casimir.com

Thomas DE MONTAGU K.G., 4th Earl of Salisbury

Born: After 1390, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Married: Before 23 May 1399 Died: 3 Nov 1428, Siege of Orléans, France

Marriage Information: Thomas married Eleanor DE HOLAND, daughter of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND 2nd Earl of Kent, K.G. and Alice FITZALAN Lady of Arundel, before 23 May 1399. (Eleanor DE HOLAND was born about 1388 in Upholand, Lancashire, England and died after 1413 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.)

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Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, 6th and 3rd Baron Montacute, 5th Baron Monthermer, and Count of Perche, KG (13 June 1388 - 3 November 1428) was an English nobleman. He was one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War.

He was the eldest son of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury , who was killed while plotting against the King in 1400, and his lands forfeited. His mother, Maud Montacute, Countess of Salisbury, survived. Thomas did get back some of his father's lost lands, and helped his financial position further by marrying Eleanor Holland , a sister and eventual co-heiress of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, and daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent.

Thomas was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Salisbury in 1409, although he was not formally invested as earl until 1421. In 1414, he was made a Knight of the Garter . In July 1415, he was one of the seven peers who tried Richard, Earl of Cambridge, on charges of conspiring against the King . Montacute then joined Henry V in France , where he fought at the Siege of Harfleur and at the Battle of Agincourt . Montacute fought in various other campaigns in France in the following years. In 1419, he was appointed lieutenant-general of Normandy, and then created Count of Perche, part of Henry V's policy of creating Norman titles for his noblemen. He spent most of the rest of his life as a soldier in France, leading troops in the various skirmishes and sieges that were central to that part of the Hundred Years' War . In 1425, he took over the city of Le Mans. On 27 October 1428 he was wounded during the Siege of Orléans , when a cannonball broke a window near to where he stood, and he died a few days later.

He married twice, first (as mentioned above) to Eleanor Holland , and second to Alice Chaucer, daughter of Thomas Chaucer and granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer . They lived at Bisham Manor in Berkshire. His only legitimate child was a daughter from the first marriage, Alice, who married Richard Neville. Neville succeeded his father-in-law jure uxoris by his wife Alice.

References
Hunt, William (1894). "Thomas de Montacute or Montagu, fourth Earl of Salisbury". Dictionary of National Biography 38: 208-211. the Peerage.com on Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project on Thomas de Montagu, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,

External links
Hundred Years War: Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1388-1428) Royal Berkshire History: Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury (1388-1428)

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THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF SALISBURY, was son of John, the third earl, who was executed in 1400 as a supporter of Richard II. Thomas was granted part of his father's estates and summoned to parliament in 1409, though not fully restored till 1421.

He was present throughout the campaign of Agincourt in 1415, and at the naval engagement before Harfleur in 1416. In the expedition of 1417-18 he served with increasing distinction, and especially at the siege of Rouen. During the spring of 1419 he held an independent command, capturing Fecamp, Honfleur and other towns, was appointed lieutenant-general of Normandy, and created Earl of Perche. In 1420 he was in chief command in Maine, and defeated the Marechal de Rieux near Le Mans. When Henry V went home next year Salisbury remained in France as the chief lieutenant of Thomas, Duke of Clarence. The duke, through his own rashness, was defeated at Bauge on the 21st of March 1421. Salisbury came up with the archers too late to retrieve the day, but recovered the bodies of the dead, and by a skilful retreat averted further disaster. He soon gathered a fresh force, and in June was able to report to the king "this part of your land stood in good plight never so well as now." (Foedera, X. 131).

Salisbury's success in Maine marked him out as John of Bedford 's chief lieutenant in the war after Henry's death. In 1423 he was appointed governor of Champagne, and by his dash and vigour secured one of the chief victories of the war at Cravant on the 30th of July. Subsequent operations completed the conquest of Champagne, and left Salisbury free to join Bedford at Verneuil. There on the 17th of August, 1424, it was his "judgment and valour" that won the day. During the next three years Salisbury was employed on the Norman border and in Maine. After a year's visit to England he returned to the chief command in the field in July, 1428. Against the judgment of Bedford he determined to make Orleans his principal objective, and began the siege on the 12th of October. Prosecuting it with his wonted vigour he stormed Tourelles, the castle which protected the southern end of the bridge across the Loire, on the 24th of October. Three days later whilst surveying the city from a window in Tourelles he was wounded by a cannon-shot, and died on the 3rd of November 1428.

Salisbury was the most skilful soldier on the English side after the death of Henry V. Though employed on diplomatic missions both by Henry V and Bedford, he took no part in politics save for a momentary support of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, during his visit to England in 1427-1428. He was a patron of John Lydgate, who presented to him his book The Pilgrim (now Harley MS. 4826, with a miniature of Salisbury, engraved in Strutt's Regal Antiquities). By his first wife Eleanor Holand, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Kent, Salisbury had an only daughter Alice, in her right Earl of Salisbury, who married Richard Neville, and was mother of Warwick the Kingmaker. His second wife Alice was grand-daughter of Geoffrey Chaucer, and after his death married William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk .

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed. Vol XXIV. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910. 78.

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Sir Thomas Montagu BIRTH 13 Jun 1388 Wiltshire, England DEATH 3 Nov 1428 (aged 40) Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France BURIAL Bisham Priory Bisham, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England MEMORIAL ID 62844503 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 61 AKA Thomas de Montacute, fourth earl of Salisbury, soldier, was the elder son of John Montagu, third earl of Salisbury and his wife, Maud Montagu (d. 1424), daughter of Adam Fraunceys, mayor of London, and widow of John Aubrey, and of Sir Alan Buxhull (d. 1381). He died at Tourelles, France of wounds received in battle there, fighting during Joan of Arc's first major military victory.

Family Members Parents
John Montagu 1350–1400
Maude Francis Montague 1360–1424

Spouse Eleanor de Holand 1386–1413

Siblings Anne Montagu Holand 1384–1457

Children Alice Montagu Neville