Sir Thomas Montgomery, Esq. of Faulkbourne Hall - 1460-1495
The name of Montgomery features in the account of Belchamp Walter's history
as told by Thomas Wright.
The reference to Thomas Montgomery from Thomas Wright's account.
If you are looking for current information on Faulkbourne Hall or the village of Faulkbourne please
see here. Who lives in Faulkbourne Hall and what is its market value?
This page is an attempt to establish the connection of the name of Montgomery to the local history.
The profile on geni.com dates Thomas Montgomery 1460 and dying in 1496.
On a recent visit to Radwinter, Essex a connection was found between
Faulkbourne Hall and Belchamp Walter.
Sir Thomas Montgomery, Esq. of Faulkbourne Hall was married
to Phillpa Helion, the daughter of
John Helion and Edith Rolfe.
Edith died in 1498 in Belchamp Walter (Possibly ?????).
Sir Thomas Montgomery married Philippa Helion 1460, this was probably close to
the time that the Manor of Belchamp Walter
came into the Montgomery name. Thomas Montgomery inherited Faulkbourne Hall in 1467.
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What Thomas Wright said about Thomas Montgomery:
John Helion, Esq. was their son and heir, who, dying in
1450, left, by his wife Editha,
daughter and co heiress of Thomas Rolfe, Esq.
of Gosfield, Philippa, married to Sir Thomas Montgomery, Esq. of Faulkbourne Hall;
and Isabel, the wife of Humphrey Tyrell, Esq.
of Little Warley, to whom she bore an only daughter, named Anne, who, by marriage, conveyed this and other great estates to
Sir Roger Wentworth, of Codham Hall, in Wethersfield.
Philippa Helion and Sir Thomas Montgomery, Esq. of Faulkbourne Hall.
Humphrey Tyrell
Daughter Anne Tyrell married John Wentworth of Gosfield.
John Wentworth's father (or grandfather) was Sir Roger Wentworth.
What Geni.com said:
Sir Thomas Montgomery, Sheriff of Norfolk, Suffolk, & Anglesey was born circa 1430 at of Faulkbourne, Essex,
England.1,8
He married Phillipa Helion, daughter of John Helion, Esq. and Edith Rolfe, circa 1460;
They had one daughter
(named unknown) who married (Mr.) Mortimer.8,6 Sir Thomas Montgomery, Sheriff of Norfolk, Suffolk, & Anglesey
married Lora Berkeley, daughter of Sir Edward Berkeley, Sheriff of Hampshire & Gloucestershire, Bailiff of Burley and
Christian Holt, after 12 October 1485;
No issue.1,2,3,4,5 Sir Thomas Montgomery, Sheriff of Norfolk, Suffolk, & Anglesey left
a will on 28 July 1489.8
He died on 2 January 1495; Buried in the Lady Chapel in Eastminster, New Abbey, London.1,2,8,4
Faulkbourne Hall
According to Wikipedia:
Faulkbourne is a small settlement and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, about 2 miles
(3 km) northwest of Witham. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Fairstead.
The name of the village (which was also spelled "Faulkbourn") is said to be derived from the
Old English words "falk" or "folc" (meaning "folk") and "burn" (meaning "well").
As far as is known Faulkbourne hall is now privatly owned and only open to
the public for special events (based
on a single review on Google). The Wikipedia page only describes the ownership by
the Bullock Family.
John Montgomery and John de Vere
A John Montgomery was mentioned in the Ricardian with reference to
Sir James Tyrell:
On 12th February, 1462, with John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, the earl’s eldest son, Aubrey, Sir Thomas Tuddenham,
John Montgomery, and John Clopton, William Tyrell was arrested for supposed conspiracy against
Edward IV.
The commoners (with the exception of Clapton) were executed on Tower Hill, on 25th February, 1462. Mont;
gomery, Clopton, and Tyrell were brothers-in-law, Montgomery’s (second)
wife, Anne, Clopton’s wife, Alice, and Tyrell’s wife, Margaret, being daughters
of the aforementioned Robert Darcy of Maldon.
Yet on 4th May, 1471, within three weeks of the death of his uncle (and/or
cousin) in battle at Barnet, fighting (under the banner of the Earl of Oxford)
against Edward IV, James Tyrell fought for Edward IV at Tewkesbury, and
was there knighted after the battle.
Background to this page
The Manor of Belchamp Walter was aquired by
Sir Roger Wentworth.
There are lots of notes on the geneolocial records of the Wentworths. I need to expand this.
The "ownersship" was due to marriage of Anne Montgomery to a Wentworth (need to check this).
