The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 24 Nov 2002, by RosieBevan:
MONTGOMERY OF CUBLEY. Arms of Montgomery, 13th century - Erm.,on abordure, gu., twelve horseshoes, arg. ; 14th century and later Or, aneagle displayed, Azure.
1. Traditional pedigrees state that RALPH, the ancestor of the Montgomeryfamily, was holding Cubley, Snelston, Derbyshire and four hides in Ecton,Northamptonshire of Henry de Ferrers in 1086 [VCH Northants v.4 p.123].Keats-Rohan specifically identifies him as a Montgomery but there is noindication whether descent followed male or female succession.[K.Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, p.598]
"In Cobelei, Siward had two carucates of land taxable. Land for twoploughs. Now in lordship two ploughs. Four villagers, and foursmallholders, and one slave, have one plough. There is a priest and achurch, and one mill, 12d and eight acres of meadow. Woodland pasture onemile long and one mile broad. Value in king Edward's time 100s. now 40 s.Ralph holds it." [Phillip Morgan (ed.), Domesday Book : Derbyshire,(Phillimore 1978), p.275a]
Ralph Montgomery |
no ancestry given