Father Thomas of Brotherton Mother Alice Hales | Name Alice Norfolk | |
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Died 1352, Bungay, United Kingdom Spouse Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu Parents Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk Cousins Edward III of England, Joan of the Tower, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Eleanor of Woodstock, Adam FitzRoy Grandparents Edward I of England, Margaret of France, Queen of England Similar People Edward I of England, Margaret - Duchess of Norfolk, Margaret of France - Queen of, Eleanor of Castile, Geoffrey Plantagenet - Count of | ||
Alice of Norfolk (c. 1324 – c. 30 January 1352) was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, and a granddaughter of Edward I. She married Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu.
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Life
Alice of Norfolk, likely born about 1324, was the daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, eldest son of Edward I by his second marriage to Margaret (1279?–1318), the daughter of Philippe III of France (d.1285). Her mother was Alice de Hales (d. in or before 1330), daughter of Sir Roger de Hales of Hales Hall in Loddon in Roughton, Norfolk, by his wife, Alice. She had an elder brother, Edward of Norfolk, and an elder sister, Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk.
Alice's father died in August 1338. His only son, Edward of Norfolk, having predeceased him, Alice and her sister Margaret were their father's heirs. In March 1339 Edward III ordered William Trussell, escheator, to deliver to Alice and her husband, Edward Montagu, her share of her father's lands.
Alice's husband fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, and was summoned to Parliament from 20 November 1348 to 20 November 1360 by writs directed Edwardo de Monte Acuto, "whereby he is held to have become Lord Montagu".
Alice of Norfolk died at Bungay, Suffolk, shortly before 30 January 1352, as the result of an assault by her husband, for which crime he and some of his retainers were indicted. In 1361 one William Dunche of Bungay was pardoned for his part in her death, as well as other felonies.
Her heirs were her surviving daughters, Elizabeth, Maud and Joan. At her death, the marriages of two of her daughters were found to belong to the King, and these two daughters were sent to live with Alice's mother-in-law, Elizabeth (née Montfort), who after the death of her first husband, William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, had married Thomas Furnivall, 1st Baron Furnivall (d. before 18 April 1332).
Alice's husband remarried. By his second wife, Joan, whose surname is unknown, he had a son, Edward (d. 4 October 1361), and two daughters, Elizabeth Montagu (d. before 29 November 1361), who married Sir John de Brewes (d. 3 February 1367), and Audrey Montagu, who married Sir Hugh de Strelley (d. before 16 October 1390).
Edward Montagu died 14 July 1361, his only son and heir by Alice having predeceased him. His heir was his seven-week-old son by his second marriage, Edward Montagu, who survived him by only three months. At his death on 4 October 1361 any barony created by writ fell into abeyance, according to modern doctrine, among the surviving daughters of his father.
Montagu's arms were Argent, three lozenges in fess, on each an eagle displayed with a label of three points.
Marriage and issue
On 4 February 1333 Thomas of Brotherton contracted Alice in marriage to William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (born 20 June 1328), son and heir of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, by Katherine Grandison, daughter of William Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison. The marriage contract was later declared void.
Alice married instead, before 29 August 1338, William's uncle, Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (d. 14 July 1361), youngest son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (d. 18 October 1319), by Elizabeth Montfort (d. August 1354), daughter of Sir Piers Montfort of Beaudesert, Warwickshire, by whom she had a son and four daughters: