Name Maud Countess | Died 1424 | |
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Maud Francis, Countess of Salisbury (c. 1370 – c. 1424) was daughter of Sir Adam Francis, born 1362, Mayor of London, and Agnes Champnes. She was married and widowed three times. Her first husband was John Aubrey (son of another Mayor of London, Andrew Aubrey) and her second Sir Alan Buxhull, KG in 1372.
Her third husband was John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, and they had five children:
Following the death of Mary de Bohun, her son, the future Henry V, was given into the care of the Earl and Countess of Salisbury by his father, Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV of England. They cared for him at the manor of Courtfield in Herefordshire. An effigy in the church at Welsh Bicknor is believed to be that of the countess.
In 1400, the Earl of Salisbury was executed for treason by King Henry IV. In 1420, Maud petitioned King Henry V to have the earl's remains transferred from Cirencester Abbey to Bisham Priory.