Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury

Also known as: lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie · Family: England · Role: commander · First appears: Henry VI 1

In 1423, Thomas Montacute captured Sens, imprisoned William Marin, and killed its defending soldiers before moving into Champagne. He also served alongside John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford and Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who appointed him to command an army; at Pont Meulan he was accompanied by William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, Robert Scales, Lord Scales, Robert Poynings, Lord Poynings, and John Fastolf, and he was described as “a man both for policie and courage, liker to the old Romans than to men of his daies”. At Crauant, his forces opposed William Stewart, Earl of Buchan.

In 1427, Thomas was sent to France to replace Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, landing at Calais with five thousand men. He was also an ally of John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and later material names Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury as his only child and heir.

Relationship record

Life events

• 1423 · Thomas Montacute captured Sens, imprisoned William Marin, and killed its defending soldiers.(Henry VI 1 · 📍 Sens)
  • With: William Marin
  • “The earle of Salisburie appointed sir Henrie Mortimer, and sir Richard Vernon, capteins of the towne, and from thence went into Champaigne, and there besieged the towne of Sens, tooke it, and sir William Marin the capteine within it, and slue all the souldiors that kept it”
• 1427 · Thomas Montacute was sent to France to replace Warwick and landed at Calis.(Henry VI 11 · 📍 France)
  • “and then was the lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie sent into France, to supplie the roome of the said earle of Warwike, who landed at Calis with fiue thousand men”

Henry VI 1

• allies with John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford “Wherof hearing the lord regent, and the duke of Burgognie they assembled a great armie, and appointed the earle of Salisburie to haue the guiding thereof”
• allies with Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy “Wherof hearing the lord regent, and the duke of Burgognie they assembled a great armie, and appointed the earle of Salisburie to haue the guiding thereof”
• allies with William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk “appointed the lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie (a man both for policie and courage, liker to the old Romans than to men of his daies) accompanied with the earle of Suffolke, the lord Scales, the yoong lord Poinings, sir Iohn Fastolfe maister of the houshold, with himselfe and diuerse others, to besiege the said towne of Pont Meulan”
• allies with Robert Scales, Lord Scales “appointed the lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie (a man both for policie and courage, liker to the old Romans than to men of his daies) accompanied with the earle of Suffolke, the lord Scales, the yoong lord Poinings, sir Iohn Fastolfe maister of the houshold, with himselfe and diuerse others, to besiege the said towne of Pont Meulan”
• allies with Robert Poynings, Lord Poynings “appointed the lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie (a man both for policie and courage, liker to the old Romans than to men of his daies) accompanied with the earle of Suffolke, the lord Scales, the yoong lord Poinings, sir Iohn Fastolfe maister of the houshold, with himselfe and diuerse others, to besiege the said towne of Pont Meulan”
• allies with John Fastolf “appointed the lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie (a man both for policie and courage, liker to the old Romans than to men of his daies) accompanied with the earle of Suffolke, the lord Scales, the yoong lord Poinings, sir Iohn Fastolfe maister of the houshold, with himselfe and diuerse others, to besiege the said towne of Pont Meulan”
• enemies with William Marin “there besieged the towne of Sens, tooke it, and sir William Marin the capteine within it, and slue all the souldiors that kept it”
• enemies with William Stewart, Earl of Buchan “the Dolphin sent the lord William Steward earle of Buchquhane that was constable of France, and the earle of Ventadour in Auuergne, and manie other noble men of his part, to laie siege to the towne of Crauant ... they assembled a great armie, and appointed the earle of Salisburie to haue the guiding thereof”

Henry VI 11

• allies with John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury “The lords then, to make hast in the matter, bicause the daie approched, with all spéed possible came to the posterne gate, and alighting from their horsses, about six of the clocke in the morning, they issued out of the castell, crieng, saint George, Talbot.”
• with Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (Thomas Montacute was sent to replace Richard Beauchamp as commander in France.) “and then was the lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie sent into France, to supplie the roome of the said earle of Warwike”

Henry VI 48

• child: Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury “ladie Alice, the onelie child and sole heire of Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.