Biography of Sidney Montagu 1581-1644

In 1557 [his father] Edward Montagu (age 27) and [his mother] Elizabeth Harrington (age 12) were married.

In 1581 Sidney Montagu was born to Edward Montagu (age 51) and Elizabeth Harrington (age 36).

On 26 Jan 1602 [his father] Edward Montagu (age 72) died at Brigstock, Boughton.

On 19 May 1618 [his mother] Elizabeth Harrington (age 73) died.

In 1619 Sidney Montagu (age 38) and Paulina Pepys (age 37) were married.

On 16 May 1622 [his son] Henry Montagu was born to Sidney Montagu (age 41) and [his wife] Paulina Pepys (age 40).

On 28 Apr 1625 [his son] Henry Montagu (age 2) drowned after having fallen into a pond swelled by heavy rain. Some sources, including the local guidebook, say he was chasing an orange. He was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].

On 27 Jul 1625 [his son] Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich was born to Sidney Montagu (age 44) and [his wife] Paulina Pepys (age 43).

Around 1626 [his daughter] Elizabeth Montagu was born to Sidney Montagu (age 45) and [his wife] Paulina Pepys (age 44).

On 16 Nov 1641 [his wife] Paulina Pepys (age 60) died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].

Before 1642 [his son-in-law] Gilbert Pickering 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Montagu (age 15) were married.

On 07 Nov 1642 [his son] Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich (age 17) were married.

On 17 Jan 1644 Sidney Montagu (age 63) and Anne Isham were married. He died a month later.

On 25 Feb 1644 Sidney Montagu (age 63) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Sep 1665. Among other discourse concerning long life, Sir J. Minnes (age 66) saying that his great-grandfather was alive in Edward the Vth's time; my [his son] Lord Sandwich (age 40) did tell us how few there have been of his family since King Harry the VIIIth; that is to say, the then [his grandfather] Chiefe Justice, and his son the [his father] Lord Montagu, who was father to Sir Sidney¹, who was his father. And yet, what is more wonderfull, he did assure us from the mouth of my Lord Montagu himself, that in King James's time ([when he] had a mind to get the King (age 35) to cut off the entayle of some land which was given in Harry the VIIIth's time to the family, with the remainder in the Crowne); he did answer the King in showing how unlikely it was that ever it could revert to the Crown, but that it would be a present convenience to him; and did show that at that time there were 4,000 persons derived from the very body of the Chiefe Justice. It seems the number of daughters in the family having been very great, and they too had most of them many children, and grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. This he tells as a most known and certain truth.

Note 1. These are the words in the MS., and not "his son and the Lord Montagu", as in some former editions. Pepys seems to have written Lord Montagu by mistake for Sir Edward Montagu.

In 1671 or 1676 [his former wife] Anne Isham died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].