Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Thurstan de Montfort III and de Cauntelo

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Husband Thurstan de Montfort III [19005] ¹

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           Born: Abt 1190 - Beldesert Castle, Warwickshire, England 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 21 Nov 1216 - Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, England 1
         Buried:  - Beaudesert, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 1
FamilySearch ID: LTDS-KCJ

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         Father: Henry de Montfort [19007] (1147-1199) 2
         Mother: Lady Emma Corbucion [19008] (Abt 1159-1190) 2

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       Marriage: 

Events

• TitleOfNobility: 4th Lord of Beaudesert, .

• Biography: THURSTAN III DE MONTFORT, of Beaudesert, Charlecote, Wellesbourne, and Whitchurch, Warwickshire, Remenham, Berkshire, Ridlington and Uppingham, Rutland, etc., was the son and heir of Henry de Montfort, of Beaudesert, Charlecote, and Edstone (in Wootton Wawen), Warwickshire, Uppingham, Rutland, etc.

He married ___ DE CANTELOWE, and had two sons:
1. Peter, Knt.
2. William

Thurstan III de Montfort was a minor when he succeeded his father in or before 1199. In 1205 the king took his homage and gave him his land on condition that he demise it for two years to William de Cantelowe.

Sometime after 1205 he gave the nunnery of Pinley the tenth part of all the victuals spent in his house, including bread, beer, flesh, fish, and whatsoever was dressed in his kitchen. In 1206 he was abroad in the king's service. In 1206 the Prior of St. Neots, Huntingdonshire sued him for the manor and advowson of the church of Wing, Rutland, which had been previously granted to his church by Thurston the grandfather and Robert his uncle.

In 1209 he demanded a moiety of the town of Langton, Yorkshire against Eustace de Vescy as his right and inheritance. In 1210 he was serving the king in Ireland. He was excused the scutage of Poitou in 1214, because he fought himself.

He appears to have joined the rebellion of King John, and in March 1215/16 he had letters of safe conduct on coming to the king.

THURSTAN DE MONTFORT died shortly before July 9, 1216, when his lands and heir were committed to the custody of William de Cantelowe. In 1220 William de Cantelowe presented to the church of Ridlington, Rutland by reason of the custody of the said land and heir.

"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):Banks Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England 1 (1807): 376-379 (sub Montfort). Placitorum in Domo Capitalani Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbrevatio (1811): 46. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 4 (1823): 114. Burke Gen'l Heraldic Dict. of the Peerages of England, Ireland & Scotland (1831): 355-356 (sub Montfort, Barons Montfort). Phillimore Rotuli Hugonis de Welles, Episcopi Lincolniensis 1209-1235 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 6) (1913): 103. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 358-359. Coulton Five Centuries of Religion (1923): 294. VCH Berkshire 3 (1923): 160-163. VCH Rutland 2 (1935): 95-103,103-106. C.P. 9 (1936): 122-123 (sub Montfort). VCH Warwick 3 (1945): 45-49, 196-205; 5(1949): 193-198 (Montfort arms: Bendy of ten pieces or and azure), 209-213. Paget (1957) 378:2."


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• He had a web site at https://www.geni.com/people/Thurstan-de-Montfort-4th-Lord-of-Beaudesert-of-Beufort/6000000001210394537?through=6000000001745096296.

• Event: 1100. In the 11th century, Thurstan de Montfort constructed Beaudesert Castle, a moat and bailey castle, on the hill above Beaudesert.

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Wife de Cauntelo [19006] ¹

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           Born: Abt 1184 - England, United Kingdom 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: P9CQ-464

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Children

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1 M Piers de Montfort I [19003] ³

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           Born: After 10 Oct 1210 - Beaudesert, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1265 - Evesham, Worcestershire, England 3
         Buried: 12 Aug 1265 - Evesham, Worcestershire, England 3
FamilySearch ID: LTDS-HCV

         Spouse: Alice of Aldithley 3 [19004] (Abt 1222-1265)

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Piers de Montfort, person ID LTDS-HCV.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Thurstan de Montfort, person ID LTDS-KCJ.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Rose de Montfort, person ID GQJL-4YP.