John IV Montgomery, Sir

1343 - 1401  (58 years)

• Name	John IV Montgomery
  Suffix	Sir
  Birth	1343	Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LR7N-DNK
  Family Search Link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR7N-DNK
  Death	1398-1401
  Person ID	I10325	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Alexander Montgomery, Sir,   b. 1305   d. 1370-1388 (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Margaret Douglas,   b. 1308
  Family ID	F3417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Eglinton,   b. 1353   d. 1398 (Age 45 years)
  Children	1. Alexander (2) de Montgomery,   b. Abt 1362   2. Sir Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1362, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 5 Aug 1388, Otterburn, Battle of/Otterburn, Northumberland, England (Age 26 years)   3. Sir John V Montgomery,   b. 1363   d. 1429 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F3419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2015

  
  

• Histories

  Seagate Castle Website link to article in "Wikipedia"

  
  

  Folios

  Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom 17th Edition in Two Volumes 1828 Pages 486-488 Earl of Eglinton

  
  

• Notes

  Ninth at Eaglesham and first Lord of Ardrossan. Victory over the English at Otterburn in 1388. Made Sir Henry Percy, Hotspur, prisoner. Built Polnoon Castle with the ransom. John Montgomery, 10th Baron of Eaglesham was the distinguished warrior who captured Henry Percy, called Hotspur, at the Battle of Otterburn in1388. With Percy's ransom he built the castle of Polnoon as well asacquiring the lands of Eglinton and Ardrossan through his marriage toElizabeth of Eglinton. History from the Clan Montgomery Society "Origin and History of the Montgomerys" by B.G. Montgomery of Sweden Correspondence with Brent Friedrichs, Box 34, Charter Oak, IA 51439,712-678-3720, email: blf@ia.frontiercomm.net, Dec. 1996. Submitted by Michael A. Montgomery, CMS 1712, on 9/6/98.