Title:

Earl

Military Rank:

Lieutenant General

First Name:

Montague

Last Name:

Bertie

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post 1666

Inscription:

Double monument to Montague and his father Robert Bertie (KIA Battle of Edgehill 1642)
Transcribed from a photograph:

H S E
MONTACUTUS filius ROBERTI
COMES de LINDSEY BARO de WillUGHBY, BECK de ERESBY
Praecelsus Angliae Camerarius,
Carolo Primo ab interior cubiculo,
Et Satellity Rgey Praefectus
Carolis utrisq a consilys Sacratioribus,
Ordinis Periscelidis Eques Illustris
Uxorem primam,
Duxit MARTIAM Guilielmi Cockain Equitis Filiam,
Comitis de Holdernesse Viduam
E qua suscepit Liberos
ROBERTUM (nunc COMITEM de LINDSEY, & C)
PEREGRINUM, RICARDUM, VERUM, CAROLUM,
ELISABETHAM, BRIDGETTAM & CATHARINAM.
Altera illi Conjux
BRIDGETTA WRAY BARONISSA NORREYS de RYCOTT
Honoratissii Eduardi Sackvill Vidua,
E qua Genuit
IACOBU BARONE NORREYS (ALIA FAMILIAE SUAE Nobilitatem)
EDUARDUM HENRICUM ET MARIAM.
Ista Sobole propagauit familiam,
Quam Virtute multiplici illustravit.
Conadore & Humanitate praecipuus
Vultus suavitate & gestuum moderation summa decorus
Comitate Generosa magnifice affabilis
Consiliarius Prudentissimus
In Praelio de Edghill Fortitudine spectabliis Pia
Cum Imperatorem Patrem lethaliter prostratum
Objectu Corporis sui diutissime protegeret
Interritus.
Fide erga Principes optimos inconcussa
Qui Caroli Primi Funestissimas Exequias
Quatuor Procerum Unus.
Inter ipsam Furentis Tyrannidis saeviriam,
Ad Tumulum prosecutes est,
Suo Pietatis Officio damnare ausus Potenter Rebelles.
Obiit 25th July Anno Aerae Christ: 1666 Aetatis Suae 59
Et sub hoc Marmore
Cum Patre ROBERTO, & MARTHA Conjuge
Una Requiescit
Aui Parentumq Honoratissimae Memoriae
Filii Quatuor
PEREGRINUS, RICARDUS, VERUS, & CAROLUS,
Supremi Testamenti Curatores,
Marentes Posuerunt


H S E
ROBERT son of MONTACUTUS
EARL OF LINDSEY, BARO OF WILLUGHBY, BECK OF ERESBY
Excellency Chamberlain of England,
Charles the First from the inner chamber,
And Satellite ???? Commander
Charles, on both sides, from the sacred counsels,
Illustrious Knights of the Order of Periscelides
first wife
He married MARTHIA, Daughter of William Cockain, Equestrian,
Widow of the Earl of Holderness
From which he received Liberos
ROBERT (now EARL OF LINDSEY, &C.)
PEREGRINUM, RICHARDUS, VERUM, CHARLES,
ELIZABETH, BRIDGET & CATHERINE.
The other spouse
BRIDGETTA WRAY BARONESS NORREYS of RYCOTT
Widow of the Honorable Edward Sackvill,
From which He was born
JACOB BARON NORREYS (OTHER OF HIS FAMILY NOBILITY)
EDWARD HENRY AND MARY.
This Sobole propagated the family,
He illustrated how the power of the manifold.
Endeavor & Humanity foremost
Gentleness of countenance & moderation of gestures, supreme beauty
Magnificently affable with generous courtesy
A most prudent counsellor
At the Battle of the Fort of Edghill the Spectacular Pia
When the Emperor Father was fatally prostrated
He would protect his body for a very long time
Terrified
Unshakable faith in the best princes
Those of the most fatal funeral of Charles the First
Four Procerum One.
Amidst the fierceness of the Furious Tyrannis,
He proceeded to the Mound,
By his Pious Office he ventured to condemn the Mighty Rebels.
Died 25th July in the Year of Christ: 1666 Aged 59
And under this marble
With Father ROBERT, & MARTHA Married
One Rests
To the Most Honorable Memory of His Parents
Four children
PEREGRINUS, RICHARDUS, VERUS, & CHARLES,
Guardians of the Supreme Testament,
They lay dying

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

Double monument with his father Robert Bertie (d.1642, Battle of Edgehill)
See: ODNB https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2274