Drogo de Montagu (of Monte Acuto in Normandy) participated in the Conquest, and at the time of Domesday held lands in Somerset and Devon. Here is an entry from the Domesday Book:
Drogo of Montacute [Drogo de Montagud] holds KNOWLE (Park). Alnoth held it before 1066; it paid tax for 1 1/2 hides. Land for 3 ploughs; as many there. 6 villagers, and 4 slaves with 1 cottager.
Meadow, 15 acres; woodland 4 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in width. 26 pigs.
Formally 40s; value now £4.
Drogo holds it from the King.
From this land 1 hide of land has been taken away which was there before 1066. Thurstan son of Rolf holds it, & an Englishman from him. Value 20s.
His brother Ansger also held lands in Somerset.
Montague ancestors have been traced to the Mountains of Scandinavia as early as the fifth century. No one knows when or from where they came to Scandinavia, but it must have been several hundred years before.
Drogo de Monte-Acuto was a descendant of the Northman Rollo the Dane from
Scandanavia who settled Normandy. French spelling of his name was Drogo de Montagu. He preferred the Latin Drogo de Monte-Acuto which means Dragon of the Mountain Peak. He came to England with Robert Earl of Morton and his brother "William the Conquerer". With sixty thousand men and over three hundred ships they landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September, 1066, and immediately burned and scuttled their ships that their only hope might lie in their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory. This marked the advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England, and as he marches on toward the plain near Hastings (where, upon the 14th of October, the battle of Hastings was fought and won), he bears the kite shaped shield of the Norman invador, its color is cerulean blue, and upon it is the full length figure of a Griffin, segreant (rampant with wings spread), and painted a
bright golden hue. This was the original Coat of Arms of the Montagues in England. William having conquered England and ascended the throne his followers were rewarded with large grants of land. Both his favorite brother
the Earl of Moriton and his trusty follower Drogo de Monte-Acuto received large possessions.
Drogo of Montacute [Drogo de Montagud] holds KNOWLE (Park). Alnoth held it before 1066; it paid tax for 1 1/2 hides. Land for 3 ploughs; as many there. 6 villagers, and 4 slaves with 1 cottager.
Meadow, 15 acres; woodland 4 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in width. 26 pigs.
Formally 40s; value now £4.
Drogo holds it from the King.
From this land 1 hide of land has been taken away which was there before 1066. Thurstan son of Rolf holds it, & an Englishman from him. Value 20s.
His brother Ansger also held lands in Somerset.
Montague ancestors have been traced to the Mountains of Scandinavia as early as the fifth century. No one knows when or from where they came to Scandinavia, but it must have been several hundred years before.
Drogo de Monte-Acuto was a descendant of the Northman Rollo the Dane from
Scandanavia who settled Normandy. French spelling of his name was Drogo de Montagu. He preferred the Latin Drogo de Monte-Acuto which means Dragon of the Mountain Peak. He came to England with Robert Earl of Morton and his brother "William the Conquerer". With sixty thousand men and over three hundred ships they landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September, 1066, and immediately burned and scuttled their ships that their only hope might lie in their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory. This marked the advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England, and as he marches on toward the plain near Hastings (where, upon the 14th of October, the battle of Hastings was fought and won), he bears the kite shaped shield of the Norman invador, its color is cerulean blue, and upon it is the full length figure of a Griffin, segreant (rampant with wings spread), and painted a
bright golden hue. This was the original Coat of Arms of the Montagues in England. William having conquered England and ascended the throne his followers were rewarded with large grants of land. Both his favorite brother
the Earl of Moriton and his trusty follower Drogo de Monte-Acuto received large possessions.
Drogo de Montagu (of Monte Acuto in Normandy) participated in the Conquest, and at the time of Domesday held lands in Somerset and Devon. Here is an entry from the Domesday Book:
Drogo of Montacute [Drogo de Montagud] holds KNOWLE (Park). Alnoth held it before 1066; it paid tax for 1 1/2 hides. Land for 3 ploughs; as many there. 6 villagers, and 4 slaves with 1 cottager.
Meadow, 15 acres; woodland 4 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in width. 26 pigs.
Formally 40s; value now £4.
Drogo holds it from the King.
From this land 1 hide of land has been taken away which was there before 1066. Thurstan son of Rolf holds it, & an Englishman from him. Value 20s.
His brother Ansger also held lands in Somerset.
Montague ancestors have been traced to the Mountains of Scandinavia as early as the fifth century. No one knows when or from where they came to Scandinavia, but it must have been several hundred years before.
Drogo de Monte-Acuto was a descendant of the Northman Rollo the Dane from
Scandanavia who settled Normandy. French spelling of his name was Drogo de Montagu. He preferred the Latin Drogo de Monte-Acuto which means Dragon of the Mountain Peak. He came to England with Robert Earl of Morton and his brother "William the Conquerer". With sixty thousand men and over three hundred ships they landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September, 1066, and immediately burned and scuttled their ships that their only hope might lie in their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory. This marked the advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England, and as he marches on toward the plain near Hastings (where, upon the 14th of October, the battle of Hastings was fought and won), he bears the kite shaped shield of the Norman invador, its color is cerulean blue, and upon it is the full length figure of a Griffin, segreant (rampant with wings spread), and painted a
bright golden hue. This was the original Coat of Arms of the Montagues in England. William having conquered England and ascended the throne his followers were rewarded with large grants of land. Both his favorite brother
the Earl of Moriton and his trusty follower Drogo de Monte-Acuto received large possessions.
Drogo of Montacute [Drogo de Montagud] holds KNOWLE (Park). Alnoth held it before 1066; it paid tax for 1 1/2 hides. Land for 3 ploughs; as many there. 6 villagers, and 4 slaves with 1 cottager.
Meadow, 15 acres; woodland 4 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in width. 26 pigs.
Formally 40s; value now £4.
Drogo holds it from the King.
From this land 1 hide of land has been taken away which was there before 1066. Thurstan son of Rolf holds it, & an Englishman from him. Value 20s.
His brother Ansger also held lands in Somerset.
Montague ancestors have been traced to the Mountains of Scandinavia as early as the fifth century. No one knows when or from where they came to Scandinavia, but it must have been several hundred years before.
Drogo de Monte-Acuto was a descendant of the Northman Rollo the Dane from
Scandanavia who settled Normandy. French spelling of his name was Drogo de Montagu. He preferred the Latin Drogo de Monte-Acuto which means Dragon of the Mountain Peak. He came to England with Robert Earl of Morton and his brother "William the Conquerer". With sixty thousand men and over three hundred ships they landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September, 1066, and immediately burned and scuttled their ships that their only hope might lie in their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory. This marked the advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England, and as he marches on toward the plain near Hastings (where, upon the 14th of October, the battle of Hastings was fought and won), he bears the kite shaped shield of the Norman invador, its color is cerulean blue, and upon it is the full length figure of a Griffin, segreant (rampant with wings spread), and painted a
bright golden hue. This was the original Coat of Arms of the Montagues in England. William having conquered England and ascended the throne his followers were rewarded with large grants of land. Both his favorite brother
the Earl of Moriton and his trusty follower Drogo de Monte-Acuto received large possessions.
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