Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester led to the first Parliament called to act as a check on the monarch in 1295 and was commonly known as Simon de Montford hence the unusually long continuation in the alternative spelling, see Montfort for examples.
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester led to the first Parliament called to act as a check on the monarch in 1295 and was commonly known as Simon de Montford hence the unusually long continuation in the alternative spelling, see Montfort for examples.