Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy
Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy,
Early life and family
Walter Blount was born about 1416, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount (1378–1456) and Margery Gresley and grandson of Sir Walter Blount.
Career
He was made Steward of the High Peak in Derbyshire and became a bitter rival of the local Vernon and Longford families, replacing the Vernons in parliament as the near-permanent
He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1472.
On his death on 1 August 1474 in Greyfriars, London, his grandson Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy inherited his title. His eldest son (and Edward's father) Sir William Blount had been killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471.[citation needed]
Marriages and children
Mountjoy married firstly Helena Byron, the daughter of John Byron (died 1450), Lancashire,[3] by whom he had four sons and two daughters.
- William Blount, eldest son and heir, who died in 1471 of wounds received at the Battle of Barnet.[3]
- John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy, second son.
- James Blount, third son.
- Edward Blount.
- Anne Blount.
- Elizabeth Blount.
By November 1467 Mountjoy married secondly Anne (née Neville), widow of
Notes
- ^ Wedgwood, Josiah C. (1936). History Of Parliament (1439-1509). p. 86.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mountjoy, Barons and Viscounts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 941. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ a b c Horrox 2004.
References
- Horrox, Rosemary (2004). "Blount, Walter, first Baron Mountjoy (d. 1474)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2700. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 258.
Further reading
- Carley, James P. (2004). "Blount, William, fourth Baron Mountjoy (c.1478–1534)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2702. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)