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b. c.1420, yr. s. of Sir Thomas Blount† (d.1456), of Barton Blount, Derbys. by his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Gresley† of Drakelow, Derbys.; yr. bro. of Walter*. m. (1) between Apr. 1452 and Trin. 1453, Agnes (17 Nov. 1430-14 Oct. 1462), Lincs. Church Notes (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), 136. da. and h. of John Hawley (d.1438) of Girsby, wid. of Robert Sutton II*, 1s. 3da.; (2) Isabel, da. of Robert Clifton*, wid. of Thomas Browe, s. of John Browe*, ?1s. According to A. Croke, Fam. Croke, ii. 255, he between Agnes and Isabel, Katherine, da. of Robert Clifton’s son, Sir Gervase Clifton (d.1491), by whom he had a son, Richard†. There can have been no such marriage, but it is possible that Richard, founder of the Blounts of Iver in Bucks., was our MP’s son by Isabel Clifton. Dist. Lincs. 1465.
Offices Held

Attorney-general for Richard, duke of York, by 20 Mar. 1456–? Dec. 1460. E159/232, commissiones rot. 5d.

J.p.q. Lindsey 8 July 1456 – 22 Nov. 1458, 16 May 1461 – d.

Commr. to assign archers, Lincs. Dec. 1457; of arrest, Lindsey Nov. 1460; to take lands into the King’s hands, Lincs., Leics., Notts., Northants. May 1461 (lands of William, Viscount Beaumont, and Thomas, Lord Roos), Lincs. (lands of William Tailboys*); of array, Lindsey May 1461; to urge men to go with the King against the Lancastrians Nov. 1461; of sewers July 1462; to distribute allowance on tax, Lincs. June 1468.

Collector of customs, Ipswich 27 Mar.-21 Nov. 1458; E326/20, rot. 35d. controller, Kingston-upon-Hull 31 July 1460 – 13 Mar. 1466.

Receiver of honour of Bolingbroke 3 July 1461 – d.; receiver-general of all lands late of Edmund, earl of Richmond, 3 Aug. 1461 – ?; receiver and steward of lands late of Thomas, Lord Roos, and Sir Richard Tunstall† in Lindsey and Holland, 3 Aug. 1461–?, Crown lands, Lincs. Feb. 1462–?

Sheriff, Lincs. 7 Nov. 1461 – 5 Nov. 1463.

Treasurer of Calais 24 Nov. 1464 – 10 Dec. 1466.

Parlimentarian
BLOUNT, Thomas (c.1420-68), of Girsby, Lincs.
Main residence: Girsby, Lincs.
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S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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