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b. c.1418, s. and h. of Sir Thomas Blount† (d.1456) of Barton Blount by his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Gresley† of Drakelowe, Derbys.; er. bro. of Thomas*. m. (1) by 7 May 1442, Ellen, da. of Sir John Byron*, 3s. inc. William† (d.v.p.) and James†; (2) by 29 Mar. 1466, Anne (d. 20 Sept. 1480), da. of Ralph Neville, earl of Westmorland, by Joan Beaufort; wid. of Humphrey, duke of Buckingham (d.1460). Dist. 1458; Kntd. Towton 29 Mar. 1461 or 27 June 1641; Paston Letters ed. Davis, i. 165; W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 133. cr. Lord Mountjoy 20 June 1465; J.E. Powell and K. Wallis, House of Lords, 515. He appears to have derived his title from his gt.-grandmother, Iseult, da. and h. of Thomas Mountjoy. summ. 28 Feb. 1467 -; d. ; KG 24 Apr. 1472.
Offices Held

Bailiff of New Liberty of the duchy of Lancaster in Staffs. 4 Jan. – 8 Feb. 1440, Morleston and Litchurch, Derbys. 8 Feb. 1449–13 Jan. 1460; This office was resumed in 1451 and, in July 1453, granted to the King’s half-brothers, the earls of Richmond and Pembroke: B.P. Wolffe, R. Demesne in English Hist. 276; CPR, 1452–61, p. 104. However, Blount is described as bailiff of Morleston in June 1454 and he seems to have retained the office until 1460: KB9/12/2/6; CPR, 1452–61, p. 593. steward of High Peak, Derbys. by 4 July 1453–?d., Tutbury, Staffs. aft. June 1464–?d.; constable and master forester of Needwood, Staffs. aft. Oct. 1464–?d.

J.p. Derbys. 24 July 1449 – Apr. 1456, 8 Dec. 1460 – Nov. 1470, 26 June 1471 – d., Staffs. 8 July 1461 – 4 Dec. 1470, 8 July 1471 – d., Kent 20 Nov. 1467 – Dec. 1470, 27 June 1471 – d., Devon 16 Apr. – Nov. 1470, Hunts. 12 June 1471 – d., Surr. 27 May 1472 – d., Essex 14 July 1472 – d., Suss. 30 Aug. 1472 – d.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Derbys. Aug. 1449, June 1453, June 1468; of arrest, Staffs. Feb. 1451, Notts., Beds., Bucks., Herts., Hunts., Cambs., Warws., Leics., Derbys., Staffs., Lincs. Jan. 1461, Derbys., Staffs. May 1461, Derbys. July 1461 (John Vernon), Notts., Derbys. Feb. 1462, Nov. 1466 (Ralph Sacheverell); to assign archers, Derbys. Dec. 1457; to take into Edward IV’s possession Eccleshall castle, the town and castle of Stafford, and lands of rebels, Staffs., Notts., Derbys. May 1461; of inquiry, Derbys. Dec. 1463 (complaint against (Sir) William Vernon* and others), Essex July 1471 (insurrrections), Eng. Feb. 1473 (piracy against Portuguese shipping); oyer and terminer, London, Mdx., Nov. 1465 (treasons of (Sir) Gervase Clifton*), Notts., Derbys., Staffs., Salop., Herefs., Warws., Worcs. Jan., Feb. 1468, Mdx., Surr., Essex July 1468, Yorks., Cumb., Westmld., York May 1469, Lincs. July 1470, Essex Feb. 1472 (treasons of Sir Thomas Vere), Mdx., Herts. Apr. 1472, Warws., Notts., Derbys., Staffs. July 1473; array, Derbys., Notts. Oct. 1469, Notts. Feb., July 1470, Cornw., Devon Apr. 1470, Notts., Derbys. Apr., May 1471, Staffs., Hunts. Mar. 1472; to supervise and inquire into value of duchy of Lancaster lands in High Peak, Apr. 1474. DL37/43/17.

?Marshal of Calais, ?Oct. 1458–9; lt. of Richard, earl of Warwick, capt. of Hammes by 4 Mar. 1461 – ?; treasurer of Calais 31 Aug. 1460 – 24 Nov. 1464.

Ambassador to treat with commissioners of the duke of Burgundy July 1463. E404/72/3/48.

Treasurer of England 24 Nov. 1464 – 4 Mar. 1466.

Member of King’s Council Nov. 1464 – Oct. 1470, Apr. 1471–d. L.S. Woodger, ‘Hen. Bourgchier’ (Oxf. Univ. D. Phil. thesis, 1974), 109–10, 119.

Justice itinerant, duchy of Lancaster ldships. in S. Wales May 1472, Ogmore Aug. 1472. DL37/41/6.

Trier of petitions, English 1472.

Parlimentarian
BLOUNT, Walter (c.1418-74), of Elvaston and Barton Blount, Derbys.
Main residences: Elvaston; Barton Blount, Derbys.
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S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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