Family and Education
yr. s. of John Mountfort (d.c.1395) of Dartmouth. m. (1) 1390, Alice, da. of Richard Barbour† of Weymouth, Dorset, by his w. Elizabeth; She was still living in Aug. 1391: H.R. Watkin, Dartmouth, i. 72; Dorset Feet of Fines (Dorset Recs. x), 215. (2) by Jan. 1405, Alice (fl.1444), da. of John Benefeld of Bridport by his w. Joan, C146/10183. His second marriage was not noted in the earlier biography. s.p.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Bridport 1407, 1414 (Apr.), 1414 (Nov.), 1417, 1420, 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1425, 1426, 1427, 1429, 1431, 1432, 1437, Dorset 1425.
Commr. to restrict movement of shipping, Lyme Regis and Seaton May 1401.
Constable of Bridport Mich. 1403–4; bailiff 1407 – 08, 1409 – 10, 1412 – 13, 1415 – 16, 1417 – 18, 1423 – 24, 1427–8.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Dartmouth, Devon; Bridport, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion