BLOUNT, John II (aft.1345-1425), of Sodington, Worcs.

He has been frequently confused (as for example in Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. xl. 50, 63), with his nephew Sir John Blount, one of the most outstanding military captains of his day. It was the nephew who received substantial annuities from Henry IV, and held the offices of constable of Tutbury castle (1408-d.), of Newcastle-under-Lyme and of Monmouth (1409-12). This nephew’s distinguished military career included service as lieutenant to the admiral, Thomas Beaufort, earl of Dorset, in 1410, the defeat and capture of the marshal of France in Guienne in 1412, and, in 1415, participation in the siege of Harfleur, where he subsequently served as Beaufort’s lieutenant. It culminated with his nomination as KG in 1417 and his death in single combat before the gates of Rouen in August 1418: Somerville, Duchy, i. 541, 546, 550, 647; J.H. Wylie, Hen. V, iii. 133; CP, ix. 329-35.