Family and Education
b.c. 1383, 3rd s. and event. h. of Sir Walter Blount. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Gresley, 2s. Walter† and Thomas†, 3da.; (2) by Jan. 1436, Elizabeth (d.c.1466), wid. of Sir John Wilcotes (d.c.1429), 2nd s. and event. h. of William Wilcotes. Kntd. between July 1423 and July 1424.Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. i. 53-54, 240; iii. 128-9, 133, 136-7; CPL, v. 66-67; A. Croke, Fam. Croke, ii. ped. no. 12; CPR, 1422-9, p. 561; VCH Glos. viii. 84, VCH Oxon. v. 161; SC6/12722/5. Blount’s second wife is said (Berks. Bucks. and Oxon. Arch. Jnl. n.s. iii. 100-1) to have been the daughter of John Danvers by his second marriage, to Joan Bruley, but this is most unlikely on chronological grounds.
Offices Held
Commr. of array, Derbys. Mar. 1419; to raise a royal loan, Leics. July 1426, May 1428, Derbys. Feb. 1436, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, Sept. 1449; treat for the payment of a subsidy Feb. 1441; of gaol delivery, Worcester castle Feb. 1450.
Collector of a tax, Derbys. Nov. 1419, Aug. 1450; assessor of a tax Jan. 1436.
J.p. Derbys. 12 Feb. 1422 – June 1431, Apr. 1439 – d.
Treasurer of Normandy by 23 Mar. 1429-bef. 22 Apr. 1433.
Dep. steward of the duchy of Lancaster lordship of Tutbury to Humphrey, earl of Stafford, 11 Feb. 1438–25 May 1443.
Sheriff, Staffs. 6 Nov. 1444 – 4 Nov. 1445, 4 Nov. 1446–9 Nov. 1447.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Barton Blount, Derbys.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
BLOUNT, Thomas II (c.1383-1456)
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Oxford 1644
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