Death1456
General3rd s. Sheriff of Derbys. Served in campaigns.
Spouses
1Margaret Gresley [60, Mountjoy art, Vol IX, p. 334], [139, p.208], [54, Her husband, Sir Thomas Blount's co-article], [326, Gresley Pedigree, p. 225]
Notes for Sir Thomas Blount
m. (2) Elizabeth, parentage unknown.
DNB Main notes for Sir Thomas Blount
Co-subject: [Blount], Sir Thomas
Dates: fl. 1422
Active Date: 1422
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Economics and Money
Occupation: Treasurer of Calais in Henry VI's reign
Article
SirThomas, who was treasurer of Calais during Henry VI's wars in France (Stevenson's Letters, &c., illustrating the wars in France temp. Henry VI, Rolls Ser., ii. passim), and founded a chantry at Newark in 1422 (at the expense of the Duke of Exeter) in memory of his father and mother. Sir John died without male issue. Sir Thomas was the father (by Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley of Gresley, Derbyshire) of Sir Walter Blount, first Baron Mountjoy [q.v.].