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Personal data William Blount 4th Lord Mountjoy 

• He was born about 1478.
• He died on November 8, 1534.
• A child of John Blount and Lora Berkeley
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of William Blount 4th Lord Mountjoy

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Say.

They got married about April 1497 at M1.

Child(ren):

1. Gertrude Blount  ± 1495-1558 
2. Catherine Blount  ± 1518-1559 

(2) He is married to Agnes de Vanegas.

They got married before July 30, 1509.

(3) He is married to Alice Keble.

They got married before February 15, 1514.

Child(ren):

1. Charles Blount  1516-1544

(4) He is married to Dorothy Grey.

They got married in the year 1523.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Blount  1529-???? 

Notes about William Blount 4th Lord Mountjoy

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A. William Blount, 4th Lord Mountjoy (b c1478, d 08.11.1534)
m1. (c04.1497) Elizabeth Say (d before 21.07.1506, dau of Sir William Say of Essenden)
i. Gertrude Blount (d 25.09.1558) m. (25.10.1519) Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, Marquess of Devon (d 09.01.1539)
ii. Mary Blount BE1883 suggests that Mary married Sir Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex, but such a marriage is not reported in TCP (Essex).
m2. (before 30.07.1509) Agnes de Vanegas (dsp)
m3. (before 15.02.1514/5) Alice Keble (d 08.06.1521, dau of Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London)
iii. Charles Blount, 5th Lord Mountjoy (b 28.06.1516, d 10.10.1544) m. (c08.1530) Anne Willoughby (d 24.12.1582, dau of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord de Broke)

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E: BLOUNT
(4th B. Mountjoy)
Born: ABT 1478, Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England
Died: 8 Nov 1534, Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, England
Buried: Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter <../Documents/Knights of the Garter.htm>.
Father: John BLOUNT (3° B. Mountjoy) <../ B. Mountjoy).htm>
Mother: Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde) <../ BERKELEY1.htm>
Married 1: Elizabeth SAY (B. Mountjoy) 1497
Children:
1. Charles BLOUNT (5° B. Mountjoy) <../ B. Mountjoy).htm>
2. Mary BLOUNT (C. Essex) <../ BLOUNT (C. Essex).htm>
Married 2: Alice KEBLE (B. Mountjoy) (b. 1482 - d. 8 Jun 1521, Grey Friars, London, England) (dau. of Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London 1510-1511) (w. William Browne, Lord Mayor of London <../ BROWNE of Flambards Hall1.htm>) BEF 15 Feb 1515
Children:
3. Catherine BLOUNT <../ BLOUNT2.htm>
4. Edward BLOUNT
Married 3: Ines De BENEGAS (B. Mountjoy)
Children:
5. Gertrude BLOUNT (M. Exeter) <../ BLOUNT (M. Exeter).htm>
Married 4: Dorothy GREY (B. Willoughby of Broke) <../ GREY (B. Willoughby of Broke).htm> BEF 29 Jul 1523
Children:
6. Mary BLOUNT <../ BLOUNT1.htm>

Famous as a scholar and patron of learning. He was a pupil of Erasmus, who called him inter nobiles doctissimus. His friends included Colet, More and Grocyn. He held a command in the force sent to suppress Perkin Warbeck 's rebellion in 1497. In 1513 he was appointed governor of Tournai, and his letters to Wolsey and Henry VIII <../aboutHenryVIII.htm>. describing his vigorous government of the town are preserved in the British Museum. He was present with Henry VIII <../aboutHenryVIII.htm> at the Field of the Cloth of Gold <../Documents/field_of_the_cloth_of_gold.htm> in 1520, and at the meeting with Carlos V in 1522. He had been master of the mint since 1509, and chamberlain to Catalina of Aragon <../aboutCatalinadeAragon.htm> since 1512. It fell to him in this office to announce to the Queen <../aboutCatalinadeAragon.htm> about Henry <../aboutHenryVIII.htm>'s intention to divorce her; he also signed the letter to the Pope conveying the King <../aboutHenryVIII.htm>'s threat to repudiate the papal supremacy unless the divorce were granted. Mountjoy, who was one of the wealthiest English nobles of his time, died in 1534. His son Charles, 5th Baron Mountjoy, was also a patron of learning.
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