Sir John Blount (by 1471 – 27 February 1531) was an English politician.
He was born the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount of
Kinlet Hall
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,
Shropshire
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. He succeeded his father c.1525 and was knighted in 1529.
He served as a
Justice of the Peace
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(J.P.) for
Staffordshire
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in 1520–1526 and for Shropshire from 1529 to his death. He fought as a captain in the English army
besieging Tournai in 1513 and later accompanied
Henry VIII
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to France in 1520 to attend the famous meeting between Henry and
Francis I of France
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at the
Field of the Cloth of Gold
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.
He was appointed
High Sheriff of Staffordshire This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Staffordshire.
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for 1526–27 and was elected a
Member
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(MP) of the
Parliament of England
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for
Shropshire
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in 1529. He was also pricked
High Sheriff of Shropshire
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for 1530–31 but died in office in 1531. He was buried at Kinlet church, where there is a tomb monument to himself and his wife.
He married at Kinlet on 1 August 1492 Catherine, the daughter and coheiress of Hugh Peshall of Knightley, with whom he had three sons and five daughters. His daughter,
Elizabeth
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, was a Lady-in-Waiting to Catherine of Aragon. She also gave Henry VIII his only recognized, illegitimate son,
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond.
He was succeeded by his eldest son
George
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, also to be an MP and High Sheriff.
References
15th-century births
1531 deaths
English MPs 1529–1536
High Sheriffs of Staffordshire
High Sheriffs of Shropshire
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