Biography of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 1450-1485

Paternal Family Tree: Blount

1485 Henry Tudor lands at Mill Bay

1485 Battle of Bosworth

Before 1442 [his father] Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 26) and [his mother] Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy (age 25) were married.

Around 1450 John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy was born to Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 34) and Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy (age 34) at Rock, Worcestershire.

On 20 Jun 1465 [his father] Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 49) was created 1st Baron Mountjoy. [his mother] Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy (age 49) by marriage Baroness Mountjoy.

On 25 Nov 1467 [his father] Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 51) and [his step-mother] Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (age 59) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1468 [his mother] Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy (age 52) died.

On 01 Aug 1474 [his father] Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 58) died. His grandson Edward Blount 2nd Baron Mountjoy (age 10) succeeded 2nd Baron Mountjoy.

On 12 Oct 1475 Edward Blount 2nd Baron Mountjoy (age 11) died. His uncle John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Mountjoy.

Around 1477 John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 27) and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy.

Around 1478 [his son] William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy was born to John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 28) and [his wife] Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde at Barton Blount [Map].

In 1480 [his daughter] Lora Blount died.

Henry Tudor lands at Mill Bay

On 07 Aug 1485 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 28) landed at Mill Bay Milford Haven [Map] with John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 43), Richard Guildford (age 35), John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 35), Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath and Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26) all of whom were knighted.

Battle of Bosworth

On 22 Aug 1485 King Richard III of England (age 32) was killed during the Battle of Bosworth. His second cousin once removed Henry Tudor  (age 28) succeeded VII King England. Earl Richmond forfeit.

Those supporting Henry Tudor included:

John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35).

John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 43).

Richard Guildford (age 35).

Walter Hungerford (age 21).

Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 50).

John Wingfield.

Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 29).

Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26).

Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 36).

Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 53).

William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 47).

Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 34).

William Stanley (age 50).

Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley (age 52).

Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 38).

William Brandon (age 29) was killed.

James Harrington (age 55) was killed.

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 60) was killed and attainted. He was buried firstly at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and therafter at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. Duke Norfolk, Baron Mowbray, Baron Segrave forfeit.

John Sacheverell (age 85) was killed.

Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath

William Norreys (age 44), Gilbert Talbot (age 33), John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and John Savage (age 41) commanded,.

Robert Poyntz (age 35) was knighted.

Those who fought for Richard III included:

John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 47).

John Conyers (age 74).

Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 17).

William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 59).

Richard Fitzhugh 6th Baron Fitzhugh (age 28).

John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 48).

Thomas Scrope 6th Baron Scrope Masham (age 26).

Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 50).

Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 68).

Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 29).

John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 23).

Humphrey Stafford (age 59).

George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 17).

Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 42) was wounded, captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map] for three years. He was attainted; Earl Surrey forfeit.

Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 29) fought and escaped.

John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 26) was captured.

John Babington (age 62), William Alington (age 65), Robert Mortimer (age 43), Robert Brackenbury, Richard Ratclyffe (age 55) and Richard Bagot (age 73) were killed

Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 53) was killed.

William Catesby (age 35) was executed at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map] after the battle.

George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 25) held as a hostage by Richard III before the Battle of Bosworth.

Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 36) betrayed King Richard III of England (age 32) by not committing his forces at the Battle of Bosworth.

John Iwardby (age 35) was killed.

On 12 Oct 1485 John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35) died. His son [his son] William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 7) succeeded 4th Baron Mountjoy.

After 12 Oct 1485 Thomas Montgomery and [his wife] Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde were married.

After 02 Jan 1495 Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde (age 69) and [his wife] Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

Around 1497 Thomas Berkeley and Elizabeth Neville were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

[his daughter] Lora Blount was born to John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.

[his son] Rowland Blount was born to John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.

[his daughter] Constance Blount was born to John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.

Royal Ancestors of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 1450-1485

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of Duncan II King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 1450-1485

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 2

Ancestors of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 1450-1485

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Blount

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Blount

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beauchamp

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Blount

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna Sodington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Blount 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Somerset 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Cheduit Baroness Beauchamp Somerset

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 1st Baron St John Basing

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret St John Baroness Beauchamp Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Courtenay Baroness St John Basing 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: Thomas Blount 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Diego Gómez Toledo

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo

Father: Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Gresley

GrandMother: Margaret Gresley

John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Byron

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Byron of Clayton

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Byron

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Byron

GrandFather: John Byron

Mother: Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy