Thomas Mountford (Knight)

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Sir Thomas Mountford of Hackforth († after 1463; before 1482) was an English knight and politician.

Life

Sir Thomas Mountford was the son and heir of his father of the same name, from whom he inherited in particular the family's estate in Hackforth, North Yorkshire .

He was part of the retinue of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and his son, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick . During the riots and isolated fighting in the early 1450s between the two most important families in Northern England, the Nevilles and the House of Percy , Sir Thomas stood and fought on the side of the Nevilles.

During the Wars of the Roses , Sir Thomas fought for the House of York in 1455 at the First Battle of St Albans and in 1459 at Blore Heath .

In the years 1459 and 1461 Sir Thomas was entrusted with regulatory tasks as Justice of Array . On August 25, 1460, Sir Thomas was elected to Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire .

The year of death of Sir Thomas Mountford of Hackforth is unknown.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Thomas Mountford was married to Elizabeth, daughter of the James Strangeways.

The couple had at least one child:

  • Sir Thomas Mountford († 1489) ⚭ Agnes (both are buried in St. Mary Church, Hornby, Yorkshire with their children)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Towton Battlefield Society
  2. ^ AJ Poland: Warwick the Kingmaker. Politics, Power and Fame during the Wars of the Roses. Bloomsbury 2007, ISBN 978-1-84725-182-4 , p. 114.
  3. ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: King and Country. England and Wales in Fifteen Century. A&C Black 1964, ISBN 978-1-85285-018-0 .
  4. ↑ Richard III - First Battle of St. Albans. March 15, 2016, accessed January 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Richard III - Blore Heath. March 15, 2016, accessed January 5, 2019 .
  6. ^ A b Peter Bramley: A Companion and Guide to the Wars of the Roses. The History Press 2013, ISBN 978-0-7524-9691-7 .
  7. ↑ a b J. S. Roskell: The Commons and their Speakers in English Parliament 1376-1523. Manchester University Press 1965, p. 274.
  8. ↑ a b J. S. Roskell: Parliaments and Politics in Late Medieval England. A&C Black 1981, ISBN 978-0-9506882-9-9 , p. 294.
  9. ↑ church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-hornby
personal data
SURNAME Mountford, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mountford of Hackforth, Sir Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH between 1463 and 1482