Edward Blount held the barony of Mountjoy for barely a year, succeeding as an infant of nine or ten on the death of his grandfather, Walter, 1st Baron, in August 1474, and dying himself in October 1475. His father, Sir William Blount, had been killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471, so that the barony passed over the natural line of succession to the next generation.
Edward’s brief tenure closed without issue, and the title descended to his great-uncle John, younger brother of the late Sir William.
Life
Edward Blount was born in 1464 in London, the son of Sir William Blount (c. 1442–1471) and Margaret de Echyngham. His father, the eldest son of Walter, 1st Baron Mountjoy, was killed fighting for Edward IV at the Battle of Barnet on 14 April 1471. Edward’s elder brother had already died young, so Edward was the surviving heir when the 1st Baron died on 1 August 1474, and he succeeded to the barony at the age of about nine or ten.
He was betrothed to Anne Cobham, the under-aged heiress of Thomas Cobham, but the marriage was never consummated. Edward Blount died on 12 October 1475, aged about eleven, without male issue, leaving the barony to pass to his great-uncle John Blount, the 1st Baron’s second son. His young fiancée Anne Cobham later married Edward Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh, while Edward’s sister Elizabeth married Sir Andrew Windsor, through whom the Windsor connection to the barony persisted for centuries.
The date of birth given here (1464) follows the principal modern account; some genealogies place it as late as 1467, which would make him only eight at his death. Very few primary sources address his brief tenure, and he is known chiefly through succession records and the lives of the 1st and 3rd Barons.