John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt

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John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt (died 18 August 1562) was an English politician and peer.

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He was the son of John Mordaunt of Turvey, Bedfordshire, who was a member of parliament and speaker of the House of Commons of England. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1503 to be trained as a barrister.

He was made a Knight of the Bath when the future Henry VIII was created Prince of Wales on 18 February 1503. He succeeded his father in 1504, inheriting his Bedfordshire estates, and was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire for 1509. He was a member of Henry VIII's court and was with him at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 and a member of his council in 1526 and was created Baron Mordaunt in 1529. [1] He took his seat in the House of Lords in 1532. The following year he assisted at the reception of Anne Boleyn and subsequently took part in her trial. [2]

He became active in local government and rarely visited Parliament, especially after an accident in 1539.

He died in 1562 and was buried in Turvey church alongside his wife, who had predeceased him.

Marriage and family

Mordaunt married Elizabeth Vere, daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Vere of Great Addington, Northamptonshire. They had four sons and four daughters, including: [3]

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References

  1. "Peerage". Leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices. p. 169.
  3. Frederic Augustus Blades, Visitations of Bedfordshire (London, 1884), pp. 42, 180-1, 221.
  4. Susan Maria ffarington, Farington Papers (Manchester, 1856), pp. 145-9: 'EDWARDS, John II (c.1562-1625), of Plas Newydd, Chirk', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
  5. Frederic Augustus Blades, Visitations of Bedfordshire (London, 1884), p. 181: HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 5 (London, 1894), pp. 224-5, 229, 242-4: HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 8 (London, 1899), p. 430.
  6. Sarah Bendall, Shaping Feminity: Foundation Garments, the Body, and Women in Early Modern England (London, 2022), pp. 113-4: TNA SP 46/49 f.55.
  7. Frederic Augustus Blades, Visitations of Bedfordshire (London, 1884), p. 181.
Political offices
Preceded by
George Harvey
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1509–1510
Succeeded by
John Dyve
Peerage of England
New creation Baron Mordaunt
1529–1562
Succeeded by