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"Sir James Blount (died 1493) (sometimes spelt Blunt) was commander of the English fortress of Hammes, near Calais. Blount was the son of Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, and uncle of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy. In 1473 he sat in Parliament as the MP for Derbyshire. When in 1484 the Earl of Oxford was imprisoned at Hammes, Blount was apparently persuaded to switch to the Lancastrian side. Blount and Oxford fled to join Henry Tudor, (the future Henry VII of England who was then living in exile in France), leaving his wife in charge. She and the garrison held out for months against Richard III's forces, until in early 1485 they surrendered in return for safe passage into France. Sir James then landed with Henry Tudor's forces in 1485 at Milford Haven, where he was knighted. Blount appears as a minor character in William Shakespeare's play Richard III. 15th-century births 1493 deaths English soldiers English knights James People of the Tudor period English MPs 1472 15th- century soldiers Members of the Parliament of England for Derbyshire "
"Robert Stillington (1420 – May 1491) was Bishop of Bath and Wells (1465–1491) and a courtier under Edward IV of England. He twice served as Edward's Lord Chancellor and in 1483, he was instrumental in the accession of Richard III, leading to later reprisals against him under Henry VII. Life Stillington was Archdeacon of Taunton (1450–1465) and Archdeacon of Berkshire (1464–1465)Kingsford "Stillington, Robert" Dictionary of National Biography when he was made Keeper of the Privy Seal from 1460 to 1467.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 95 Stillington was selected as Bishop of Bath and Wells on 30 October 1465, and was consecrated on 16 March 1466.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228 He was appointed Lord Chancellor on 20 June 1467 and held the office until 29 September 1470, when Henry VI was restored to the throne. After the return of Edward IV, he was reappointed to his former office and held it until 18 June 1473, when Edward dismissed him.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 87 In 1478, Stillington spent some weeks in prison, apparently as a result of some association with the disgraced George, Duke of Clarence. It has been suggested that he gave Clarence information about the king's prior association with another woman, information that would have put Clarence in a position to claim the throne for himself. After Edward's death in April 1483, Stillington was a member of the council of the boy-king Edward V. Some time in June, a clergyman, identified as Stillington only by the writings [Mémoires, book VI chapter 17] of the French diplomat Philippe de Commines (who referred to him as "levesque de Bas" and "ce mauvais evesque"), told Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the Lord Protector, that the marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville had been invalid on the grounds of Edward's earlier marriage to Lady Eleanor Talbot, at which he claimed to have officiated. This led to Elizabeth Woodville's children by Edward IV being declared illegitimate and the Duke of Gloucester ascending the throne as Richard III. After Henry VII defeated Richard III at Bosworth in 1485, he immediately had Stillington imprisoned again. Henry had the bigamy charge against Edward IV reversed, and married Edward's daughter, Elizabeth of York. Some years after Stillington's second release, he became involved in the plot to place the impostor Lambert Simnel on the throne in 1487. After finding refuge at Oxford University, he was eventually handed over to the king and died in prison. He was buried in a chapel of his own founding at Wells Cathedral.Dictionary of National Biography Citations References 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Bath and Wells Archdeacons of Taunton Archdeacons of Berkshire Lord Chancellors of England Lords Privy Seal 15th-century English clergy People of the Tudor period 1420 births 1491 deaths "
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