Family and Education
b. by 1487, o.s. of Thomas Mountford by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Gresley of Drakelow, Derbys. m. (1) Anne, da. of Sir Ralph Longford of Longford, Derbys., 1s.; (2) Joyce, da. of Nicholas Rugeley of Dunton, Warws., wid. of Hugh Harman of Moor Hall, Sutton Coldfield. suc. fa. 1504/16.Date of birth estimated from first certain reference. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 56; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 84; Dugdale, Warws. 1008; Req. 2/2/173; C1/547/35.
Offices Held
Servant of Queen Catherine of Aragon; capt. Erassmus Shype 1513; j.p. Warws. 1529 – d.; escheator, Warws. and Leics. 16 Nov. 1530 – 16 Feb. 1532; commr. tenths of spiritualities, Warws., Coventry 1535, for survey of monasteries, Warws. 1536; collector, Sir James Fitzgerald’s forfeited estates, Glos., Warws. by 1537.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Sutton Coldfield; Kingshurst in Coleshill, Warws.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
MOUNTFORD, Simon (by 1487-1537/38)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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