Elizabeth Blount | |
|---|---|
| Baroness Tailboys of Kyme Baroness Clinton | |
brass.jpg) Stylized brass with the likeness of Blount[1] | |
| Born | c. 1498–1502 Kinlet, Shropshire |
| Died | c. 1540 (aged between 37 and 42) Probably England |
| Spouse(s) | Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln |
| Issue | Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (ill.) Elizabeth Tailboys, 4th Baroness Tailboys of Kyme George Tailboys, 2nd Baron Tailboys of Kyme Robert Tailboys, 3rd Baron Tailboys of Kyme Lady Bridget Dymoke Catherine Clinton, Baroness Burgh Margaret Clinton, Baroness Willoughby of Parham |
| Father | Sir John Blount of Kinlet |
| Mother | Catherine Peshall |
Elizabeth Blount (c. 1498[2]/c. 1500[3]/c. 1502[4] – 1540),[4] commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount, was a mistress of Henry VIII of England.
- ^ "Palimpsest; Monumental Brass." The British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1990-0105-1.
- ^ Norton, Elizabeth., Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII (Stroud, 2011) p. 47
- ^ Karen Lindsey, xv, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Perseus Books, 1995
- ^ a b Weir, Alison (1 June 2001). Henry VIII: King and Court. Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 978-0-224-06022-6.