Simon Mountford (died 1495)

Sir Simon Montford (died c. 30 January 1495[1]) was an English Lord of several manors who was executed for treason.[2]

Simon Montford was the son and heir of Sir Baldwin Montfort, Knt, of Coleshill Manor, Warwickshire (1410 – c. 1458) by his spouse Joan, daughter of Sir Richard Vernon, Speaker of the House of Commons. Baldwin was the first to drop the "de" from their surname.

  1. ^ Date of being condemned to death.
  2. ^ Carpenter, Christine. "Mountford family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63908. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)