BLOUNT FAMILY

I. MOUNTJOY LINE

Gottfried (Prince of Denmark)

Born: ABT 852, Denmark

Died: 885

Married: Gisela (Princess of Lorraine) (descendant of Charlemagne) 882, Lorraine

Children:

1. Sigfried Le Danois (1° Count of Guisnes)

Sigfried Le Danois (1° Count of Guisnes)

Born: ABT 905, Guisnes, Picardie

Died: 965

Father: Gottfried (Prince of Denmark)

Mother: Gisela (Princess of Lorraine)

Married: Elstrude De FLANDERS  ABT 930, Guisnes, Neustria

Children:

1. Ardolph (2° Count of Guisnes)

2. Heloise De GUISNES


Ardolph (2° Count of Guisnes)

Born: ABT 930, Guisnes, Neustria

Father: Sigfried Le Danois (1° Count of Guisnes)

Mother: Elstrude De FLANDERS

Married: Maud De BOULOGNE  ABT 978, Guisness, Picardy, France

Children:

1. Rudolph (3° Count of Guisnes)


Rudolph (3° Count of Guisnes)

Born: ABT 980, Guisnes, Picardy, France

Father: Ardolph (2° Count of Guisnes)

Mother: Maud De BOULOGNE

Married: Rosetta (Rosella) De St. POL ABT 1026, Guisness, Picardy, France

Children:

1. Eustace (4° Count of Guisnes)

2. Robert "The Admiral" Le BLOUNT (1° B. Ixworth)

3. William Le BLOUNT

4. Son De GUISNES


Robert "The Admiral" Le BLOUNT (1° B. Ixworth)

Born: ABT 1029, Guisnes, Picardy, France

Notes: had the command of the Conqueror's ships of war, and is styled "Dux Navium Militarium". His portion of the "spolia opima" embraced thirteen manors in Suffolk, in which county he was the 1st feudal Baron of Ixworth (the place of his residence), and Lord of Orford Castle.

Father: Rudolph (3° Count of Guisnes)

Mother: Rosetta (Rosella) De St. POL

Married: Gundreda De FERRERS ABT 1054, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Gilbert Le BLOUNT (2° B. Ixworth)


Gilbert Le BLOUNT (2° B. Ixworth)

Born: ABT 1071, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Father: Robert "The Admiral" Le BLOUNT (1° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Gundreda De FERRERS

Married: Alice De COLEKIRKE ABT 1090, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. William Le BLOUNT (3° B. Ixworth)

2. Gilbert Le BLOUNT


Gilbert Le BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1089, Henford, Devon, England

Father: Gilbert Le BLOUNT (2° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Alice De COLEKIRKE

Married 1: Alicia ? ABT 1114, Henford, Devon, England

Married 2: Rosline ?

William Le BLOUNT (3° B. Ixworth)

Born: ABT 1096, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Died: ABT 1169

Father: Gilbert Le BLOUNT (2° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Alice De COLEKIRKE

Married 1: Sarah De MUNCHENSY  ABT 1118, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Gilbert Le BLOUNT (4° B. Ixworth)

2. Galiena Le BLOUNT

Married 2: ¿? ABT 1122, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Children:

3. William Le BLOUNT


William Le BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1123, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Father: William Le BLOUNT (3° B. Ixworth)

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿? ABT 1148, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. William Le BLOUNT


William Le BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1149, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Died: AFT 1216

Father: William Le BLOUNT

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿? ABT 1174, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Marie (Maria) Le BLOUNT

Marie (Maria) Le BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1170, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Father: William Le BLOUNT

Mother: ¿?

Married: Stephen BLOUNT (1° B. Saxlingham) ABT 1196, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Robert BLOUNT (2° B. Saxlingham)

2. John BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

3. William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)


Gilbert Le BLOUNT (4° B. Ixworth)

Born: ABT 1120, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Died: ABT 1188

Father: William Le BLOUNT (3° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Sarah De MUNCHENSY

Married: Agnes (De Insula) L'ISLE ABT 1152, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. William BLOUNT (5° B. Ixworth)

2. Robert (De Insula) BLOUNT

3. Stephen BLOUNT (1° B. Saxlingham)


William BLOUNT (5° B. Ixworth)

Born: 1153, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Died: AFT 1213

Father: Gilbert Le BLOUNT (4° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Agnes (De Insula) L'ISLE

Married: Cecilia De VERE ABT 1202, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Agnes Le BLOUNT

2. Roesia Le BLOUNT

3. William Le BLOUNT (6° B. Ixworth)


William Le BLOUNT (6° B. Ixworth)

Born: 1208, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Died: 14 May 1264, Lewes, Sussex, England

Notes: Killed at Lewes.

Father: William BLOUNT (5° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Cecilia De VERE

Married: Alicia De CAPELLA 1220, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Agnes Le BLOUNT

Born: 1204, England

Father: William BLOUNT (5° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Cecilia De VERE

Married: William De CRIKETOT

Children:

1. Eve De CRIKETOT (m. Robert De Valoines)


Roesia Le BLOUNT

Born: 1206, England

Father: William BLOUNT (5° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Cecilia De VERE

Married: Robert De VALOINES

Children:

1. Robert De VALOINES (m. Eve De Criketot)


Robert (De Insula) BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1158, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Father: Gilbert Le BLOUNT (4° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Agnes (De Insula) L'ISLE

Married: Galiena De RIDEL ABT 1183, Ixworth, Suffolk, England


Stephen BLOUNT (1° B. Saxlingham)

Born: ABT 1166, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Died: 1235

Father: Gilbert Le BLOUNT (4° B. Ixworth)

Mother: Agnes (De Insula) L'ISLE

Married: Marie (Maria) Le BLOUNT ABT 1196, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Robert BLOUNT (2° B. Saxlingham)

2. John BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

3. William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)


John BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1199, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Father: Stephen BLOUNT (1° B. Saxlingham)

Mother: Marie (Maria) Le BLOUNT

Married: Constance WROTHAM ABT 1224, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England


William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1200, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England

Father: Stephen BLOUNT (1° B. Saxlingham)

Mother: Marie (Maria) Le BLOUNT

Married: Eleanor WOODTHORPE ABT 1229, Gladston, Gloucester, England


Robert BLOUNT (2° B. Saxlingham)

Born: ABT 1197, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Died: 1288

Father: Stephen BLOUNT (1° B. Saxlingham)

Mother: Marie (Maria) Le BLOUNT

Married: Isabel ODDINGSELLES ABT 1228, Belton, Rutland, England

Children:

1. William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

2. Ralph BLOUNT of Belton

3. Walter BLOUNT (b. ABT 1231)


Ralph BLOUNT of Belton

Born: ABT 1229, Belton, Rutland, England

Died: AFT 1298, Hampton Lovet, Worcestershire, England

Father: Robert BLOUNT (2° B. Saxlingham)

Mother: Isabel ODDINGSELLES

Married: Cecily (Alicia) LOVET ABT 1260, Belton, Rutland, England

Children:

1. William BLOUNT

2. Thomas BLOUNT

Thomas BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1263, Belton, Rutland, England

Died: 17 Aug 1328

Father: Ralph BLOUNT of Belton

Mother: Cecily (Alicia) LOVET


William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1233, Belton, Rutland, England

Died: 1316, Timberlake, Worcestershire, England

Father: Robert BLOUNT (2° B. Saxlingham)

Mother: Isabel ODDINGSELLES

Married: Isabel De BEAUCHAMP (C. Winchester) (dau. of William De Beauchamp, E. Warwick, and Maud Fitzgeoffrey) (m.2 Sir Patrick Chaworth - m.3 Hugh Despencer, E. Winchester) ABT 1261, Belton, Rutland, England

Children:

1. Son BLOUNT

2. Peter BLOUNT

3. Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)


Peter BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1266, Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: ABT 1294 / AFT 1313

Notes: died in Sp.

Father: William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Isabel De BEAUCHAMP (C. Winchester)


Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1270, Rock, Worcestershire, England

Father: William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Isabel De BEAUCHAMP (C. Winchester)

Married 1: Eleanor BEAUCHAMP

Married 2: Johanna De SODINGTON Sodington, Worcester, England

Children:

1. William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

2. Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

3. Alice BLOUNT

4. John BLOUNT (Sir)


William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1295, Sodington, Worcestershire, England

Died: BEF 3 Oct 1337

Notes: Heir to Sir Walter, Knight of Ockha (alias Rock) died without issue and left the Estate of Sodington property to his brother John. Had a command in Scotland in 1335. He m. Margaret, 3rd dau. and co-heir of Theobald De Verdon, Lord of Alton Castle, co. Stafford, lord justice of Ireland; and Maud De Mortimer. The lady was b. in 1310; there was no issue of the marriage, and Sir William dying, 11th Edward II. (anno 1337), seized of the castle of Weobly, in Herefordshire, Batterby, and lands in Fenton, Romesore, and Biddulph, Staffordshire, Sodington and Timberlake, in Worcestershire, as s. by his brother.

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Johanna De SODINGTON

Married: Margaret De VERDUN (b. 10 Aug 1310, Ludlow, England) Feb 1327, Sodington, Worcester, England

Children:

1. Alice BLOUNT


Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1299, Sodington, Worcestershire, England

Notes: died Sp.

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Johanna De SODINGTON

Married: Maud (Matilda) FERRERS ABT 1339, Sodington, Worcester, England

John BLOUNT (Sir)

Born: ABT 1298, Sodington, Worcester, England

Died: 1358

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Johanna De SODINGTON

Married 1: Isolda De MOUNTJOY (b. ABT 1307 - d. 1347) (dau. of Thomas Mountjoy, B. Mountjoy) ABT 1316

Children:

1. John BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

2. William BLOUNT

3. Richard BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

4. Walter BLOUNT

5. Thomas BLOUNT

Married 2: Elizabeth ? ABT 1328, Sodington, Worcester, England

Children:

6. Walter BLOUNT

7. William BLOUNT

Married 3: Eleanor De BEAUCHAMP (dau. of Sir John Beauchamp and Margaret St. John) ABT 1347, Sodington, Worcester, England

Children:

8. Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

9. Thomas BLOUNT

10. Alice BLOUNT

11. William BLOUNT


William BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1316, Sodington, Worcestershire, England

Died: 1327, Worcestershire, England

Notes: Ancestor of Captain James Blount.

Father: John BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De MOUNTJOY

Richard BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1325, Sodington, England

Died: 1358, SP

Father: John BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De MOUNTJOY

Married: Elizabeth De FURNEAUX


Walter BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1329, Sodington, Worcester, England

Died: BEF 1348

Father: John BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth ?


Thomas BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1352, Elvaston, Derby, England

Died: 1400, Sp

Father: John BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Eleanor De BEAUCHAMP


Alice BLOUNT

Father: John BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Eleanor De BEAUCHAMP

Married 1: Richard STAFFORD (Sir) ABT 1365

Married 2: Robert STURY (Sir) ABT 1381


John BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: 1343, Sodington, Worcestershire, England

Died: 1424

Notes: sold Mountjoy estate to his brother Walter.

Father: John BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De MOUNTJOY

Married 1: Juliana FOWLESHURST (b. ABT 1353 - d. BEF 1382) ABT 1374, Sodington, Worcester, England

Children:

1. John BLOUNT

Married 2: Isabella De CORNWALL (dau. of Bryan De Cornwall and Maud Le Strange) 1382, Mountjoy Estates, England

Children:

2. John BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

3. Roger BLOUNT

Married 3: Helen (Ellen) ? 1423


Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: 1350, Elwaston, Derbyshire, England

Died: 21 Jul 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Buried: Jul 1403, St. Mary's, Newark, Leicester, England

Father: John BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Eleanor De BEAUCHAMP / Isolda MOUNTJOY

Married: Sancha De AYALA (b. 1360 - d. 1418) ABT 1371

Children:

1. Constance BLOUNT

2. Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

3. James BLOUNT (Sir)

4. John BLOUNT (Sir)

5. Anne BLOUNT

6. Sancha BLOUNT

7. Walter BLOUNT (b. 1375 – d. 1382)

8. Peter BLOUNT


Peter BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1384, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1414

Notes: died Sp.

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sancha De AYALA

Married: Alice ? ABT 1409, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

John BLOUNT (Sir)

Born: 1389 / 1399, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1418

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sancha De AYALA

Married: Alice De La BERE ABT 1401, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England


Anne BLOUNT

Born: 1396 / 1386, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sancha De AYALA

Married: Thomas GRIFFITH

Children:

1. John GRIFFITH (Sir) (m. Catherine Tyrwhitt)


Sancha BLOUNT

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sancha De AYALA

Married: Hugh HASTINGS (7° B. Hastings)


Constance BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1380, Barton, Derbyshire, England

Died: 23 Sep 1432, Northampton, England

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sancha De AYALA

Married 1: Hugh HASTINGS (7° B. Hastings) 1395, Barton, Derbyshire, England

Married 2: John SUTTON ABT 1400, Worcestershire, England

Children:

1. John SUTTON (1º B. Sutton of Dudley)

2. Thomas SUTTON

3. Humphrey SUTTON


Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Born: 1378, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1456, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

Notes: Treasurer of Normandy.

Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Sancha De AYALA

Married: Margery GRESLEY (b. 1393) (dau. of Sir Thomas Gresley and Margaret Walsh) ABT 1413, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

Children:

1. Walter BLOUNT (1° B. Mountjoy)

2. Richard BLOUNT

3. Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

4. Elizabeth BLOUNT

5. Agnes BLOUNT

6. Sancha BLOUNT

7. Humphrey BLOUNT


Elizabeth BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1422, Rock, Worcestershire, England

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Margery GRESLEY

Married 1: Ralph SHIRLEY Wiston, Sussex, England

Children:

1. Ralph SHIRLEY of Wiston (m. Jane Bellingham)

Married 2: Thomas BELLINGHAM ABT 1434, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

Agnes BLOUNT

Born: 1418, Rock, Worcester, England

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Margery GRESLEY

Married: Son WOLESLEY


Sancha BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1416, Rock, Worcestershire, England

Died: 1474

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Margery GRESLEY

Married: Edward LANGFORD ABT 1436, Elvaston, Derby, England

Children:

1. Margaret LANGFORD (m. Nicholas Carew)

2. John LANGFORD

3. Alice LANGFORD


Richard BLOUNT

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Margery GRESLEY

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Elizabeth BLOUNT


Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Born: ABT 1420, Girsby, Lincoln, England

Died: 1468

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Margery GRESLEY

Married: Agnes HAWLEY (dau. of John Hawley and Margaret Sutton) ABT 1453, Girsby, Burgh-On-Bain, Lincolnshire, England

Children:

1. Anne BLOUNT

2. Elizabeth BLOUNT

3. Robert BLOUNT

4. Constance BLOUNT

Married 2: Margaret (Catherine) CLIFTON (dau. of Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton-upon-Trent and Alice Neville) ABT 1466, Nottingham, England

Children:

4. Richard BLOUNT of Iver (Sir)

Married 3: Isabella ? (m.2  Sir Thomas Bryan))


Anne BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1453, Girsby, Burgh-On-Bain, Lincolnshire, England

Died: Lowick, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Agnes HAWLEY

Married: William MARBURY

Children:

1. Elizabeth MARBURY

2. Margaret MARBURY

3. Jane MARBURY

4. Mary MARBURY

5. Robert MARBURY

6. Thomas MARBURY

7. Humphrey MARBURY

8. John MARBURY

9. Lawrence MARBURY

10. Anna MARBURY


Elizabeth BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1454, Girsby, Lincoln, England

Died: 20 Nov 1537

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Agnes HAWLEY

Married: Richard HANSARD ABT 1474, Girsby, Lincoln, England

Children:

1. William HANSARD

2. Catherine HANSARD

3. Robert HANSARD

4. Ralph HANSARD


Robert BLOUNT

Born: 1459, Girsby, Lincoln, England

Died: 1514

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Agnes HAWLEY

Married: ¿? ABT 1487, Girsby, Lincoln, England

Walter BLOUNT (1º B Mountjoy)

Born: ABT 1416, Rock, Worcester, England /1420, Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1 Aug 1474

Buried: 1 Aug 1474, Grey Friars, London, Middlesex, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Lord High Treasurer. Fought for Edward IV at the battle of Towton.

Father: Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)

Mother: Margery GRESLEY

Married 1: Helena (Ellen) BYRON (b. ABT 1416) (dau. of Sir John Byron and Margery Booth)

Children:

1. William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

2. James BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

3. John BLOUNT (3° B. Mountjoy)

4. Edward BLOUNT

5. Anne BLOUNT

6. Elizabeth BLOUNT

Married 2: Anne NEVILLE (D. Buckingham) 25 Nov 1467, Raby, Durham, England


James BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1452

Died: 1493

Father: Walter BLOUNT (1° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Helena (Ellen) BYRON

Married: Elizabeth ?

Children:

1. James BLOUNT


James BLOUNT

Father: James BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth ?

Married: Elizabeth DELVES (dau. and coheir of Sir John Delves of Doddington)


William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1442, Rock, Worcester, England

Died: 14 Apr 1471, Vp Battle of Barnet, Hertford, England

Father: Walter BLOUNT (1° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Helena (Ellen) BYRON

Married: Margaret De ECHYNGHAM (b. ABT 1453 - d. AFT 11 Jul 1482) (dau. of Thomas De Echyngham and Margaret West) ABT 1463, Rock, Worcester, England

Children:

1. John BLOUNT (b. ABT 1462)

2. Edward BLOUNT (2° B. Mountjoy)

3. Alice BLOUNT

4. John BLOUNT (b. ABT 1468)

5. Elizabeth BLOUNT (B. Windsor of Bradenham)


Alice BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1466, Rock, Worcester, England

Father: William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret De ECHYNGHAM

Married 1: Thomas OXENBRIDGE ABT 1486, Rock, Worcester, England

Married 2: David OWEN (Sir)


Elizabeth BLOUNT (B. Windsor of Bradenham)

Born: ABT 1469, Rock, Worcester, England

Died: BEF 1543

Buried: Church of the Holy Trinity, Hounslow, Middlesex, England

Father: William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret De ECHYNGHAM

Married: Andrew WINDSOR (1° B. Windsor of Bradenham) ABT 1490, Rock, Worcester, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth WINDSOR

2. George WINDSOR

3. Eleanor WINDSOR

4. William WINDSOR (2° B. Windsor of Bradenham)

5. Andrew WINDSOR (b. ABT 1492)

6. Edmund WINDSOR (b. ABT 1494 - d. AFT Jan 1553)

7. Anne WINDSOR

8. Edith WINDSOR

9. Thomas WINDSOR


Edward BLOUNT (2° B. Mountjoy)

Born: 1464, London, Middlesex, England

Died: 1 Dec 1475

Notes: Sp.

Father: William BLOUNT (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret De ECHYNGHAM

Married: Anne COBHAM (B. Cobham) (b. 1467, Sterborough, Surrey, England - d. 26 Jun 1526) (dau. of Thomas, B. Cobham, and Anne Stafford) (m. 2 Edward Borough, 2° B. Borough) 1475, Affianced Rock, Worcester, England


John BLOUNT (3° B. Mountjoy)

Born: 1450, Rock, Worcestershire, England

Died: 12 Oct 1485

Father: Walter BLOUNT (1° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Helena (Ellen) BYRON

Married: Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde) ABT 1477

Children:

1. William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

2. Roger BLOUNT

3. Constance BLOUNT

4. John BLOUNT (Sir)

5. Lora BLOUNT (b. 1476 - d. 6 Feb 1479/80)


Constance BLOUNT

Father: John BLOUNT (3° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde)

Married: Thomas TYRELL of Heron Hall (Sir)

Children:

1. Charles TYRRELL (Sir) (m. Margery Golding, C. Oxford) (d. 1570)

2. John TYRRELL (m. Anne Browne)


William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

Born: ABT 1478, Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England

Died: 8 Nov 1534, Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, England

Buried: Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John BLOUNT (3° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Lora BERKELEY (B. Mountjoy / C. Ormonde)

Married 1: Elizabeth SAY (B. Mountjoy) 1497

Children:

1. Charles BLOUNT (5° B. Mountjoy)

2. Mary BLOUNT (C. Essex)

3. Gertrude BLOUNT (M. Exeter)

Married 2: Alice KEBLE (B. Mountjoy) (b. 1482 - d. 8 Jun 1521, Grey Friars, London, England) (dau. of Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London, and Joan Bryce) (w. William Browne, Lord Mayor of London) BEF 15 Feb 1515

Children:

4. Catherine BLOUNT

5. Edward BLOUNT

Married 3: Ines De BENEGAS (B. Mountjoy)

Married 4: Dorothy GREY (B. Willoughby of Broke) BEF 29 Jul 1523

Children:

6. Mary BLOUNT

7. Dorothy BLOUNT


Mary BLOUNT (C. Essex)

Died: 1584

Father: William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Elizabeth SAY (B. Mountjoy)

Married: Henry BOURCHIER (2° E. Essex)

Catherine BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1518, Modbury, Devonshire, England

Died: 25 Feb 1558/9, Newport, Devonshire, England

Father: William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Alice KEBLE (B. Mountjoy)

Married 1: John CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury ABT 1537, Newport, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Henry CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury

Married 2: Maurice BERKELEY of Bruton (Sir Knight) ABT 1547

Children:

2. Henry BERKELEY

3. Edward BERKELEY

4. Son BERKELEY

5. Dau. BERKELEY

6. Dau. BERKELEY

7. Dau. BERKELEY

8. Dau. BERKELEY

9. Dau. BERKELEY

¿Married 3: Son RUSSELL

Children:

1. Thomas RUSSELL (overseer of Shakespeare's will)?


Gertrude BLOUNT (M. Exeter)

Born: ABT 1502, Newport, Devonshire, England

Died: 25 Sep 1558

Buried: Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Elizabeth SAY (B. Mountjoy)

Married: Henry COURTENAY (1° M. Exeter)

Children:

1. Edward COURTENAY (12° E. Devon)


Mary BLOUNT

Died: BEF Oct 1555

Father: William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Dorothy GREY (B. Willoughby of Broke)

Married: Robert DENYS of Holcombe Burnel (Sir Knight) (See his Biography) 4 Apr 1552

Children:

1. Anne DENYS (m. Sir John Chichester)

2. Gertrude DENYS (B. Morley) (m1. Edward Parker, 3° B. Morley - m2. Sir John Arundell of Trerice)


Dorothy BLOUNT

Born: ABT 1524, Newport, Devonshire, England

Father: William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Dorothy GREY (B. Willoughby of Broke)

Married: John BLUETT of Holcombe Regis (b. ABT 1524) (son of Roger Blewett and Jane Rowe) 1540, Newport, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Richard BLEWETT of Holcombe Regis (Sir Knight) (b. ABT 1541 - d. 1614) (m. Mary Chichester)

Charles BLOUNT (5° B. Mountjoy)

Born: 28 Jun 1516, Tournay, France

Acceeded: 1534

Died: 14 Oct 1544, Hook, Dorset, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William BLOUNT (4° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Elizabeth SAY (B. Mountjoy)

Married: Anne WILLOUGHBY (B. Mountjoy) 1530 Hook, Dorset, England

Children:

1. James BLOUNT (6º B. Mountjoy)

2. John BLOUNT (b. ABT 1535, Newport, Devonshire, England)

3. Francis BLOUNT

4. William BLOUNT (b. ABT 1539, Newport, Devonshire, England - d. 1574. in Sp.)


Francis BLOUNT

Born: 1538, Newport, Devonshire, England

Died: AFT 1593, Brightwell, Oxford, England

Notes: Sp.

Father: Charles BLOUNT (5° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Anne WILLOUGHBY (B. Mountjoy)

Married: Catherine CARLETON (b. 1542, Brightwell, Oxford, England) 1562, Newport, Devonshire, England


James BLOUNT (6º B. Mountjoy)

Born: ABT 1533, Newport, Devonshire, England

Died: 20 Oct 1582/3, Hook, Dorset, England

Father: Charles BLOUNT (5° B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Anne WILLOUGHBY (B. Mountjoy)

Married: Catherine LEIGH (b. 1539) (dau. of Thomas Leigh of St Oswalds and Joan Cotton) 17 May 1558, Thurveston, Derby, England

Children:

1. William BLOUNT (7º B. Mountjoy)

2. Charles BLOUNT (1º E. Devonshire)

3. Christopher BLOUNT (Sir)

4. Anne BLOUNT

5. Edward BLOUNT (Mountjoy's servant & F.F. publisher?)


William BLOUNT (7º B. Mountjoy)

Born: 1561

Died: 1594

Notes: In 1592 the 7th Lord Mountjoy leased to Sir Francis Drake fishing rights on the Tavy between Lopwell and Denham Bridge for a minimal 2 shillings a year, and his younger brother, Charles, was a volunteer aboard Drake's REVENGE during the Armada campaign.

Father: James BLOUNT (6º B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Catherine LEIGH


Charles BLOUNT (1º E. Devonshire)

Born: 1563

Died: 1606

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: James BLOUNT (6º B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Catherine LEIGH

Married: Penelope DEVEREUX (B. Rich)

Children:

1. Mountjoy BLOUNT (1° E. Newport)

2. Elizabeth BLOUNT

3. John BLOUNT


Mountjoy BLOUNT (1° E. Newport)

Born: ABT 1597, Newport, Isle Of Wight, England

Died: 12 Feb 1663/1665, St. Aldate, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Charles BLOUNT (1º E. Devonshire)

Mother: Penelope DEVEREUX (B. Rich)

Married: Anne BUTLER (C. Newport) 7 Feb 1626/7, White Hall, England

Children:

1. Charles BLOUNT

2. Isabella BLOUNT

3. Anne BLOUNT

4. Thomas BLOUNT

5. Mountjoy BLOUNT

6. George BLOUNT

7. Henry BLOUNT

8. Henrietta Maria BLOUNT


Christopher BLOUNT (Sir)

Born: ABT 1565

Died: 18 Mar 1601/2, Tower Hill, London

Notes: Executed for High Treason. Some sources says that Sir Christopher Blount was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire to Thomas & Anne Blount. His father, a cousin to Jane Guildford, Lady Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland, was John Dudley's comptroller. Other says that Sir Christopher brother of Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy, nephew of Boar's Inn owner Jane Poley, nephew of Stratford's John Combe III, 1st cousin to Deptford co-conspirator Robert Poley, nephew of Anne (Agnes) Wentworth, (aunt to Edward De Vere, 17° E. Oxford's brother-in-law William Wentworth).

Father: James BLOUNT (6º B. Mountjoy)

Mother: Catherine LEIGH

Married: Lettice KNOLLYS (C. Essex/C. Leicester) 1589



Sarah BLOUNT (C. Leicester)

Born: ABT 1582, Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England

Died: BEF 12 Mar 1655, Sutton-at-Hone, Kent England

Father: William BLOUNT

Mother: ¿?

Married: Thomas SMYTHE

Children:

1. John SMYTHE

2. Margaret SMYTHE

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Sarah Blount, C. Leicester

Married 2: Robert SIDNEY (1° E. Leicester) 1625


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