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Families covered: Blount Lords Mountjoy, Blount of Newport, Blount of Sodington
| John Blount of Sodington | |||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Corbet (dau of Thomas Corbet of Stanford (of Willaston?)) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward Blount of Sodington, Sheriff of Shropshire (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (widow of Sir Walter Devereux) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Peter Blount of Sodington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Cornwall (dau of Sir Edward Cornwall of Burford) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Blount of Sodington | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation, which ends with the next generation, shows all the children as by Jocosa (Joyce) Shirley. We follow BP1934. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Catherine Sandford (dau of Thomas Sandford of Rowley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Walter Blount of Sodington (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Talbot (dau of Sir T. Talbot) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine Gray (dau of Thomas Gray of Envile) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Henry Blount (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Dorothy Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Heath of Cobham | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Joyce Shirley (dau of Thomas Shirley of Envile) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Peter Blount (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Sir George Blount of Sodington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Norwood (dau of William Norwood of Leckhampton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Walter Blount, 1st Bart of Sodington, Sheriff of Worcestershire (b c1594, d 27.08.1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wylde (d 23.04.1656, dau of George Wylde of Droitwich by Frances, dau of Sir Edmond Hudleston of Sawston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir George Blount, 2nd Bart of Sodington (d 12.11.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Kirkham (d before 10.02.1667-8, dau/heir of Richard Kirkham of Blagdon (son/heir of Sir William) by Mary, dau of Sir Henry Tichborne (son of 1st Bart)) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Walter Kirkham Blount, 3rd Bart of Sodington, Sheriff of Worcestershire (dsp 12.05.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alicia Strickland (dau of Sir Thomas Strickland of Sizergh by Jane Moseley) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Cranmer (dau of Sir Caesar Cranmer or Wood of Astwoodbury by Lelis, dau of Charles Pelliott) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | George Blount of Mawley Hall (d 20.05.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Mary O'Brien (bur 31.05.1686, dau of Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond, widow of Charles Cockaine, Viscount Cullen) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Constantia Cary (dau of Sir George Cary of Tor Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Edward Blount, 4th Bart of Sodington (d 16.02.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1722) Apollonia Throckmorton (d 19.01.1749, dau of Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Edward Blount, 5th Bart of Sodington (dsps 19.10.1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1752) Frances Molineux (d 18.12.1787, dau/heir of William Molineux of Mosborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Edward Blount (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Walter Blount, 6th Bart of Sodington (d 05.10.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.09.1766) Mary Aston (d 31.01.1805, dau of James Aston, 5th Lord of Forfar) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Walter Blount, 7th Bart of Sodington (b 03.09.1768, d 31.10.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.11.1792) Anne Riddell (d 15.02.1823, dau of Thomas Riddell of Felton Park and Swinburne Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Edward Blount, 8th Bart of Sodington, Sheriff of Worcestershire (b 03.03.1795, d 28.04.1881) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.09.1830) Mary Frances Blount (b c1804, d 26.05.1893, dau of Edward Blount of Shablington, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Edward Blount of Shablington (b 18.07.1769, d 20.03.1834) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1803) Frances Wright (d 02.05.1859, dau of Francis Wright) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | George Blount (b 05.02.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.1799) Elizabeth Courtenay Chichester (d 03.1820, dau of John Chichester of Arlington) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances (dau of Count de Masigny) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Robert (d infant), Geroe (d infant), Apollonia, Louisa, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Constantia Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1719) Sir John Smythe, 3rd Bart of Acton Burnell (d 17.09.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Blount (d 17.10.1744) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.02.1722) Edward Dicconson of Wrightington | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue (d unm) - Anne, Elizabeth, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Edward Blount of Blagdon or Blagden, Devon (d 1726, 8th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Guise (dau of Sir John Guise, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Blount (d 11.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1725) Hugh Clifford, 3rd Lord of Chudleigh (b 14.04.1700, d 26.03.1732) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Blount (d 27.05.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.11.1727) Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk (dsp 20.09.1777) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Ann Blount (d unm 1769) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Harriet Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Peter Proli of Antwerp | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.11.1739) Philip Howard | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Blount (d 05.05.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Howard of Clun | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Anne Blount (d 13.02.1734-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.06.1675) Sir Francis Jerningham, 3rd Bart of Cossey (d 26.08.1730) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Beaumont Tasburgh of Bodney | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Catherine Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Minshull of Bourton | |||||||||||||||
| (H)+ | other issue (d young) - William, John, Charles, John, Richard, Lucy | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Eleanor Blount (d 03.12.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Knightley of Offchurch | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1657) Walter Aston, 3rd Lord of Forfar (b 1633, d 24.11.1714) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Anderton of Birchley | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Englefield | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Frances Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Windsor | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - John (Colonel, had issue), William (dsp, Major), Peter | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Eleanor Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Ingram of Earl's Court | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Francis (d 1643, captain), William, Grey | ||||||||||||||
| Presumed to be of this generation, of this marriage, is ... | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Elizabeth Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Clifton of Barrington Court (d c1563) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Gower of Bolton | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Katherine Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Butler of Wiche | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Newport | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Francis of Hackley, Galfrid of Sukeby (Sukerby) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Margaret Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Welsch of Sheldesley | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - Humphrey of Thornebury, Walter (or William), Thomas, Richard of Calleis, Isabella | ||||||||||||||
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| Sir Walter Blount, 1st Lord Mountjoy (b c1420, d 01.08.1474) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (by 1442) Ellen Byron (dau of Sir John Byron of Clayton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Blount (dvp after 1471) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Echingham (d 1481, dau of Sir Thomas Echingham of Etchingham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Blount (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Edward Blount, 2nd Lord Mountjoy (b c1464, d 01.12.1475) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1475) Anne Cobham (d 26.06.1526, dau of Sir Thomas Cobham) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Andrew Windsor, 1st Lord (b 1467, d 30.03.1543) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Thomas Oxenbridge | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir David Owen of Medhurst | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Blount, Governor of Guisnes, 3rd Lord Mountjoy (d 12.10.1485) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1477) Lora Berkeley (d c12.1501, dau of Sir Edward Berkeley of Beverton Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Blount, 4th Lord Mountjoy (b c1478, d 08.11.1534) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c04.1497) Elizabeth Say (d before 21.07.1506, dau/coheir of Sir William Say of Essenden & Lawford by Elizabeth (widow of Sir Thomas Waldegrave), dau/coheir of Sir John Fray, Chief Baron of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Gertrude Blount (d 25.09.1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.10.1519) Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, Marquess of Devon (d 09.01.1539) | |||||||||||||||
| BE1883 suggests that they had a second daughter called Mary who married Sir Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex, but this seems to be a confusion as Earl Henry married Mary Say, apparently sister of Elizabeth. Visitation shows Catherine, whom we show as by the 3rd marriage, as by this 1st marriage. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 30.07.1509) Agnes de Vanegas (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (before 15.02.1514/5) Alice Keble (d 08.06.1521, dau of Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Charles Blount, 5th Lord Mountjoy (b 28.06.1516, d 10.10.1544) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c08.1530) Anne Willoughby (d 24.12.1582, dau of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord de Broke) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Blount, 6th Lord Mountjoy (b c1533, d 20.10.1581) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1558) Catherine Leigh (bur 25.06.1576, dau of Sir Thomas Leigh of St. Oswalds) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Blount, 7th Lord Mountjoy (b c10.1561, d unm bur 23.07.1594) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl of Devonshire (b c1562, d 03.04.1606) | ||||||||||||||
| p/m. (26.12.1605) Penelope Devereux (d 07.07.1607, dau of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex) | |||||||||||||||
| The children of this marriage were born whilst Penelope was married to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, and so were illegitimate. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (b c1597, d 12.02.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.02.1626/7) Anna Botler (d 26.05.1669, dau of John Boteler, 1st Lord of Bramfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Mountjoy Blount, 2nd Earl of Newport (b c1630, bur unm 20.03.1674/5) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Blount, 3rd Earl of Newport (bur unm 04.05.1675) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Henry Blount, 4th Earl of Newport (dsp bur 25.09.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Briscoe (dau of John Briscoe of Grafton) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Isabella Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Knollys, '3rd Earl of Banbury' (b 03.01.1630/1, d 14.03.1673) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Anne Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Porter | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Mountjoy, St. John, Charles, Penelope, Isabella, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Christoper Blount (d 1601) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Letitia Knowlis (dau of Sir Francis Knowlis) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Charles, Anne (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Francis Blount (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Carleton (dau of John Carleton of Brightwell) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue (dsp) - John, William | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Catherine Blount (d 25.02.1559) possibly by the 1st marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Champernon | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton | |||||||||||||||
| m4. (before 29.07.1523) Dorothy Grey (d 1552/3, dau of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | John Blount (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Dorothy Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Blewet | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Mary Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Dennys | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Constance Blount | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Heron | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Rowland (dsp), Lora (d 1480) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sir James Blount (a 1485) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Thomas Blount possibly of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Agnes Blout (coheir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Marbury of Girsby in Burgh-on-Bane, Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Marbury of London (haberdasher) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Lynne (dau of William Lynne of Southwick Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 25.11.1467) Anne Neville (d 20.09.1480, dau of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Blount of Sodington : BP1934 (Blount) with a little input/support from DBART1839 (Blount of Sodington), Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Blount)
(2) For Blount of Mountjoy : BE1883 (Blount of Mountjoy and Devon) with input from TCP (Mountjoy), TCP (Newport) and BE1883 (Blount of Mountjoy and Newport) and a little support from Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Blount)
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