'Blunden1'
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Families covered: Blunden (Blonden or Blundell) of Bishop's Castle, Blunden of Castle Blunden
| William Blundell or Blonden (a 1327) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice de la Lee (dau of Arnold de la Lee of Bishop's Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roger Blonden (a temp Edward III who r. 1327-1377) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Blondon (a temp Richard II who r. 1377-1399) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Roger Blunden (a 1413) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret (dau of Adam ap Ivan Vaughan) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Blonden (a temp Edward IV who r. 1461-1483) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Brome (dau of Roger Brome) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Blonden (a temp Henry VII who r. 1485-1509) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Bayley (dau of Thomas Bayley of Bishops Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Blonden (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1485-1509) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Forde (dau/heir of John Forde son of Nicholas son of Edmond) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Blunden 'of Burghfield' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Plowden (dau of Humfrey Plowden of Plowden) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Andrew Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Jones (dau/coheir of Lewis Jones of Bishop's Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Blunden of Bishop's Castle, Shropshire | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Oteley (dau of Richard Oteley (Ottley) of Pitchford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Blunden of Blunden Hall, Bishop's Castle (bpt 30.05.1602, d 1644-5, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from HoP ('William Blunden') which reports that William had a daughter by his 1st marriage and a son by his 2nd marriage. His daughter is named in TCB (Charlton) as his heir. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Waring (bur 08.07.1629, dau of Edmund Waring of Humfreston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Dorothy Blunden (heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Job Charlton, 1st Bart of Ludford (b c1615, d 1697) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (24.09.1631) Susan Herbert (bur 11.01.1635, dau of Charles Herbert of Lydham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | son (d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Ann Blunden probably the Anne who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Lawrence Seddon (b c1597, bur 21.09.1675) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C))+ | other issue - Andrew (dsp), Humfry (dsp), Sara (dsp), Francis/Frances (dsp), Mary (dsp), Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Cornwall (dau of Humfrey Cornwall of Berington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((I))+ | other issue - Humfry, Andrew, Priamus, Mary (d infant?), Mary | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ambrose | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Jane Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Broughton (sb Reignolls or Reynolds?) of Broughton | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Elizabeth Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Draper of Bromley | |||||||||||||||
| ((5))+ | other issue (a 1623) - Thomas, Robert | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas or Humphry Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Acton (dau of John Acton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Blonden (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
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| Their coat of arms suggests that the following family was connected to the above family. | |||||||||||||||
| Overington Blunden, 1st of Blunden's Castle (formerly called Glanmore of Clanmore), co. Kilkenny (a 1667) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Blunden of Castle Blunden (d before 10.05.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Blunden of Castle Blunden (d 08.01.1752, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Cuffe (d 1726, dau of Agmondesham Cuffe of Castle Inch, sister of John, 1st Lord Desart) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Blunden, 1st Bart of Castle Blunden (d 1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.02.1775) Lucy Susanna Cuffe (dau of John Cuffe, 1st Lord Desart) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Blunden, 2nd Bart of Castle Blunden (dsp 01.03.1818) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1786) Frances Robbins (d 12.01.1808, dau/heir of John Robbins of Ballyduff) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1812) Hester Helsham (dau of John Helsham of Leggetsrath) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | William Pitt Blunden (b 22.10.1761, d 17.04.1817) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.07.1813) Harriet Pope (dau of Thomas Pope of Popefield, m2. Rev. Henry Herbert) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Ovrington Blunden (b 14.08.1767, d 02.1838, General) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Martha Blunden (d 16.03.1816) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1780) James Wemyss of Danesfort | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Araminta Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Waring of Springfield | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Sophia Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Abraham White Baker of Bally-Tobin | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Charlotte Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Matthews of Bonnettstown | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Dorothea Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bolton of The Island | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Waring of Springfield | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Dorothy Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arthur Brereton | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sarah Blunden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Richards of Gostlingtown | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - Robert in Queen's County, Mary, Lydia | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, 'Blonden or Blunden of Bishops Castle')
(2) For lower section
: BP1934 (Blunden)
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