BLOUNT, Walter (c.1594-1654), of Sodington in Mamble, Worcs.; later of St. Andrew Holborn, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1594, 1st s. of Sir George Blount of Sodington, and Eleanor, da. of William Norwood of Lockhampton, Glos. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1610, aged 16; I. Temple 1611. m. by 1611, Elizabeth (d.1656), da. of George Wilde I* of Droitwich, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. Al. Ox.; A. Croke, Geneal. Hist. of Croke Fam. ii. 145-6, ped. facing p. 154; CITR, ii. 60; VCH Worcs. iv. 289. suc. fa. 1611; cr. bt. 5 Oct. 1642. d. 27 Aug. 1654. VCH Worcs. iv. 289; CB. sig. Walter Blounte.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Worcs. 1619–20; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 159. commr. sewers, Glos. and Worcs. 1629, C181/4 f. 18. charitable uses, Worcs. 1632, 1640, C93/14/12, 93/18/14. swearing the officers of the corporation of Kidderminster, Worcs. 1636, J.R. Burton, Hist. Kidderminster, 74. sequestrations (roy.), Worcs. 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 74.

Member, Fishery Soc. 1633. SP16/231/15.

Parlimentarian

BLOUNT, Walter (c.1594-1654), of Sodington in Mamble, Worcs.; later of St. Andrew Holborn, Mdx.

Main residences: Sodington in Mamble, Worcs.; St. Andrew Holborn, Mdx.

Author

G.R.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BLOUNT, Walter (c.1594-1654)

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Oxford 1644

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