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BLOUNT, Sir George (1513-81), of Kinlet, Salop and Knightley, Staffs.

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b. 1513, 1st s. of Sir John Blount of Kinlet by Catherine, da. and coh. of Sir Hugh Peshall of Knightley; bro. of Henry and William. m. 1533, Constance, da. of Sir John Talbot of Grafton, Lincs., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1531. Kntd. 1544.C142/52/16, 63/10; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 18, 19, 136; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 54; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), viii. 125.
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Steward of Bewdley, Worcs. and Cleobury Mortimer, Salop 1531; gent. pens. 1540; j.p. Salop 1547 – 58, q. by 1564; Worcs. 1547, q. by 1564, rem. 1575, rest. 1577; Staffs. from 1562, q. by 1564, rem. by 1574, rest. 1577; sheriff, Staffs. 1552 – 53, 1572 – 73; Salop 1563 – 64; commr. musters, Worcs. by 1576.LP Hen. VIII, v. p. 181; xxi(2), p. 156; Genealogist, xxx. 21; Lansd. 56, f. 168 seq.

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BLOUNT, Sir George (1512/13-81), of Kinlet, Salop and Knightley, Staffs.
Main residences: Kinlet, Salop; Knightley, Staffs.
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BLOUNT, Sir George (1513-81)

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BLOUNT, Francis (b.c.1535), of Broke, Wilts.

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b. c. 1535, 2nd s. of Charles Blount, 5th Lord Mountjoy, by Anne, gd.da. of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke, and coh. to part of gd. mother’s Beauchamp inheritance. m. Catherine, da. of John Carleton of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon., s.p.
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BLOUNT, Francis (b.c.1535), of Broke, Wilts.
Main residence: Broke, Wilts.
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BLOUNT, Cuthbert (by 1515-by 1561), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

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m. by 1547, Barbara, da. of James Lawson, alderman of Newcastle, 5s. 1da.Arch Ael. (ser. 4), xviii. 35; Surtees Soc. cxii. 19-20.
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Sheriff, Newcastle 1548 – 49, mayor and gov. merchants co. 1553; alderman by 1555; v.-adm. in the north by 1558.R. Welford, Hist. Newcastle and Gateshead, ii. 291; APC, vi. 316, 343.

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BLOUNT, Cuthbert (by 1515-59/61), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
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BLOUNT, Sir Christopher (d.1601), of Kidderminster, Worcs; later of Drayton Bassett, Staffs.

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Yr. s. of Thomas Blount of Kidderminster by Margery, da. of William Poley of Badley, Suff. educ. by William (later Cardinal) Allen at Louvain. m. July 1589, Lettice, da. of Sir Francis Knollys, wid. of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex and of Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, s.p. Kntd. 1588.
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Capt. of horse in Netherlands to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1586; col. of ft. at Cadiz 1596; capt. of levies, Warws., Herefs., Glos. 1597; on Azores expedition 1597; in Ireland 1599.

J.p.q. Warws. from 1594; j.p. Staffs. from 1594, q. by 1596.

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BLOUNT, Sir Christopher (d.1601), of Kidderminster, Worcs; later of Drayton Bassett, Staffs.
Main residences: Kidderminster, Worcs.; Drayton Bassett, Staffs.
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BLOUNT, Sir Christopher (-d.1601)

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BLOUNT, Sir Charles (d.1599), of Mapledurham, Oxon.

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3rd s. of Michael Blount, lieutenant of the Tower, by Mary, da. of Roger Moore, sis. and coh. of Sir Thomas Moore of Bicester. educ. M. Temple 1594. unm. Kntd. 1596.
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Gent. pens. 1586/7–d.

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BLOUNT, Sir Charles (d.1599), of Mapledurham, Oxon.
Main residence: Mapledurham, Oxon.
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BLOUNT, Charles (1563-1606), of Canford Magna, Dorset and Wanstead, Essex.

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b. 1563, 2nd s. of James, 6th Lord Mountjoy, by Catherine, da. of Thomas Lee of St. Oswalds, Yorks. educ. Winchester scholar 1573; Oxf.; Clifford’s Inn; M. Temple 1579. m. 26 Dec. 1605, Lady Penelope Devereux (d. 7 July 1607), da. of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, div. w. of Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 2s. 2da. all illegit. 1 posth. ch. Kntd. 1587; KG 1597; suc. e. bro. as 8th Lord Mountjoy 1594; cr. Earl of Devonshire 1603.
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Capt. in the Netherlands 1585, 1586; 1587; warden, New forest 1588 or 1589; capt. and high steward, Portsmouth 1594, 1604; high steward, Winchester 1595; jt. ld. lt. Hants 1596, 1603; eccles. commr. Hants 1597; lt.-gen. in London 1599; ld. deputy, Ireland 1599, ld. lt. 1603; PC 1603; master of the ordnance 1603; commr. for the trial of Sir Walter Ralegh 1603; jt. ld. lt. Hants 1604; commr. to treat with Spain 1604, to execute the office of earl marshal 1605; gen. of forces raised to suppress rebels 1605.F. M. Jones, Mountjoy, passim; C. B. Falls, Mountjoy; 1st bk. of ordinances, Winchester, f. 286; CP, ix. 343 seq.; PCC 51 Stafford.

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BLOUNT, Charles (1563-1606), of Canford Magna, Dorset and Wanstead, Essex.
Main residences: Canford Magna, Dorset; Wanstead, Essex.
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BLOUNT, Charles (1563-1606)

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