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BLOUNT, Sir Richard (by 1506-64), of Mapledurham, Oxon. and Dedisham, nr. Slinfold, Suss.

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b. by 1506, 2nd s. but event. h. of Richard Blount (d.1506/7), of Iver, Bucks. and Mapledurham by Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Delaford of Iver. m. by 1529, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Lyster of Southampton, Hants, 2s. Michael and Richard 2da. Kntd. December 1550/July 1551.Date of birth estimated from fa.’s will, PCC 20 Adeane. A. Croke, Croke Fam. ii. 257-9; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 197; VCH Bucks. iii. 289; CPR, 1550-3, p. 153; 1553, p. 357.
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Gent. usher of privy chamber by 1537–53 or later j.p. Oxon. 1537 – d.; parker and steward, Caversham, Berks. July 1544; steward, Great Marlow, Bucks. Feb. 1545; commr. relief, Oxon. 1550; collector of customs, Southampton, Hants 17 Oct. 1552–3; parker, Langley, Oxon. by 1553; keeper, Dedisham by 1553; jt. (with Sir Francis Knollys) ld. lt. Oxon. 1559 – 61; lt. of the Tower 1560–d.LP Hen. VIII, xii, xiii, xvi, xvii, xix, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 88; 1550–3, p. 234; 1553; p. 357; 1553–4, pp. 23, 27; Stowe 571, ff. 8v, 30, 55, 60v; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 243; G. S. Thomson, Lds. Lts. in 16th cent. 47; SP12/12, f. 16; 18, f. 155v.

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BLOUNT, Sir Richard (by 1506-64), of Mapledurham, Oxon. and Dedisham, nr. Slinfold, Suss.
Main residences: Mapledurham, Oxon; Dedisham, nr. Slinfold, Suss.
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BLOUNT, Richard (by 1512-56), of Calais and London.

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b. by 1512, s. of Richard Blount of Calais by Alice, da. of Richard Knight. m. at least 10 children.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 21-22; CSP For. 1553-8, p. 66.
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Master of the Ordnance, Calais 4 Nov. 1546–d.LP Hen. VIII, xxi.

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BLOUNT, Richard (by 1512-56), of Calais and London.
Main residences: Calais, France; London.
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BLOUNT, Michael (by 1529-1609).

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b. by 1529, 1st s. of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham, Oxon. by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Lyster of Southampton, Hants; bro. of Richard. m. by 1558, Mary, da. and event. coh. of Roger Moore of Bicester, Oxon., 5s. inc. Sir Charles and Richard 6da. suc. fa. 12 Aug. 1564. Kntd. Jan. 1591.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/142/105. A. Croke, Croke Fam. ii. 258-61; J. Bayley, Tower of London (1821), 124; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 56; VCH Bucks. iii. 289.
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J.p. Bucks. 1569–84/87, q. Oxon. 1583–?d.; sheriff, Bucks. 1577 – 78, Oxon. 1587 – 88, 1598 – 99; lt. of the Tower June 1590-Nov. 1595.CPR, 1569–72, p. 223; A. Collins, Sidney State Pprs. i. 372; APC, xix, 308; CSP Dom. 1595–7, 137; HMC Hatfield, iv. 49.

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BLOUNT, Michael (by 1529-1609).
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BLOUNT, John (by 1471-1531), of Knightley, Staffs. and Kinlet, Salop.

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b. by 1471, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Blount of Kinlet by Anne, da. of Sir Richard Croft of Croft Castle, Herefs.; bro. of Robert II and Walter II. m. 1 Aug. 1492, Catherine, da. and coh. of Hugh Peshall of Knightley, 3s. Sir George, Henry and William 5da. suc. fa. c.1525. Kntd. 1970.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 54; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), viii. 85; PCC 30 Alenger; C142/52/15-16.
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Esquire of the body by 1509; parker, Cleobury, Salop 1519, jt. steward of the lordships of Bewdley, Worcs. and Cleobury Mortimer, Salop 1519; j.p. Staffs. 1520 – 26, Salop 1529 – d.; sheriff, Staffs. 1526 – 27, Salop 1530–d.LP Hen. VIII, i-iii.

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BLOUNT, John (by 1471-1531), of Knightley, Staffs. and Kinlet, Salop.
Main residences: Knightley, Staffs.; Kinlet, Salop.
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BLOUNT, Henry (c.1515-45 or later), of Bewdley, Worcs.

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b. c. 1515, 3rd s. of (Sir) John Blount, and bro. of Sir George and William. m. Joan, da. of (?Robert) Somerville of Edstone, Warws., 1s.Date of birth estimated from that of elder brothers’. Joan, daughter of John Somerville of Edstone, given as Blount’s wife in Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 54 does not appear in the Somerville pedigrees but she is more likely to have been a daughter of Robert Somerville (d. 1537) than of Robert’s son John whose own heir and namesake was born in 1560. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 33; Dugdale, Warws. ii. 828; DNB (Somerville, John).
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Servant of Cromwell by 1537.LP Hen. VIII, xiv; M. L. Robertson, ‘Cromwell’s servants’ (Univ. California Los Angeles Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 449.

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BLOUNT, Henry (c.1515-45 or later), of Bewdley, Worcs.
Main residence: Bewdley, Worcs.
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BLOUNT, Henry (c.1515-at least 45)

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