BLOUNT, Richard III (1564-1628), of Mapledurham, Oxon. and Iver, Bucks.

b. 28 June 1564, 1st s. of Michael Blount by Mary, da. and event. coh. of Roger Moore of Bicester, Oxon.; bro. of Sir Charles. educ. Merton, Oxf. 1581. m. (1) 1595, Cecily (d.1619), da. of Richard Baker of Sissinghurst, Kent, 4s. 5da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Francis Moore of East Ilsley and South Fawley, Berks., 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1609. Kntd. 11 May 1603.Burke, Commoners, ii. 167-8; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 56; C142/315/188; A. H. Cooke, Early Hist. Mapledurham, 134-5.