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Personal data Thomas Blount Kt.
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4- He was born in the year 1390 in Rock, Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire, England.Source 2
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1378 in Rock, Worcestershire, England.Sources 1, 2, 3
- Alternative: He was born about 1378 in Rock, Worcesteshire.Source 4
- He died in the year 1456 in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England, he was 66 years old.Sources 1, 2, 3
- Alternative: He died in the year 1456 in Elvaston, Derbyshire, he was 66 years old.Source 4
Age: 78
- A child of Walter Blount and Sancha Blount de Ayala
- This information was last updated on January 27, 2022.
Household of Thomas Blount Kt.
He is married to Margaret Blount (Gresley).
They got married about 1415 at England.
Child(ren):
- Sancha Langford (Blount) 1416-????
Notes about Thomas Blount Kt.
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Thomas Blount, Kt.
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1390
Rock, Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire, England
Death:
1456 (66)
Elvaston, Shardlow, Derbyshire, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Sir Walter Blount, Kt., of Barton and Sancha Blount, Lady de Ayala
Husband of Elizabeth Blount and Margaret Blount
Father of Elizabeth le Blount; Sir Thomas Blount, Kt.; Sancha Langford; Agnes Wolsey (Blount); Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy; Elizabeth Shirley; Lord Mountjoy Blount; Maple Durham; Walter Blount, Sir.; Sancha Blount and Humphrey Blount ¬´ less
Brother of Walter Blount; Constance Blount; Peter Blount; Sir James Blount, Kt.; Ann Griffith; Sancha Hastings and Juan Blount ¬´ less
Sir Thomas Blount , I, Knight
Ben M. Angel notes:
Birth dates given include 1371, 1378, and 1390. But Complete Peerage seems to imply that he hadn't reached the age of 14 by 1397. From that, I'd discount the two earlier suggested birth dates.
He was heir to his eldest brother John, who died in 1418. After this, he left his clerical career and entered a military career that culminated in serving as Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1446-1447. He died in 1456, according to Complete Peerage.
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Unknown contributor: Sorry to tell this but Thomas WAS NEVER father of Sheriff Humphrey or any Humphrey . Humphrey WAS son of John and Alice (de la Bere) Blount. Source: Weis "Ancestral Roots" seventh Edition and Visitation of Shropshire 1623 [corrected Visitation date]
Humphrey's 6th great grandfather was King John of England by Edwin Poor
"Sir Thomas Blount, Treasurer of Normandy, d. 1456." --Magna Charta Sureties
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"THOMAS BLOUNT, 3rd son and heir in 1418 to his elder brother John.
He was intended to be a cleric, and in 1397 a Papal indult was obtained enabling him to hold a benefice as soon as he should reach the age of 14.
By the settlement of 1413 he was allowed the manor of Edlaston, with the advowson of the church, until he should obtain a benefice.
On succeeding his brother in the estates in 1418 he renounced a clerical career.
He was a commissioner of array in Derbyshire in 1419,
a Knight of the Shire in 1420,
and J.P. from 1422 onwards.
He was engaged in the French war from 1423 in the retinue of the Duke of Bedford, and
commissioner for co. Leicester for a loan in 1426 and 1428.
In 1426 he had a Papal indult for mass to be celebrated before daybreak.
He was Treasurer of Normandy in 1429 and 1431;
a commissioner to raise money in 1436 and later, and
Sheriff of Derbyshire 1446-47.
He married, 1stly, Margaret, daughter of Thomas GRESLEY.
He married, 2ndly, Elizabeth, whose parentage is not known.
He died in 1456."
--Complete Peerage IX:333-4, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)
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The Marbury Ancestry by Meredith Bright Colket (The Magee Press, Philadelphia, 1936)
Sir Thomas Blount. b. aft 1371 of Elwaston, Derbyshire ENG. d. in 1456.
Treasurer of Normandy 1412, 1437 and 1453. He married more than once, his first wife Margaret Gresley was the mother of Thomas.
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Thomas Blount1
M, #211929, b. 1390, d. 1456
Last Edited=18 Nov 2008
Thomas Blount was born in 1390 at Rock, Cornwall, England.1 He was the son of Sir Walter Blount and Sancha de Ayala.1 He married Margaret Gresley, daughter of Thomas Gresley and Margaret Walsh.1 He died in 1456.1
Children of Thomas Blount and Margaret Gresley
Sir Thomas Blount+ b. 1414, d. 14681
Walter Blount, 1st Lord Mountjoy+ b. c 1420, d. 1 Aug 14741
Citations
[S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message from(unknown address) to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family".
From: http://thepeerage.com/p21193.htm#i211929
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Sir Thomas Blount1
M, b. circa 1378, d. 1456
Father Sir Walter Blount b. 1348, d. 22 Jun 1403
Mother Sancha de Ayala b. c 1356, d. 1418
Sir Thomas Blount Treasurer of Normandy. He was born circa 1378 at of Elvaston, Derby, England. He married Margaret de Gresley, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley and Margaret Walsh, circa 1415. Sir Thomas Blount married Elizabeth before 1456. Sir Thomas Blount died in 1456.
Family Margaret de Gresley b. c 1392, d. a 1430
Children
Sancha Blount+ b. c 1418
Sir Thomas Blount+ b. c 1420, d. 1468
Sir Walter Blount, 1st Lord Mountjoy+2 b. c 1422, d. 1 Aug 1474
Agnes Blount b. c 1424
Citations
1.[S3913] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 410; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 82; Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 28.
2.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IX, p. 334.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p497.htm#i14930
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Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)
Born: 1378, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England
Died: 1456, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England
Notes: Treasurer of Normandy.
Father: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight)
Mother: Sancha De AYALA
Married: Margery GRESLEY (b. 1393) ABT 1413, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England
Children:
1. Walter BLOUNT (1‰ B. Mountjoy)
2. Richard BLOUNT
3. Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)
4. Elizabeth BLOUNT
5. Agnes BLOUNT
6. Sancha BLOUNT
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BLOUNT1.htm#Thomas BLOUNT (Sir)1
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BLOUNT, Thomas II (c.1383-1456), of Barton Blount, Derbys.
b.c. 1383, 3rd s. and event. h. of Sir Walter Blount*. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Gresley*, 2s. Walter·Äâ and Thomas·Äâ , 3da.; (2) by Jan. 1436, Elizabeth (d.c.1466), wid. of Sir John Wilcotes (d.c.1429), 2nd s. and event. h. of William Wilcotes*. Kntd. between July 1423 and July 1424.1
Offices Held
Commr. of array, Derbys. Mar. 1419; to raise a royal loan, Leics. July 1426, May 1428, Derbys. Feb. 1436, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, Sept. 1449; treat for the payment of a subsidy Feb. 1441; of gaol delivery, Worcester castle Feb. 1450.
Collector of a tax, Derbys. Nov. 1419, Aug. 1450; assessor of a tax Jan. 1436.
J.p. Derbys. 12 Feb. 1422-June 1431, Apr. 1439-d.
Treasurer of Normandy by 23 Mar. 1429-bef. 22 Apr. 1433.2
Dep. steward of the duchy of Lancaster lordship of Tutbury to Humphrey, earl of Stafford, 11 Feb. 1438-25 May 1443.3
Sheriff, Staffs. 6 Nov. 1444-4 Nov. 1445, 4 Nov. 1446-9 Nov. 1447.
As a younger son of one of John of Gauntမs most influential retainers, Thomas Blount could look forward to a promising career in the Church; and he was, indeed, barely 14 when his father secured for him a papal dispensation to hold any benefice with cure of souls. He was evidently still in minor orders in June 1413, as a settlement of the widespread estates then held for life by his widowed mother specifically excluded him from succession in the event of his being fully ordained. Four years later he and his elder brother, Sir John, acted as trustees for Thomas Brown of Halton who was about to embark on Henry Vမs second invasion of Normandy. Sir John also distinguished himself on this campaign, but fell in 1418 at the siege of Rouen, his death being followed almost immediately by that of his mother. These two events led Thomas to abandon the Church so that he might inherit an extensive patrimony comprising land in Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Rutland and Leicestershire. This was further enlarged in the following year, when he succeeded to the reversion of the manor of Hampton Lovett and its appurtenances in Worcestershire, although, like his father before him, he made his principal residence the manor of Barton Blount. As a leading member of the Derbyshire gentry he attended the county elections to the Parliament of 1419; and later in the year he was summoned to perform military service in England for the defence of the realm against the French. By then he had become involved in a dispute with Richard Lane* and other Staffordshire landowners over a debt of 100 marks which he claimed they owed him. His relations with Lane cannot have deteriorated too badly, since in September 1421 the two men were together arraigned on an assize of novel disseisin at Derby by the prior of Repton, who recovered from them the manor of Potlock, together with damages of £10. Meanwhile, in 1420, Blount was himself returned to the House of Commons, sitting with Henry Booth, another of the defendants in the suit for the ownership of Potlock, and a co-feoffee with him of the Derbyshire manor of Findern.4
Although he obtained a seat on the Derbyshire bench not long afterwards, Blount does not appear to have represented the county again in Parliament. This was partly due, no doubt, to his protracted absences in France, where he was actively involved in the consolidation and extension of the conquests made by Henry V. In May 1423 he obtained letters of attorney pending his departure overseas, appointing William Kelham to supervise his affairs at home. One of Kelham·Äôs first tasks was to present to the living of Barton Blount, although Sir Thomas himself appointed all the subsequent incumbents. He remained in France throughout 1425, and was prominent among the English commanders involved in the annexation of Maine. The following year saw his brief return to England, but new letters of attorney and protection were issued to him in the autumn as a member of the retinue of John, duke of Bedford. The rigours of campaigning life then led him to obtain a papal indult permitting the celebration of mass before daybreak. He was still serving under Bedford in October 1427, when his letters of protection were once again renewed. At some point before March 1429, Bedford appointed him to the important post of treasurer of Normandy, which he occupied for about four years. His duties were demanding and difficult, not least because they entailed the financing of the English army of occupation at a time when the government at home was short of money and the native, largely hostile, population was reluctant to pay its taxes.5
Sir Thomas made a brief visit to Derbyshire in November 1432 to convey some of his property there to trustees, but, as a list of the captains retained by the duke of Bedford three years later shows, it was not until the latterမs death in September 1435 that he left France for good. He probably then contracted his second marriage, to Elizabeth, the widow of Sir John Wilcotes, who had died in France shortly before June 1429. Elizabeth retained a life interest in her late husbandမs manors of Alscot in Gloucestershire and Headington in Oxfordshire, as well as occupying the manor of Epwell in the latter county. Her title to Epwell was challenged in 1440 by John Danvers* of Colthorp, who is said (somewhat implausibly) to have been her father, but who may well have been a kinsman. The dispute was eventually settled out of court, with the award of an annuity of £5 to Elizabeth from the contested property. The outcome of a second lawsuit, whereby Sir Robert Harcourt, sometime ward of Sir John Wilcotes, brought an action of waste against Elizabeth, as the latterမs executrix, is not recorded, although it is unlikely that Harcourtမs claim for 1,000 marks in damages was upheld. Sir Thomas was now not only one of the most powerful but also one of the richest men in Derbyshire, for, according to the tax assessments of 1436, his landed income alone stood at £266 p.a., above whatever additional revenues came his way from the profits of war. In the summer of 1439 he settled a sizeable jointure upon his wife, although another arrangement made three years later ensured that his elder son, Walter, would succeed to the rest of the family estates untroubled by any further demands on his stepmotherမs part. During this period, Sir Thomas became a feoffee-to-uses for his nephew, John Sutton (later Lord Dudley); and also, in 1439, was with his wife made an executor of the will of the widow of one of his former comrades-in-arms, William, Lord Moleyns. Other legal business, such as an eventually unsuccessful attempt to recover debts of £40 from three Staffordshire yeomen, and a prosecution for robbery with menaces brought against the Londoner, Thomas Tille, also commanded his attention.6
The death of his first wife, Margaret Gresley, had had little, if any, effect on the good relations which existed between Sir Thomas and her family. He and the Gresleys of Drakelow continued to appear together as the witnesses to local property transactions, their alliance being further strengthened by a mutual attachment to Humphrey, earl of Stafford (later duke of Buckingham). Sir Thomas·Äôs connexion with the earl probably began in Normandy, and by 1438 it had sufficiently developed to result in his appointment as Stafford·Äôs deputy in the stewardship of Tutbury. That he was generally regarded as one of the latter·Äôs leading adherents is clear from his membership of an ad hoc commission, under the seal of the duchy of Lancaster, specially chosen in December 1444 to investigate (and terminate) the imprisonment of certain tenants of the earl·Äôs henchman, John Harper*. Walter Blount, who was already by then a figure of some consequence in his own right as a result of the handsome grants of property made to him by Sir Thomas over the years, did not share this allegiance, but chose instead to throw in his lot with Richard, duke of York, and the earl of Warwick. He represented Derbyshire in at least four Parliaments during his father·Äôs lifetime and later, in 1460, sat with his younger brother, Thomas, who had previously been returned through the family interest for the borough of Derby. The two brothers·Äô suspicions regarding Buckingham·Äôs ability to offer the kind of help and protection which a retainer could rightly expect of his lord were amply borne out in 1454, when a bitter and violent feud broke out between various members of the Derbyshire gentry. How far the Blounts initially fell victim to unwarranted aggression on the part of Sir Nicholas Longford and his friends, the Vernons, we shall never know, but before long a particularly brutal vendetta had developed, in which their manor of Elvaston (recently acquired by Sir Thomas and given to his elder son) was sacked and Thomas Blount the younger badly wounded. Because he was afraid of antagonizing the Vernons, whose local support he was assiduously trying to cultivate, Buckingham did nothing to prevent or punish these depredations, thus alienating and isolating Sir Thomas as well as his sons. The duke may, indeed, have actually encouraged such divisions within Derbyshire society, since his own rapidly worsening relations with Warwick meant that little love was lost between him and the younger generation of the Blount family, who had already allied themselves with his rival. By then well over 70 years old and thus expendable to Buckingham, Blount can have played little part in the actual fighting, although he deemed it expedient to sue out royal letters of pardon in the following year.7
Sir Thomas Blount died in 1456, letters of administration being accorded to his two sons and their kinsman, Sir Thomas Gresley. His widow, Elizabeth, lived on for another ten years, although in 1459 she made a formal release to Walter Blount of his immediate inheritance. The latter·Äôs subsequent career advanced spectacularly after the victory of the Yorkists in 1461: within the following decade he was not only elevated to the peerage, as Lord Mountjoy, but was also, somewhat ironically in view of his earlier history, granted the hand in marriage of Anne Neville, the widow of Humphrey, duke of Buckingham.8
From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/blount-thomas-ii-1383-1456
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SIR JOHN LE BLOUNT, then thirty-nine years of age, who was in the service of the Earl of Lancaster, and had obtained from that nobleman a grant for life of the manor of Passingham, co. Northampton. He had also lands from the earl in Holland and Duffield, co Derby, and Tiberton, in Gloucestershire. he had two wives, 1st ISOLDA, dau. and heir of Sir Thomas de Mountjoy, by whom he acquired a large accession of estates, and had issue,
JOHN (Sir), who m. twice, 1st, Juliana, dau. of __ Foulhurst, and 2ndly, Isabella, dau. and heir of Sir Bryan Cornwall, of Kinlet, co. Salop, whose heir-general is WILLIAM LACON CHILDE, Esq., of Kinlet. By his 1st wife, Juliana, Sir John had a son,
JOHN BLOUNT, of Sodington, ancestor of the BLOUNTS, Baronets of Sodington.
Walter, d.s.p.
Sir John Blount's 2nd wife was Eleanor, 2nd dau. of John Beauchamp, of Hache, co Somerset, and widow of John Meriet, of Meriet, in the same shire. By this lady he left at his decease, 32nd HENRY III. (1358), a son, the heroic
SIR WALTER BLOUNT, so celebrated for his martial prowess in
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the warlike times of EDWARD III., RICHARD II., and HENRY IV., and immortalized by the muse of Shakespeare for his devotion, even unto death, to King HENRY. Sir Walter fell at the battle of Shrewsbury, 22 June, 1403, wherein, being standard bearer, he was arrayed in the same armour as his royal master, and was slain, according to the poet, in single combat, by the Earl of Douglas, who had supposed he was contending with the king himself.
In 1367 we find Sir Walter accompanying the BLACK PRINCE and his brother, the DUKE OF LANCASTER (John of Gaunt), upon the expedition into Spain to aid PETER THE CRUEL, King of Castle, and assisting on 3 April in that year at the battle of Najore, which restored PETER to his throne. Thenceforward for a series of years, indeed until the prince's decease, he appears to have been immediatley and confidentially attached to the duke, having chosen his wife, whom he m. about the year 1372, from amongst the ladies in the suite of CONSTANTIA OF CASTILE (eldest dau. of PETER, and his successor on the throne, who became the royal consort of JOHN OF GAUNT) when the princess visited England in 1369. In 1398 the duke granted 100 marks a-year to Sir Walter for the good services which had been rendered to him by the knight and his wife, the Lady Sancia. The Lady Sancia's maiden designation was DONNA SANCHA DE AYALA; she was the dau. of DON DIEGO GOMEZ DE TOLEDO, alcalde mahor and chief justice of Toledo, and notario mayor or principal secretary of the kingdom of Castile, by is wife, Inez Alfon de Ayala, on of the most ancient and illustrious houses in Spain. JOHN OF GAUNT, at his decease, appointed Sir Walter one of his executors, and bequeathed him a legacy of 100 points, L6 6s. 8d.
In 1374, Sir Walter's half-brother, Sir John Blount, of Sodington, conveyed to him numerous manors, which he had inherited from his mother, Isolda, heiress of the Mountjoy family. In 1381 he became proprietor, by purchase, of the large estates of the BAKEPULS family, in cos. Derby, Stafford, Leicester, and Hertford. In 1385 he obtained a charter for a fair and free warren in his demesne lands at Barton, and other manors in Derbyshire. In 1399 he was ranger of Needwood Forest and knight of the shire for co. Derby. By his wife, Donna Sancha, who survived him, and lived until 1418, he left issue,
I. JOHN (Sir), his heir, one of the great warriors who have immortalized the reign and times of HENRY V.
II. THOMAS (Sir), successor to his brother.
III. James (Sir), who m. Anne, dau. of Roger Parker, Esq., of Lillinghall, and was father of Roger Blount, of Grendon, ancestor of the BLOUNTS of Grendon, Eldersfield, Orleton, &c.; the present male representative of the BLOUNTS of Orleton, co Herefore, is WILLIAM BLOUNT, Esq., of that place.
IV. Peter, d.s.p.
I. Constantia, m. to John Sutton, Lord Dudley.
II. Anne, m. to Thomas Griffith, of Wichnor, co. Salop, living in 1415.
Sir Walter was s. by his eldest son,
SIR JOHN BLOUNT, K.G., who was governor of Calais, and defeated in Aquitaine, in 1412, a French army commanded by a marshal of France, for which achievement he was created a knight of the Garter the next year. In 1418, when Rouen was besieged by King HENRY V., Sir John Blount assisted at the siege. He d. without issue, and was s. by his brother,
SIR THOMAS BLOUNT, treasurer of Normandy, who was then seated at Elwaston, in Derbyshire, and to whom the Duke of Exeter gave 1,000 marks (L666 6s. 8.d.) to found a charity at Leicester. Sir Thomas m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Greseley, Knt., of Greseley, and dying in 1456, left issue,
I. WALTER (Sir), Lord High Treasurer of England, of Whose line we treat.
II. THOMAS (Sir), of Milton Ross, co. Leicester, ancestor of the BLOUNTS of Maple Durham, co. Oxford, still resident at that seat. (See BURKE'S Landed Gentry.)
I. Elizabeth, m. to Ralph Shirley, of West Heston, in Sussex.
II. Sanchia, m. to Edward Langford.
III. Agnes, m. to __ Wolseley.
The eldest son,
WALTER BLOUNT, was made treasurer of Calais, 39th of HENRY VI., and had the same office confirmed to him upon the accession of King EDWARD IV. In the 4th year of with latter monarch's reign, he was constituted, by letters patent, dated 24 November, LORD TREASURER OF ENGLAND, and the next year, advanced, by charter, dated 20 June, to the peerage, by the title of BARON MOUNTJOY, of Thurveston, co Derby. This nobleman became to stanch an adherent of the House of York, that he shared largely in the confiscated estates of the leading Lancastrians--particularly in those of Sir William Carey, Sir William Vaux, and Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon. obtaining thereby extensive territorial possessions in the counties of Devon, Cornwall, and Worcester. He was also honoured with the Garter. His lordship m. 1st, Helena, dau. of Sir John Byron, of Clayton, Lancashire; and by her (who was buried at Grey Friars, London) he had three sons; .... etc.
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Sir Walter Blount (died 1403), was a soldier and supporter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. He later supported John's son and heir Henry Bolingbroke in his bid to become king Henry IV and in later battles against his enemies. At the Battle of Shrewsbury he served as the royal standard bearer, was mistaken for the king and killed in combat.
He appears as a character in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, part 1, in which he epitomises selfless loyalty and chivalry.
Blount was almost certainly the son of Sir John Blount of Sodington, by his second wife, Eleanor Beauchamp, widow of Sir John Meriet.
In 1367 Blount participated in Edward, the Black Prince's expedition to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of Leon and Castile. This expedition was successfully terminated by the Battle of Nâ°jera in 1367. Blount returned to England.
As a result of his role in the campaign, Blount married Donna Sancha de Ayâ°la, the daughter of Don Diego Gomez, who held high office in Toledo, by his wife, Donna Inez de Ayâ°la. Blount's new wife was also a niece of Pero Lââ¥pez de Ayala. .... etc.
Sir Walter had two sons:
1. Sir John, who was at one time governor of Calais; was in 1482 besieged in a castle of Aquitaine by a great French army, which he defeated with a small force (Walsingham, Ypodigma Neustriâ¶, Rolls Ser., p. 437); was created knight of the Garter in 1413; and was present at the siege of Rouen in 1418: Sir John died without male issue.
2. Sir Thomas, who was treasurer of Calais during Henry VI's wars in France (Stevenson's Letters, &c., illustrating the wars in France temp. Henry VI, Rolls Ser., ii. passim), and founded a chantry at Newark in 1422 (at the expense of the Duke of Exeter) in memory of his father and mother. Sir Thomas was the father (by Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley of Gresley, Derbyshire) of Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy.
Also a daughter, Constance, who married John de Sutton V. They were the parents of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Blount_(soldier)
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Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy KG (c. 1416 ·Äì 1 August 1474) was an English politician.
Walter Blount was born about 1416, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount (1378·Äì1456) and Margery Gresley and grandson of Sir Walter Blount. .... etc.
Mountjoy married firstly Helena Byron, the daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, Lancashire,[2] by whom he had four sons and two daughters.
William Blount, eldest son and heir, who died in 1471 of wounds received at the Battle of Barnet.[2]
John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy, second son.
James Blount, third son.
Edward Blount.
Anne Blount.
Elizabeth Blount.
By November 1467 Mountjoy married secondly Anne (nâ©e Neville), widow of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d.1460), and daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.[2]
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Blount,_1st_Baron_Mountjoy
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Treasurer of Normandy; his brother John was Governor of Calais
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an alternate birthdate of 1390 shows in records.
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Links
http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I5537&tree=00
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer_of_Calais
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/blount-sir-walter-1403
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Name: Sir Thomas " Sheriff of Derbyshire" /Blount/
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Sources
Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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Record for Walter Blount
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Record for Sir Thomas Blount
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=108978476&pid=16852Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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Record for Thomas Blount
1,9289::11402908Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
GenealogieOnline
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=WebASM-9289&h=3953403&indiv=try
Record for Sacha de Ayala
1,9289::3953403
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