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01. Rudolph Le Blount,
[1]
born abt. 997, was
Count of Guines. He married Rosetta
St. Pol, said to be a daughter of Hugh, second Count of St.
Pol. Burke's Commoners states he was the grandson of Sigefried, the Dane, first Count, who was
grandson of Harold V, King of Denmark but this line is questionable since
one researcher has found that Godfried cannot be Sigefried's father because
Godfried was murdered 10 years before the birth of Sigefried. |
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GENERATION
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02. Sir Robert Le Blount,
[1]
son of Rudolph
and Rosetta was born abt. 1029. He was the first Baron Ixworth in
Suffolk. He married Gundred,
said to be daughter or sister of Henry and often identified erroneously as
Earl Ferrers. |
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GENERATION
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03. Gilbert Le Blount,
[1]
son of Robert and
Gundred was born abt. 1055. He was the second Baron Ixworth.
He married Alice De Colekirke. |
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GENERATION
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04. William Le Blount,
[1]
son of Gilbert and
Alice was born abt. 1087. He was the third Baron Ixworth. He
married Sarah De Munchesne, daughter
of Hubert de Munchesne. |
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GENERATION
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05. Gilbert Le Blount,
[1]
son of William and
Sarah was born abt. 1119. He was the fourth Baron
Ixworth. He married Agnes De L'Isle.
Gilbert was living in 1173. |
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GENERATION
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06. Sir Stephen Le Blount,
[1]
son of Gilbert
and Agnes was born abt. 1166. He was of record 1189-1198, succeeded
his nephew William. He married Maria Le
Blount of Saxlington, only daughter and heiress of Sir William
le Blound, of Saxlingham (fourth in direct line from Sir William, brother
of Sir Robert, according to Burke's Commoners, 1:355). He died in
1235. |
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GENERATION
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07. Sir Robert Blount,
[1]
son of Stephen and
Maria was born abt. 1197. He was lord of Saxlington. He
married Isabel Odenselo (or
Odinsels). He was a witness to the charter of Hilton Abbey,
Staffordshire, in 1223, and acquired Belton, Rutland. He died in
1288. |
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GENERATION
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08. William Le Blount,
[1]
son of Robert and
Isabel was born abt. 1233. He married first
Isabella
Beauchamp, traditionally a member of the Beauchamp family,
thought be some to be a daughter of William de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle
by Isabel Malduit. in addition to property in Worchestershire he
held the manor of Belton in Rutland and there may have been a close
connection with a family of the same name in Hanslope, Bucks., which he
held in 1268, and which was held by Isabel in 1296. He was accused
in 1265, before the commissioners appointed under the Dictum of
Kenilworth, of unlawful violence at Quinton in Northamptonshire,
England. William died in the spring in 1280. |
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GENERATION
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09. Sir Walter Le Blount,
[1]
of the Rock,
Worchestershire, son of William and Isabel was born abt 1270.
He married Joan De Sodington (either a
first or second wife) before February 1294. He was in 1313 a part of
the Lancastrian party against Piers de Gaveston. In 1318 and 1321 he
was Knight of the Shire for Worcester, and in 1322 he was summoned for
personal service against the Scots. |
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GENERATION
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10. Sir John Le Blount,
[1]
son of Walter and
Joan was born abt. 1298. He was aged 39 in 1337 when he was a knight
and found heir to his elder brother, William Blount, Lord Blount, was of
Sodington in Worchestershire when he died in 1358. In
1324 he was a practiced soldier of Worchestershire. He was joint
commissioner in Worchestershire in 1344, inquiring as to holders of
land. He served in Gascony under Henry, Earl of Lancaster, and
later, in 1347, under King Edward III at the siege of Calais, until the
king returned to England. In October, 1350 he was on a pilgrimage to
Santiago. John has been linked to several wives as mother of Sir
Walter Blount. The Complete Peerage states that John married
only once to Isoude Mountjoy.
Burke's Commoners mentions Elizabeth Beauchamp, daughter of Sir John
Beauchamp. Boyer's book appears to go with with Isoude as the mother
of Walter. |
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GENERATION
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11. Sir Walter Blount,
[1]
son of John and
Isoude was born abt. 1348. He married Dona Sancha
De Ayala abt. 1373 who was daughter of Don Diego de Guzman,
lord of Casarrubios, Malpica and Valdepusa, Governor of the Castle of
Toledo in Castilla in Spain and his wife Ines de Ayala. He became a
noted soldier and apparently acquired a great fortune. Tradition has
it that he fought at Najera under John of Gaunt on April 3, 1367. He
was apparently in that Duke's service in 1369, and was already a knight in
March 1371/2. In January 1372/3 the Duke appointed him Constable of
Tutbury Castle for life, and in May he contracted to servce the Duke in
peace and war for life. By 1372 he had joined the household of John
of Gaunt, with whom in March 1377/8 he set out for Spain. He had
fought in Brittany under Edmund, Earl of Cambridge, in 1375. In 1380
he was J.P. for Staffordshire, and in 1388 he held the same office in
Derbyshire. In 1386 he accompanied John of Gaunt to Spain
again. In 1387 he suffered lose of face when Sir John Ipstones
forced him to give up a bond for good behavior previously taken from one
of Ipstone's servants. In 1392 he was a commissioner of array in
Staffs., and in 1393 he was to treat with Spain as to peace. He and
Sancha his wife obtained papal indults for portable alters in 1394.
He was chosen Knight of the Shire for Derby in 1399 after the accession of
King Henry IV, whom he had led to Revenspur with a large force of his
own. In Feb. 1399/1400 he was receiving instructions for an embassy
to Portugal, Spain and Aragon, and in August 1401 he was summoned to a
Council. In that year he was a commissioner for oyer and terminer.
Also in 1400 he was sent to Ireland in attendance to the king's son,
Thomas of Lancaster. He was a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV,
although Cokayne did not believe Shakespeare's thesis that Sir Walter le
Blount died as a result of being dressed like the King at
Shrewsbury. His will, dated at Liverpool 16 Dec. 1401, was proved 1
Aug. 1403. In it he mentioned Constance Baroness Dudley.
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GENERATION
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12. Constance Blount,
[1]
daughter of Walter
and Sancha was born in 1378. She married Sir
John Sutton of Dudley Castle, Staffordshire. I descend from
their son Sir John Sutton who married Elizabeth Berkeley. |