Sir Richard Blount, Kt., of Iver, Sherriff of Buckingham and Bedfordshire

From Extracts from the Family Trees of Charles Blount, 8th Lord Montjoy - Lord Deputy / Lieutenant of Ireland 1600-1604, and Oliver St. John, 1st Viscount Grandison - Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1615-1622:

http://www.riggs.org.uk/OldSite/IREBlount.htm

Parents:

• Father: Sir Thomas Blount of Milton (or Melton) Ross (d 1468)
• m1. Anna Hally (dau of John Hally)
• m2. Margaret Clifton (dau of Gervase Clifton of Clifton)

Richard Blount of Iver, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire (d 30.11.1508)

Spouse:

• Elizabeth (or Dorothy) de la Ford (dau of William de la Ford of Iver)

Children:

• 1. Sir Richard Blount of Maple Durham Gurney (d 09/11.08.1564) m. Eizabeth Lister (d 1582, dau of Sir Richard Lister, Chief Justice)

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From Mapledurham House - A Short History:

http://www.mapledurham.co.uk/history/manorhouse/

The Blounts claim descent from a Norman family, Le Blond, who came over with William the Conqueror. Richard Blounts great-grandfather, Sir Walter who married Sanchia de Ayala, a Spanish noblewoman, was Henry IV's standard bearer at the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403); Shakespeare portrays his violent death in Henry IV, part 1. His son, Sir Thomas (d.1456), was Treasurer of Normandy in the early years of Henry V's reign; from his eldest son Sir Walter, 1st Lord Mountjoy (d.1474), sprang the line which ended so illustriously with the Earl of Devonshire (1563-1606). Richard Blount, purchaser of Mapledurham, was the son of Sir Thomas' second son.

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