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James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount 1533 – 1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1533

Birth Location: Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England

Death Date: 20 Oct 1582

Death Location: Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, England

Father: Mountjoy, Mountjoy

Mother: Lady Mountjoy

Spouse(s): Katherine (Blount)

Children(s): Sir Kidderminster

In 1533, James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount entered the world in Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England, born to Mountjoy, Charles Blount lord Mountjoye 5th Baron of Mountjoy and Lady Anne Bonham Willoughby, Baroness of Mountjoy. James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount married Katherine Countess of Mountjoy Leigh (Blount), and had children including Sir Christopher Blount, knight of Kidderminster. James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount passed away in 1582 in Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1533, James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount entered the world in Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England, born to Mountjoy, Charles Blount lord Mountjoye 5th Baron of Mountjoy and Lady Anne Bonham Willoughby, Baroness of Mountjoy.
  • James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount married Katherine Countess of Mountjoy Leigh (Blount), and had children including Sir Christopher Blount, knight of Kidderminster.
  • James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount passed away in 1582 in Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Blount's Ancestors

Self
James Blount
1533 – 1582
Birth Place: Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England
Parents
Mountjoy, Charles Blount lord Mountjoye 5th Baron of Mountjoy
1516 – 1544
Tournay, Departement des Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Lady (Anne Bonham Willoughby, Baroness of) Mountjoy
1516 – 1582
Newport, Devon, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert de Broke) Willoughby
1472 – 1521
of Westbury, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth (de) BEAUCHAMP
1468 – 1553
Beauchamp, Worcestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Willoughby
– 1502
Blanche Champernon
Richard Beauchamp
Elizabeth Stafford
– 1374
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Willoughby
ANNE CHENEY
JOHN champernoun
Elizabeth Bigbery

James Blount's Descendants

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James (Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy) Blount (1533 – 20 Oct 1582) m. Katherine (Countess of Mountjoy Leigh) (Blount) (1539 – 25 Jun 1576)
  1. 1. Sir (Christopher Blount, knight of) Kidderminster (1555 – 18 March 1601) m. Lettice (Latisha Knollys Countess of Essex &) Leicester (8 November 1543 – 25 Dec 1634)
    1. 1. James (Blount of the Astley) Blounts (1594 – 1655) m. Anne Clare (1596 – 1651)
      1. 1. Edmund BLOUNT (abt 1624 – 1694) m. Judith RHODES (1625 – Aft. 1650)
        1. 1. Emma (Catharina) Blount (1650 – 1701) m. John Pike (1648 – 1 Oct 1681)

James Blount's Timeline

2 Records

1533
1533
Birth of James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount in Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England
Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England
1582
20 Oct 1582
Age 49
Death of James Sir Knight 6th Baron Mountjoy Blount in Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1533
    Event Place: Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1582
    Event Place: Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, England

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