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Sir Christopher Blount 1565–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565

Birth Location: Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 March 1601

Death Location: Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

Father: Thomas Mountjoy

Mother: Lady Leigh)

Spouse(s): Lady Knollys

Children(s): James Blounts, Sir Blount, Francis Devereaux, Dorothy Percy, Lady Devereux,, Penelope Devereux, Walter Devereux, Robert Dudley, Robert Dudley, Earl Essex, Elizabeth Leighton, Francis (Dudley)

Sir Christopher Blount was born in 1565 in Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Mountjoy Blount K Hold 6Th Baron Mountjoy And Lady Margaret Margery De La Pole Poley Pooley Countess Of Mountjoy Leigh. Sir Christopher Blount married Lady Lettice Countess Of Essex Aand Leicester Knollys, and had children including Dorothy Percy, Earl Of Essex, Elizabeth Leighton, Francis Devereaux, Francis Sutton Dudley, James Blount Of The Astley Blounts, Lady Penelope Devereux, Penelope Devereux, Robert Deveraux Dudley, Robert Dudley, Sir Charles Blount, Walter Devereux. Sir Christopher Blount passed away in 1601 in Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

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  • Sir Christopher Blount was born in 1565 in Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Mountjoy Blount K Hold 6Th Baron Mountjoy And Lady Margaret Margery De La Pole Poley Pooley Countess Of Mountjoy Leigh.
  • Sir Christopher Blount married Lady Lettice Countess Of Essex Aand Leicester Knollys, and had children including Dorothy Percy, Earl Of Essex, Elizabeth Leighton, Francis Devereaux, Francis Sutton Dudley, James Blount Of The Astley Blounts, Lady Penelope Devereux, Penelope Devereux, Robert Deveraux Dudley, Robert Dudley, Sir Charles Blount, Walter Devereux.
  • Sir Christopher Blount passed away in 1601 in Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

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Sir Blount's Ancestors

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Sir Blount
1565–1601
Birth Place: Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Mountjoy Blount K HOLD 6th Baron Mountjoy
1515–1568
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Lady (Margaret Margery De La Pole \ Poley \ Pooley (Countess of Mountjoy) Leigh)
1520–1595
Wingfield Castle, Badley, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
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Sir Blount's Descendants

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Sir (Christopher) Blount (1565–18 March 1601) m. Lady (Lettice Countess of Essex Aand Leicester) Knollys (1540–25 December 1634)
  1. 1. James (Blount of The Astley) Blounts 1591–1651
  2. 2. Sir (Charles) Blount 1589–1589
  3. 3. Francis Devereaux 1571–1572
  4. 4. Dorothy Percy 1561–1619 m. Sir (Thomas) Perrot 1550–1613 m. Henry ("9th Earl of Northumberland") Percy 1564–1632
    1. 1. Algernon Percy 1602–1668
    2. 2. Lucy Hay 1599–1660
    3. 3. Dorothy Sydney 1598–1659
  5. 5. Lady (Penelope) Devereux, 1563–1607
  6. 6. Penelope Devereux 1563–1607
  7. 7. Walter Devereux 1569–1591
  8. 8. Robert (Deveraux) Dudley 1555–1590
  9. 9. Robert Dudley 1581–1584
  10. 10. Earl (of) Essex 1566–1600
  11. 11. Elizabeth Leighton 1568–1633
  12. 12. Francis (Sutton) (Dudley) 1560–1634

Sir Blount's Timeline

2 Records

1565
1565
Birth of Sir Christopher Blount in Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1601
18 March 1601
Age 36
Death of Sir Christopher Blount in London, City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom
London, City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 March 1601
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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