Biography of George Blount 1513-1581

Paternal Family Tree: Blount

Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Peshall 1484-1540

Before 1498 [his father] John Blount [aged 13] and [his mother] Catherine Peshall [aged 13] were married.

Around 1513 George Blount was born to [his father] John Blount [aged 29] and [his mother] Catherine Peshall [aged 29].

On 18th June 1522 [his brother-in-law] Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys [aged 24] and [his sister] Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys [aged 24] were married. She the former mistress of King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 30] had given birth to Henry's illegitimate son [his nephew] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset [aged 3] in June 1519.

After 3rd November 1529 [his brother-in-law] Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme. [his sister] Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys [aged 31] by marriage Baroness Tailboys of Kyme.

On 14th February 1531 [his father] John Blount [aged 47] died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He was buried at Church of St John The Baptist, Kinlet [Map].

Monument to John Blount and [his mother] Catherine Peshall [aged 47]. Fluted Period. Lancastrian Esses Collar with Big Esses. Long bobbed hair, no facial hair. Bare hands; gauntlets at the right side of the legs. She wearing a short Gabled Headress. Chest tomb somewhat of the wrong period ie Renaissance suggesting this may be a replacement effigy, or re-used. Probably Richard Parker of Burton on Trent.

John Blount: Around 1484 he was born to Thomas Blount and Anne Croft at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. Before 1498 John Blount and Catherine Peshall were married.

Catherine Peshall: In 1484 she was born to Hugh Peshall. In 1540 she died.

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On 30th March 1533 George Blount [aged 20] and Constance Talbot [aged 16] were married.

In 1534 [his daughter] Dorothy Blount was born to George Blount [aged 21] and [his wife] Constance Talbot [aged 17]. She married before 1581 John Purslowe.

Before 1536 [his brother-in-law] Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 23] and [his sister] Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys [aged 37] were married. She by marriage Baroness Clinton. The date based on the birth of their first child [his niece] Bridget Clinton.

Letters and Papers. 28th April 1536. R. O. 749. Henry Lord Stafford to the Earl of Westmoreland [aged 38].

I recommend me to you and my good Lady and sister. So does my bedfellow. We are desirous of your returning into Staffordshire. I thank you for furthering my suit with the Queen [aged 35]. I should have been at London before this, but I tarried for you and my Lady. George Blount [aged 23] makes great suit to have the abbey of Rantone, that I sue for. It is within four miles of Stafford, and near my park. He is my Lord of Richmond's servant, and has a fair house of his own. Intercede with Mr. Secretary for me. I will give as much as any man living, and do Mr. Secretary a great pleasure besides. If it cannot be had, pray speak for the White Ladies in Staffordshire. It is only £40 rent by year, and is in great decay. Stafford Castle, 28 April. Signed.

P. 1. Add. Endd.

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In 1540 [his mother] Catherine Peshall [aged 56] died.

Around July 1540 [his sister] Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys [aged 42] died. The date not entirely certain.

In 1545 George Blount [aged 32] was elected MP Shropshire.

In 1547 George Blount [aged 34] was elected MP Shropshire.

In 1547 [his son] John Blount was born to George Blount [aged 34] and [his wife] Constance Talbot [aged 30]. He died aged five in 1552.

In 1552 [his son] John Blount [aged 5] died.

In 1552 George Blount [aged 39] was elected High Sheriff of Staffordshire.

In October 1553 George Blount [aged 40] was elected MP Bridgnorth.

In November 1554 George Blount [aged 41] was elected MP Much Wenlock.

In 1555 George Blount [aged 42] was elected MP Much Wenlock.

In 1558 George Blount [aged 45] was elected MP Much Wenlock.

In 1559 George Blount [aged 46] was elected MP Bridgnorth.

In 1563 George Blount [aged 50] was elected MP Much Wenlock.

Around 1565 [his wife] Constance Talbot [aged 48] died.

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In 1571 George Blount [aged 58] was elected MP Shropshire.

In 1572 George Blount [aged 59] was elected MP Much Wenlock.

In 1572 George Blount [aged 59] was elected High Sheriff of Staffordshire.

In 1572 George Blount [aged 59] was elected High Sheriff of Shropshire.

Before 1581 [his son-in-law] John Purslowe and [his daughter] Dorothy Blount [aged 46] were married. Her father George Blount [aged 67] disapproved of the marriage so disinherited her making his heir his nephew Roland Lacon [aged 43] [Note. son of his sister Agnes Blount [aged 50]].

1581. Church of St John The Baptist, Kinlet [Map]. Monument to George Blount [aged 68] and Constance Talbot.

The following Epitaph is engraved on a white marble slab, by the side of the large Tudor Monument, which contains the kneeling figures of Sir George and Constantia Talbot, his wife, and their two children. Underneath is the entombed figure. The monument is richly decorated with the quarterings of Blount Arms Blount and Talbot Arms Talbot. [Latin Epitaph at Kinlet translated by the late Stanley Leighton, M.A., F.S.A.]

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF SIR GEORGE BLOUNT KNIGHT WHICH WAS LORDE OF KINLET WHO DIED IN THE YEARE OF OURE LORD GOD 1581 HERE THYRE CHILDREN BE JOHN AND ALSO DORETHY.

FIAT VOLVNTAS DEI 1584 ANNO DOMINI. AVOVS SERVIR JESUIS

Laid in this tomb is Blount of noble race, Ennobled by light of his own, and BY THE light of his father he was; His lineage most high, knightly by either parent, Worthy of these was the son's knightly name; Arms, and the charger fiery were his delight, on the day of battle, But the palace of his King delighted his youth, In manhood Scotland and the realms of France Felt his generosity in war; to both he was a terror; His neighbour's quarrels and disputes he settled all, At home he was a man of peace, Nor did he make unfitting nuptial for himself, The daughter of a knight he wedded of equal lineage, Who bore two children, of whom a daughter [aged 47] lives, The son before his father sought the realms above; After his son's death, he gives many lands to his nephew And makes him the heir of this very place - Rowland Lacon who laid his lifeless body in a tomb But his spirit the realms above hold. This Lacon an Esquire in filial memory of love This record raised. His nephew and his heir

CHRIST S LIFE'S AIM.

Be near good Christ to England, To Prince, to Nobles, And to all other Inhabitants; Good Christ, I pray grant Peace - For by this the life of men is quiet - By this, their journey safe And all good things do multiply. By strife, what has been gotten By great labor, melts away, So to Thine own give everlasting peace - May virtue which is learning's light, Be given too, and blessings come - Far off be what, At any time may hurt.

Constance Talbot: Around 1517 she was born to John Talbot of Albrighton and Margaret Troutbeck On 30th March 1533 George Blount and she were married. Around 1565 Constance Talbot died.

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