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Baron Mountjoy is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
Baron Mountjoy 1st Creation 1465
Baron Mountjoy is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
20th June 1465. Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy created.
1st August 1474. Grandson Edward Blount 2nd Baron Mountjoy succeeded.
12th October 1475. Uncle John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy succeeded.
12th October 1485. Son William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy succeeded.
8th November 1534. Son Charles Blount 5th Baron Mountjoy succeeded.
10th October 1544. Son James Blount 6th Baron Mountjoy succeeded.
10th October 1582. Son William Blount 7th Baron Mountjoy succeeded.
1594. Brother Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire succeeded.
3rd April 1606. Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire extinct.
On 20th June 1465 Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 49) was created 1st Baron Mountjoy. Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy (age 49) by marriage Baroness Mountjoy.
On 25th November 1467 Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 51) and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (age 59) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland.
On 1st August 1474 Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 58) died. His grandson Edward (age 10) succeeded 2nd Baron Mountjoy.
Before 12th October 1475 Edward Blount 2nd Baron Mountjoy (age 11) and Anne Cobham 6th Baroness Cobham, Baroness Mountjoy and Strabolgi (age 8) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 12th October 1475 Edward Blount 2nd Baron Mountjoy (age 11) died. His uncle John (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Mountjoy.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 1477 John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 27) and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy.
On 12th October 1485 John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35) died. His son William (age 7) succeeded 4th Baron Mountjoy.
Around 1497 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 19) and Elizabeth Saye Baroness Mountjoy (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. He the son of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.
Before 30th July 1509 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 31) and Inez Venegas Baroness Mountjoy were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. He the son of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.
In February 1515 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 37) and Alice Keble Baroness Mountjoy were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. He the son of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.
On 29th July 1523 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 45) and Dorothy Grey Baroness Mountjoy, Willoughby and Latimer (age 43) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset (age 63). He the son of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.
In or before 1533 Charles Blount 5th Baron Mountjoy (age 14) and Anne Willoughby Baroness Mountjoy were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy.
On 8th November 1534 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 56) died. His son Charles (age 16) succeeded 5th Baron Mountjoy.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 10th October 1544 Charles Blount 5th Baron Mountjoy (age 26) died at Hooke, Dorset. His son James (age 11) succeeded 6th Baron Mountjoy.
On 17th May 1558 James Blount 6th Baron Mountjoy (age 25) and Catherine Leigh Baroness Mountjoy (age 26) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy.
On 10th October 1582 James Blount 6th Baron Mountjoy (age 49) died in Hook Okehampton, Devon. His son William (age 21) succeeded 7th Baron Mountjoy.
In 1594 William Blount 7th Baron Mountjoy (age 33) died at Hooke, Dorset. His brother Charles (age 31) succeeded 8th Baron Mountjoy.
On 3rd April 1606 Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire (age 43) died at Savoy Palace [Map]. Earl Devonshire, Baron Mountjoy extinct.
Baron Mountjoy 2nd Creation 1712
Baron Mountjoy is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1st January 1712. Thomas Windsor 1st Viscount Windsor created. See Harley's Dozen.
8th June 1738. Son Herbert Windsor 2nd Viscount Windsor succeeded.
25th January 1758. Herbert Windsor 2nd Viscount Windsor extinct.
On 1st January 1712 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46), on behalf of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 50), created a number of new Baronies to balance power in Parliament, known as Harley's Dozen, ...
Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst (age 27) was created 1st Baron Bathurst.
Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury (age 29) by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Bruce of Skelton in Yorkshire.
James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 24) by writ of acceleration 6th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 38) was created 1st Baron Foley.
George Granville 1st Baron Lansdowne (age 45) was created 1st Baron Lansdowne of Bideford in Devon. Mary Villiers Baroness Lansdowne by marriage Baroness Lansdowne of Bideford in Devon.
George Henry Hay 8th Earl Kinnoull (age 22) was created 1st Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baron Mansel (age 44) was created 1st Baron Mansel of Margam. Martha Millington Baroness Mansel by marriage Baroness Mansel of Margam.
Samuel Masham 1st Baron Masham (age 33) was created 1st Baron Masham of Otes in Essex. Abigail Hill Baroness Masham (age 42) by marriage Baroness Masham of Otes in Essex.
Henry Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 48) was created 1st Baron Burton.
Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor Bromham (age 53) was created 1st Baron Trevor Bromham.
Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton (age 39) was created 1st Baron Middleton. Elizabeth Rothwell Baroness Willoughby and Middleton by marriage Baroness Middleton.
Thomas Windsor 1st Viscount Windsor (age 42) was created 1st Baron Mountjoy.
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On 8th June 1738 Thomas Windsor 1st Viscount Windsor (age 68) died. His son Herbert succeeded 2nd Viscount Windsor, 2nd Baron Mountjoy. Alice Clavering Viscountess Windsor by marriage Viscountess Windsor.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 25th January 1758 Herbert Windsor 2nd Viscount Windsor died. Viscount Windsor, Baron Mountjoy extinct.