Thomas Blount 1352-1400

Paternal Family Tree: Blount

Maternal Family Tree: Hawise Reginar 1200-1256

Around 1352 Thomas Blount was born to John Blount [aged 54] and Eleanor Beauchamp [aged 25].

In 1358 [his father] John Blount [aged 60] died at Mamble, Cleobury Mortimer.

On 13th June 1391 [his mother] Eleanor Beauchamp [aged 64] died at Elvaston, Derbyshire [Map].

On 17th December 1399 the conspirators met at Abbey House Westminster Abbey [Map] including Thomas Blount [aged 47], Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 26], Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 25], John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 47], Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley [aged 39], John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury [aged 49], Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle [aged 26], Bernard Brocas [aged 45]. They plotted to capture King Henry IV of England [aged 32] at a Tournament in Windsor, Berkshire [Map] on the Feast of Epiphany hence the Epiphany Rising.

On 12th January 1400 Thomas Blount [aged 48] was hanged, drawn and quartered at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. Thomas Erpingham [aged 45] was present to witness the execution. See Accounts and Extracts.

Chronicle of the Betrayal of Richard II. [12th January 1400] When the court of justice was over at Oxford, and Sir Thomas Blount [aged 48] was put to death, ...

Accounts and Extracts. [12th January 1400] Sir Thomas Blount [aged 48], and one Bennet Selly, his companion, were drawn from Oxford (above three miles) to the place of execution, where they were hanged; but the ropes were soon cut, and these gentlemen were made to talk, and sit on a bench before a great fire, and the executioner came with a razor in his hand, and knelt down before Sir Thomas Blount, whose hands were tied, begging him to pardon him his death, as he must do his office, Then Sir Thomas asked him, "Are you the person appointed to deliver me from this world?" The executioner answered, " Yes," saying, "Sir, I pray you pardon me;" and Sir Thomas kissed him, and forgave him his death, The executioner knelt down, and Sir Thomas Blount (Le Blonc) made himself ready; and then the executioner opened his belly, and cut out his bowels strait from below the stomach, and tied them with a string, that the wind of the heart should not escape, and threw the bowels into the fire. Then Sir Thomas le Blonc was sitting before the fire, his belly open, and saw his bowels burning before him. Sir Thomas D'Arpeghen [aged 45], king Henry's chamberlain, insulting Blount, said to him with derision, "Go seek a master that can cure you," Blount only answered by putting his hands together, saying, Te Deum laudamus, and blessed be the hour that I was born, and blessed be this day, for I shall die in the service of my sovereign lord, the noble king Richard."

Arpeghen wished to compel him to reveal the accomplices of his treason. "The words traitor and treason," said he, "belong to thee and the infamous Rutland, by whom the flower of English chivalry is this day destroyed. I summon you both before the face of Jesus Christ, for your great treason against our sovereign lord the noble king Richard." The executioner then asked him, if he would drink? "No," said he, "you have taken from me the place into which I should put it. God be praised, my bowels are in the fire." He afterwards entreated the executioner to deliver him from this world, saying, "It hurts me much to see the traitors who are present." The executioner then knelt down before him, and kissed him in a very humble manner, and soon after his head was cut off, and he was quartered.

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Before 1400 Thomas Blount [aged 47] and Isabel Botetort were married. They were half sixth cousins.

[his father] John Blount and Elizabeth Unknown were married.

[his father] John Blount and [his mother] Eleanor Beauchamp were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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[his father] John Blount and Isolde Mountjoy were married.

Ancestors of Thomas Blount 1352-1400

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Blount

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Blount

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Odingsells

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Odingsells

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Odingsells

Grandfather: Walter Blount 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp 7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne de Saint Valéry

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Mortimer

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ferrers

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Beauchamp 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Maudit

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Beaumont 4th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Beaumont 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Harcourt Countess Warwick

father: John Blount 9 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Joanna Sodington

Thomas Blount 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert IV Beauchamp

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert V Beauchamp

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Brett

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Mohun

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Mohun

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Fitzpeter

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset 5 x Great Grandson of King Duncan II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle 2 x Great Grandson of King Duncan II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Forz 4th Earl Albemarle 3 x Great Grandson of King Duncan II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Montfichet 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Vivonne Forz Baroness Beauchamp 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Duncan II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Redvers 6th Earl Devon 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Redvers 8th Countess Devon and Albemarle 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Clare Countess Devon 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandfather: John Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Somerset 6 x Great Grandson of King Duncan II of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Cheduit Baroness Beauchamp Somerset

mother: Eleanor Beauchamp 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert St John

Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Cantilupe

Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 1st Baron St John of Basing

Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers Fitzherbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Fitzpiers

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Fitzpiers

Grandmother: Margaret St John Baroness Beauchamp Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Courtenay 1st Baron Okehampton 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Courtenay 2nd Baron Okehampton 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Vernon Redvers Baroness Okehampton 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Vere Baroness Okehampton 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Courtenay Baroness St John of Basing 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Thomas Blount 1352-1400

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Royal Ancestors of Thomas Blount 1352-1400

Ancestors of Thomas Blount 1352-1400