'Blount05'
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Families covered: Blount (Blunt) of Kidderminster, Blount of Kinlet (Kynlet or Kinlett), Blount of Yeo (Yee)

John Blount of Kynlet
Visitation mentions a possible additional marriage for John, to a daughter (& co-heir) of Brian Brampton.
m. Alice Delabere (dau of Kinard Delabere of Cheshire)
1. Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, Sheriff of Shropshire (d 1477)
  m. Elizabeth Winnington (dau of Robert Winnington of Cheshire)
  A. Sir Thomas Blount of Kinlet, Sheriff of Shropshire (b by 1456, d 1525)
  m. Ann Croft (dau of Sir Richard Croft of Croft Castle)
  i. Sir John Blount of Kinlet (b 1484)
  m. Katherine Pershall (dau of Sir Hugh Pershall of Knightly, Staffordshire)
a. George Blount of Kinlet, Sheriff of Shropshire (d 1582)
  m. Constance Talbot (dau of John Talbot)
  (1) Dorothy Blount
  m1. John Purslow of Sudbury
  m2. Edward Bullock of Bradley
  b. Henry Blount of Bewdley
  m. Johanna Somervile (dau of John Somervile of Edreston)
  (1) George Blount
c.

Elizabeth Blount (d c1540)

  p. Henry Tudor, King Henry VIII of England (b 28.06.1491, d 28.01.1547)
  m1. (c1519) Gilbert Tailboys, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1st Lord Tailboys (dvp 15.04.1530)
  m2. (c1531) Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b 1512, d 16.01.1585)
  d. Rosa Blount
  m. William Grisling of Lincolnshire
e. Agnes Blount
  m. Richard Lacon of Willey
  Kinlet later passed into the Lacon family.
  f. Isabella Blount
  m. William Reade of Oatland
  g.+ other issue - William, Albora
  ii. Walter Blount reported by at least one web site to be 'of Astley' and to have had issue
  m. Margaret Acton (dau of William or Walter Acton)
  iii. Robert Blount (d 1580)
  m. Elizabeth Columbell (dau of ?? Columbell of Darley)
  a. George Blount or Blunt of Eckington
  m. Rosamund Frecheuile (dau of Peter Frechuile of Staley)
  partner unknown
  (1) Charles Blunt
  b. Godfrey Blount
  c. Frances Blount
  m1. _ Tye
  m2. Thomas Smith
  d. Ann Blount
  m. Nicholas Towers
e. Elizabeth Blount
  m. Nicholas Browne
  f. Goditha Blount
  m. Thomas Statham
  iv. Edward Blount or Blunt 'of Kidderminster'
Visitation just mentions this Edward and shows him as married to a daughter of John Garneys. A RootsWeb site shows this to have been Edward of Kidderminster (d 1559) who married Margaret Garneys and was father of Thomas father of Christopher. Using that as a foundation, the following has been pulled together from various web sites and cross-references.
  m. Margaret Garneys (dau of John Garneys)
a. Thomas Blount or Blunt of Kidderminster, Worcestershire (d 28.11.1569)
  m. Margaret Poley (bur 02.11.1595, dau of Edmund Poley of Badley)
  (1) Sir Edward Blount of Kidderminster (b c1554, bur 18.11.1630)
  m. Mary Neville (dau of Edward Neville, Lord Bergavenny, by Catherine Brome)
  (2) Sir Christopher Blount of Kidderminster (b c1556, d 18.03.1600/1)
  m. (before 08.1589) Lettice Knollys (b 1539/40, d 25.12.1634, dau of Sir Francis Knollys of Rotherfield)
  (3) George Blount (bpt 1552, d infant)
  (4) Mary or Elizabeth Blount (bpt 05.09.1561)
  One web site suggests that Mary became known as Elizabeth when Queen Elizabeth I succeeded her sister Mary.
  m. Richard Cotton of Bedhampton
b. Katherine Blount shown by at least one web site as daughter rather than sister of Thomas
  m. Walter Griffith (b c1535, d 20.01.1584)
  c. Joyce Blount
  m. _ Combe
  v. Ann Blount
  m. Humphrey Massy
  vi. Elianora Blount
  m. Thomas Scriven of Frodesley
  vii. Margaret Blount
  m. John Corbet of Leigh
  viii. Joyce Blount
  m. Thomas Thorney of Worcestershire
  ix. Katherine Blount
  m. Robert Smith
  x. Johanna Blount
  m. John Monington
xi.+ 10 other children (including Arthur)
  B. Edmund Blount
  C. Walter Blount
  i. Charles Blount
  D. John Blount of Yeo or Yee
  m. Elizabeth Yee (dau of John Yee of Yee or Yeo)
  i. John Blount of Yeo or Yee
  m1. Anna Smith (dau of Richard Smith of Bromyard)
  a. John Blount of Yeo or Yee
  m. Katherine Warncombe (dau of Richard Warncombe)
  (1) John Blount of Yeo or Yee
  m. Elizabeth Price (dau of _ Price of Monaltie or Monnaughty)
  (A) Walter Blount of Stretton (a 1623)
  m. Maria Brabason (dau of _ Brabason of Ireland)
  (i)+ issue - Richard, John (b c1610), Charles, Susanna
  (B)+ other issue - Thomas, Francis, Edward, Herbert
  (2) Richard Blount
  (3) Elizabeth Blount
  m. _ Barrington of Winesley
  b. George Blount
  m1. _ Blount (dau of Walter Blount of Astley)
  m2. Dorothy Hill (dau of Thomas Hill)
  c. Elizabeth Blount (dsp)
  m. William Berington or Beryton
m2. Dorothy Lovell (dau of Francis Lovell)
  d. Henry Blount of Church Stretton (a 1623)
  m. Elizabeth Lisle (dau of Henry Lisle of Moxhall or Moxhull)
  ii.+ other issue (dsp) - William, Richard, Francis
2. Isabella Blount
  m. John Kryne
3. Anne Blount
  m. _ Geyton
4. Maria Blount
  m. Robert Pigott of Chetwynd, Sheriff of Shropshire (a 1517)
5. Ellena Blount
  m. John Cheney of Chesham Boys
6. Margaret Blount
  m. Richard Oteley
7.+ other issue - John, Edward, William, Charles

Main source(s): Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Blount) with a little support from notes within Commoners (vol 3, Childe of Kinlet)
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