'Blundell03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Blundell of Ainsdale (Aynosdale), Blundell of Crosby

                               
Osbertus de Aynosdale (a 1160)
1. Robert de Aynosdale (a 1155, forester)
  A. Sir Adam de Aynosdale
  m. Emma
  i. Sir Robert Blundell of Ainsdale (Annosdale or Aynosdale) & Crosby (a 1276)
  VCH notes that Sir Robert adopted the surname Blundell but no reason for this is given.
  m. (before 1249) Maud de Montgomery (dau of Peter de Montgomery by Agnes de Bolers of Walcot)
  a. Nicholas Blundell of Ainsdale & Great Crosby (d after 1318)
  m1. Eleanor
  (1) David Blundell (dvp by 1311)
  m. Agnes Molineux (a 1311, sister/coheir of Sir John Molyneux of Little Crosby)
  (A) Nicholas Blundell of Crosby (d before 1351)
  m. Ellen (Aline) Holland (dau of Richard de Holland)
  (i) John Blundell of Crosby (dsps c1371) mentioned by Commoners as a younger son
(ii) Henry Blundell of Crosby (d c1406)
  VCH & Commoners disagree over the next few generations. Commoners suggests that this Henry (a 1447) had 2 sons by Ellen, dau of John Page: Nicholas and Richard (m. Margery, dau of Henry Scarisbrick) who was succeeded firstly by his elder son Nicholas (whose daughter Alice dspm) and then his younger son Henry (a 1472) who, by Joan dau of Robert Ditton, was father of Nicholas (m. dau of _ Samlesbury of Samlesbury) father of Nicholas (m. Margaret, dau of Henry Scarisbrick of Scarisbrick). We follow VCH.
  (a) Sir Nicholas Blundell of Crosby (d c1421)
  ((1)) Henry Blundell of Crosby (d c1456)
  m. Joan (dau/coheir of Henry de Rixton)
  ((A)) Nicholas Blundell of Crosby (d c1476)
  m. Ellen Page (dau of John Page of Thornton)
((i)) Nicholas Blundell of Crosby (d c1520) - continued below
  m. Margery Scarisbrick (dau of Henry Scarisbrick)
  ((2)) John Blundell of Lydiate
  ((A)) Thomas Blundell (vicar of Brackley in Northamtonshire)
  ((3)) Robert Blundell (rector of Aldford in Chceshire)
  (b) Nicholas Blundell
  (c) Agnes Blundell probably of this generation
  m. John Molyneux (Molyneis) of Mellynge (a 1428)
  (iii) Richard Blundell
  (iv) Alice Blundell
  m. (mcrt 1389-90) (William) Blundell of Ince
  (B)+ other issue - William, Richard
  (2) Nicholas Blundell
  (3) William Blundell or Blonden (a 1327)
  VCH confirms that this was the William claimed as ancestor of the Blundens of Shropshire.
  m. (mcrt 1298) Joan (dau of Griffith or Arnold de la Lee of Bishops Castell)
  m2. (sp) Margery (d c1335, m2. Thomas de Pentrith)
2.+ other issue - Roger in Garston (a 1199), Richard

 

 

Nicholas Blundell of Crosby (d c1520) - continued above
m. Margery (Margaret) Scarisbrick (dau of Henry Scarisbrick)
1. Henry Blundell (dvp Flodden 09.09.1513)
  m1. (1488-9) Katherine Heaton (dau of William Heaton of Heaton)
  A. Edward Blundell (d young)
  B. Elizabeth Blundell
  m. Robert (Roger) Fazakerley
  C. Alice Blundell
  m. _ Orton
Commoners identifies Henry's 2nd wife as Agnes, dau of Sir Richard Bold of Bold, but VCH identifies her as ...
  m2. Agnes Bold (dau of Sir Henry Bold of Bold, sister of Richard)
  D. James Blundell of Crosby (b by 1493, d 05.1527)
  m. Margaret Butler (dau of ?? Butler of Rawcliffe)
  i. Henry Blundell of Crosby (b c1515-6, d before 1562)
  m. Agnes Leyland (dau of Sir William Leyland of Morlies)
a. Richard Blundell of Crosby (d 19.03.1591-2) the first mentioned by Visitation (which states he d 1561-2) & BLG1952
  m. Anne Starkey (dau of Richard Starkey of Stretton
  (1) William Blundell of Crosby (b 08.1560, d 02.07.1638)
  m. Emilia Norries (d 1631, dau of Edward Norreis or Norreys of Speke)
  (A) Nicholas Blundell (dvp 18.06.1631)
  m. Jane Bradshaw (dau of Roger (Robert) Bradshaw of the Haigh)
(i) William Blundell of Crosby (b 15.07.1620, d 24.05.1698)
  m. Anna Haggerston (dau of Sir Thomas Haggerston, 1st Bart, by Alice Banaster)
  (a) William Blundell of Crosby (b 09.1645, d 02.08.1702, 2nd son)
  m. Mary Eyre (dau of Rowland Eyre of Hassop)
  ((1)) Nicholas Blundell of Crosby (d 21.04.1737)
  m. Frances Langdale (dau of Marmaduke Langdale, 3rd Lord of Holme)
  ((A)) Mary Blundell
  m. (1729) John Coppinger of Ballyvolane
((B)) Frances Blundell of Crosby (d 17.04.1773)
  m. Henry Peppard (d c08.1771, grandson of Thomas (d 1640, MP for Drogheda))
  ((i)) Nicholas Peppard, later Blundell of Crosby (d 06.01.1795, 2nd son)
  m. Clementina Tempest (d 21.07.1821, dau of Stephen Walter Tempest of Broughton)
((a)) William Blundell of Crosby (d 11.07.1854) had issue
  m. Catherine Stanley (d 12.01.1862, dau of Sir Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, 7th Bart of Hooton)
  ((b)) Frances Blundell (d 25-7.01.1825)
  m. (20.08.1808) Sir Edward Mostyn, 7th Bart of Talacre (b 10.04.1785, d 18.07.1841)
  ((c)) Clementina Blundell (d unm 18.07.1821)
  ((ii)) Mary Peppard
  m. Richard Lacon of Linley
  ((iii))+ other issue - Christopher (dsp 1771), Wiliam
  ((2))+ other issue - Richard, Joseph (Jesuit), Mary, Anne, Margaret, Winifred
  (b) Emilia Blundell (d 1682)
m. (09.1661) Richard Butler, 5th Viscount Mountgarret (d 27.02.1706)
  (c)+ other issue - Nicholas (b 14.08.1640, dvpsp, Jesuit), Thomas (b 04.1648, Jesuit), John (d infant), Jane (d infant), Margaret, Alice, Francisca Clara (d young), Mary, Clara Francisca, Anne (d young), Bridget
  (ii)+ other issue - Richard (d unm), Emilia (d unm), Margaret (d unm), Anne, Winifred, Frances
  (B) Anne Blundell
  m. Thomas Gillibrand of Chorley
  (C) Margaret Blundell (d unm)
  (2) Jane Blundell
  m. (Ralphe) Madison of co. Durham
  (3)+ other issue - James (d young), Richard (dsp 1567)
  ii.+ other issue (dsp) - Jane, Anne
2.+ other issue - Thomas, Hugh, George, Alice

Main source(s): Commoners (vol II, Blundell of Crosby), VCH (Lancashire, vol 3, Townships: Little Crosby) with support from Visitation (Dugdale, Lancashire, 1644-5, Blundell of Crosby), BLG1952 (Blundell of Crosby)
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