John Blount

This John Blount belongs to the Sodington, Worcester branch of Blounts, he is the Grandson of Sir John Blount & his first wife Juliana, son of their son John. He belongs here John Blount

He is NOT a son of Sir John Blount & Alice de la Bere of Kinlet, Shropshire. Their eldest son was Sir Humphrey BLOUNT, born about 1421/22 as confirmed by the Inquistion Post Mortem held after Sir John's death.

John BLOUNT (Sir Knight) (knighting is uncited)

Born: ABT 1411, Sodington, Worcester, England [was stated to be aged 14 in 1425 when his grandfather died]

Father: John BLOUNT

Mother: Eleanor ?

Married: Isabel FOWLESHURST (b. ABT 1414) (dau. of John Fowleshurst and Joan ?) ABT 1434, Sodington, Worcester, England

Children:

1. John BLOUNT

2. Isabel BLOUNT

3. Charles BLOUNT

4. Edmund BLOUNT

5. William BLOUNT

His grandfather's Worcestershire holdings were left in trust for him until he should come of age (c. 1430-1432).

At his death, he left two heirs; his 14 year old grandson, also John Blount, the son of his son John from his first wife, Juliana, and John Blount of Deddington, the son of his second wife Isabel.

IMP http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/26-045/48 for John Blount, Deddington, Esq

John Blount, senior, Knt John Blount, knight , was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.... He married Juliana, and had issue by her: John. After Juliana’s death he married Isabel, and had issue by her: John Blount of Deddington. He died seised of such estate of the above, which after his death were taken into the present king’s hand, where they remained until they were delivered to John Blount of Deddington, at his suit, ... to John Blount, knight , and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of John. As a result they were seised in demesne as of fee tail, and at his death John Blount, knight , held the messuage, etc.,... John and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies between them, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee tail. They had issue: John Blount of Deddington, then surviving, aged thirty and more. At his death John Blount, knight , held the messuages, etc., in demesne as of fee tail in the said form of the abbot of Rocester , service unknown. He died on 4 April 1425, and John Blount of Deddington was his next heir by virtue of the entail. In fact Thomas and William never had any estate in the above or any parcel thereof, nor did they grant the above or any parcel thereof to John and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies, as the inquisition found. John Blount of Deddington therefore died seised in demesne as of fee of all the above. He died on 2 May last. Henry [sic should be Humphrey.Other IPM have Humphrey ] Blount is his son and next heir, aged 20 and more. John Blount , the son of John, the son of John Blount, knight and Juliana his first wife, is the kin and next heir of John Blount, knight , aged 30 and more. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/b... Blount died on 4 Apr. 1425. His lands in Worcestershire were left in trust to his 14-year-old grandson John (the child of his son John by his first wife), while those in Staffordshire passed to another son named John (aged 30), the issue of his marriage to Isabel Cornwall. (The latter John Blount died in 1443 leaving a son Humphrey, who subsequently inherited the extensive Cornwall estates in Shropshire and elsewhere.)5