Life

He was born in Mapledurham House

Mapledurham House

Mapledurham House is an Elizabethan stately home located in the civil parish of Mapledurham in the English county of Oxfordshire.-History and architecture:...

, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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 to Sir Richard Blount (1505–1564; Lieutenant of the Tower 1558-1564)

He was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

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 in 1576, then of Oxfordshire in 1586 and 1597. He was elected the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Winchelsea

Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in March 1553 and Marlborough

Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1563.

He succeeded Sir Owen Hopton

Owen Hopton

Sir Owen Hopton was an English administrator and politician.He was born the son of Sir Arthur Hopton of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford and knighted in 1561.He was the Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1570 to 1590...

 of Cockfield Hall

Cockfield Hall

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 in Suffolk

Suffolk

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 as Lieutenant of the Tower of London

Tower of London

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 in 1590 and held the post for five years until 1595, in December of which year he was briefly imprisoned in the Tower himself.http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/wwwopac.exe?DATABASE=catalo&LANGUAGE=0&OPAC_URL=&SUCCESS=&%250=2390892 He and his father are buried at St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower, with a fine monument.

Family life

He married Mary Moore (d 23.12.1592, sister of Thomas Moore of Bicester), and they had 11 children:http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/bb4fz/blount03.htm

• Sir Richard Blount of Maple Durham (b 28.06.1564, d 22.11.1619)
• Catherine Blount (b 11.04.1563) who married Sir John Croke
  John Croke
  Sir John Croke was Speaker of the English House of Commons between October–December 1601. He was a lawyer and judge by profession, and was Recorder of London...
  
  , Speaker of the English House of Commons
• Thomas (b 27.04.1567)
• Charles
  Sir Charles Blount
  Sir Charles Blount was an English soldier during the Tudor period.-Life:Sir Charles was the son of Sir Michael Blount of Mapledurham House in Oxfordshire and his wife, Mary Moore...
  
  (b 05.11.1568 - d.1600)
• Henry (b 17.08.1572)
• Robert (b 03.02.1573)
• Maria (b 15.11.1565)
• Elizabeth (dsp)
• Anna (dsp)
• Frances (b 23.02.1569)
• Elizabeth (b 28.07.1574)