BLOUNT, Thomas

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• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blount-161
• Occupation: Treasurer of Calais during Henry VI's wars in France

Family/Spouse: DE GRESLEY, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of GRESLEY, Thomas and WALSH, Margaret) was born in 1392 in Drakelow, Worcestershire, England; died in 1456 in Rock, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BLOUNT, Sir Thomas was born in 1420; died in 1468.

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• Differentiator: "Sir Walter Blount" is in Shakespeare's Henry IV part I, immortalized as one of the three loyal knights who gave their lives by impersonating Henry IV at the battle of Shrewsbury.
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Blount_(soldier)
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blount-119
• _MILT: 1367; Participated in Edward, the Black Prince's expedition to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of Leon and Castile.
• Wars: 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; Sir Walter Blount was the carrier of the Royal Standard at the Battle of Shrewsbury and was killed by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, during the attempted attack by Hotspur on King Henry IV.

Notes:

Soldier and supporter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. He later supported John's son and heir Henry Bolingbroke in his bid to become King Henry IV and in later battles against his enemies. At the Battle of Shrewsbury he served as the royal standard-bearer, was mistaken for the king and killed in combat.

He appears as a character in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, part 1, in which he epitomizes selfless loyalty and chivalry.

Died:
Killed at the battle of Shrewsbury; killed by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, during the attempted attack by Hotspur on King Henry IV.

Walter married DE AYALA, Sancha in 1374. Sancha (daughter of DE TOLEDO, Diego Gomez and DE AYALA, Inez) was born on 1 Jun 1360 in Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; died in 1418 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Differentiator: Sancha went to England in 1371 as a lady-in-waiting to Constance, the elder daughter of Peter of Castile, whom John of Gaunt married in 1372.
• Gateway Ancestor: Gateway to medieval spanish noble ancestry
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ayala-45

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• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blount-78

John + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Differentiator: high royal official in Toledo under the Castilian regime
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Toledo-15

Diego + DE AYALA, Inez. Inez (daughter of Living and Living) was born in 1338 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; died in 1403 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ayala-27

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]