Richard Blount (abt. 1550 - 1575)

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m. Margaret, da. of Roger Bostock of Mobberley Cheshire by ?Felice, da. of John Heaton of Bletchingley, Surr., 1da.^[1]

Richard was the illegitimate son of Sir John Leghe/Leigh as detailed in British History Online Stansted parish - “They, in the next reign of king Henry VII. joined in the sale of this manor to Thomas Leigh, of Sibton, in Lyminge, whose son John Leigh, esq. was of Addington, in Surry, and he died possessed of it in 1544. His grandson of the same name, in the 5th year of Queen Elizabeth, devised it to Richard Blunt, alias Leigh, his natural son, for a long term of years and died in 1576.” According to his Will, Richard was 'born in Stafford' and he made a bequest to the people of the town. Richard made his Will on 24 October 1575, he was buried on 21 November 1575 at St Stephen Coleman Street London and probate of his Will was granted on 16 December 1575.

Sources

1. ↑ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981[1]

• 'Parishes: Mancetter', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4: Hemlingford Hundred (1947), pp. 116-126[2]
• Will of Sir John Leghe - The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 48
• British History Online - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol5/pp1-5
• Will - The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 57
• Burial - London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/STE1/A/001/MS04448
• https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq03allegoog/page/n345/mode/2up