Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 2
Total events naming patron - 5
Troupes - 3
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Other Last Names

Courtenay

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1504
Death Date: 1558-09-25

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1538/9)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1519-10-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1538/9)

  1. Male offspring: Courtenay, Henry (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Courtenay, Edward (1526 - 1556)

Primary Title

Countess of Devon

Titles

  • Countess of Devon
    Assumed 1519-10-25 (date married)
    Vacated 1539-07 (date attainted)
  • Marchioness of Exeter
    Assumed 1525-16-18 (date husband created to the marquessate)
    Vacated 1558-07 (date attainted)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lady in Waiting to Queen Mary, England 1553-7-19 (accession date of Mary I) 1558-09-19 Excluded from court Feb. 1553/4; returned summer 1555

Details of Properties

Residence

  • West Horsley, Surrey
    Acquired: 1530s
    Divested: 1558-09-25
  • Tiverton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Forfeited after husband's attainder
    Acquired: 1519-10-25
    Divested: 1538/9-01-09

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1523-1524 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Countess of Devon's Minstrel
Performance 1520-1521 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Countess of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1524-1525 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Countess of Devon's Performers
Performance 1525-1526 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Countess of Devon's Performers
Performance 1526-1527 Mayor's House, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Countess of Devon's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Countess of Devon's Minstrel Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Countess of Devon's Minstrels Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Countess of Devon's Performers Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 3

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Tiverton Castle Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)