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Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558)

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Other Last Name

Courtenay

Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

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

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Countess of Devon's Minstrel
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Countess of Devon's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Countess of Devon's Performers
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Countess of Devon's Performers
Performance - 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 Minstrels Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Countess of Devon's Performers Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Countess of Devon's Performers Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Countess of Devon's Performers Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Countess of Devon's Minstrel Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.