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Blount, Charles (1563 - 1606)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1563
Death Date: 1606-04-03

Notes

Educated at Winchester 1573; Oxford (MA 1589); Clifford's Inn. admitted to Middle Temple 20 June 1579

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Devereux, Penelope (1563 - 1607)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1605-12-26
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union was preceded by an affair known publicly from 17 November 1590; union was considered illegitimate in light of Penelope's divorce from her first husband. Charles' two daughters and second son were raised with surname Rich and are generally included in the Rich pedigree. Charles' eldest son, Mountjoy, is consistently surnamed after his father

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 8th Baron Mountjoy

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1587
    Vacated: 1606-04-03
  • 8th Baron Mountjoy
    Assumed: 1594-16-27
    Vacated: 1606-04-03
  • 1st Earl of Devonshire
    Assumed: 1603-07-21 (possibly created to title on 27 July 1603)
    Vacated: 1606-04-03
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1597-04-23 (date nominated; installed 24 May 1597)
    Vacated: 1606-04-03

General Lands Note

Received extensive grants of lands in England, including lands belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster, and in Ireland upon the accession of James I

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Wiltshire
JP, Hampshire
JP, Dorset
MP, Cornwall 1584 1586
MP, Devon 1586 1587
Warden, Hampshire 1588 (possibly appointed in 1589)
MP, Devon 1592 1593
Captain & High Steward, Hampshire 1593/4 -1 -26 Reappointed 6 Jan. 1603/4
Constable, Hampshire 1593/4 -1 -26
Lieut, Hampshire 1593/4 -1 -26
High Steward, Hampshire 1595
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1595 -8 -4 1606 -04 -3 held office until death Held jointly
Deputy, Ireland 1599 -12 1605
Lieut Gen, London 1599 -8
Lord Lieut, Ireland 1603 -4 -25
Master of the Ordnance, England 1603 -8 -13
Privy Councillor, England 1603 -4 -25 (sworn 7 June 1603)
Keeper, Hampshire 1604 -5 -8
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1604 -3 -30 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Southampton 1604 -3 -30 Held jointly
Earl Marshal, England 1604/5 -2 -5 Held jointly
Keeper of the King's Game, Essex 1604/5 -2

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Essex: Wanstead
    Acquired: 1599
    Purchased
  • Ireland
    Acquired: 1602/3-03-24
    Granted
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire: Loddington Manor
    Acquired: 1604/5-02-13
    Granted
  • Northamptonshire
  • Somerset: Chard Manor
    Acquired: 1605-07-01
    Granted
  • Worcestershire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Mountjoy's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Mountjoy's Players
Performance - Oxford (Unknown), Oxford, Oxfordshire Lord Mountjoy's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Mountjoy's Players Blount, Charles (1563 - 1606) Players 1
Lord Mountjoy's Players Blount, Charles (1563 - 1606) Players 1
Lord Mountjoy's Trumpeters Blount, Charles (1563 - 1606) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Canford Manor Dorset Private Residence
Hooke Court Dorset Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • 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
  • Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886
  • Falls, Cyril Bentham. Mountjoy, Elizabethan General. 1st ed. London: Odhams P, 1955
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Jones, Frederick M. Mountjoy, 1563-1606: The Last Elizabethan Deputy. Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds, 1958
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. London: Athlone P, 1970