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View Tree for Walter BlountWalter Blount (b. Abt. 1350, d. July 21, 1403)

Walter Blount (son of John Blount and Eleanor Beauchamp) was born Abt. 1350 in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England, and died July 21, 1403 in Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He married Dona Sancha De Ayala on 1373 in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England, daughter of Don Diego Gomez De Guzman De Toledo and Dona Inez De Ayala.

 Includes NotesNotes for Walter Blount:
Immortalized by Shakespeare. Burke states, "the heroic Sir Walter Blount, so celebrated for his martial prowess in the warlike times of Edward III and Henry IV." Sir Walter fell at the battle of Shrewsbury, June 22, 1403, wherein, being standard bearer, he was arrayed in the same style of armour as his royal master and was slain in single combat by Earl Douglas who believed he was in combat with the king himself. In 1367, Sir Walter accompanied the Black Prince and the Duke of Lancaster (John of Gaunt) upon the expedition into Spain to aid Peter the Cruel, King of Castile, and was at the battle of Marjara on April 3, 1367, which restored Peter to his throne. He married, about 1372, the Donna Sancha de Ayala, daughter of Don Diego Gomez de Toledo, alcalde mayor and chief justice of Toledo, and notario mayor, or principal secretary of the kingdom of Castile, by his wife Inez Alfon de Ayala, one of the most ancient and illustrious houses of Spain. The Donna Sancha was one of the ladies in waiting in the suite of Constancia of Castile, eldest daughter of Peter the Cruel, later Queen, succeeding her father, and still later consort of John of Gaunt. Sir Walter was one of the executors of the estate of John of Gaunt and a beneficiary to the amount of 66 pound: 6: 8. In 1374, Sir Walter's half brother, Sir John Blount, of Sodington, conveyed to him numerous manors, which he had inherited from his (John's) mother, Isolde, heiress of the Mountjoys. By his wife Sancha, who lived until 1418, his second son was Sir Thomas Blount.


Sir Walter Blount, so celebrated for his martial prowess in the warlike times of Edward III, Richard II, and Henry IV, and immortalized by the muse of Shakespeare for his devotion, even unto death, to King Henry. Sir Walter fell at the battle of Shrewsbury, 22 June, 1403, wherein, being standard bearer, he was arrayed in the same armour as his royal master and was slain, according to the poet, in single combat by the Earl of Douglas, who had supposed he was contending with the king himself.

In 1367 we find Sir Walter accompanying the Black Prince and his brother, John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, upon the expedition into Spain to aid Peter the Cruel, King of Castile, and assisting on 3 April in that year at the battle of Najore, which restored Peter to his throne. Thenceforward for a a series of years, indeed, until the prince's decease, he appears to have been immediately and confidentially attached to the duke, having chosen his wife, whom he m. about the years 1372, from amongst the ladies in the suite of Constantia of Castile, eldest dau. of Peter, and his successor on the throne, who became the royal consort of John of Gaunt, when the princess visited England in 1369. In 1398, the duke granted 100 marks a year to Sir Walter for the good services which had been rendered to him by the knight and his wife, the Lady Sancia. The Lady Sancia's maiden designation was Donna Sancha de Ayala; she was the dau. of Don Diego Gomez de Toledo, alcalde mayor and chief justice of Toledo, and notario mayor, or principal secretary, of the kingdom of Castile, by his wife, Inez Alfon de Ayala, one of the most ancient and illustrious houses in Spain. John of Gaunt, at his decease, appointed Sir Walter one of his executors and bequeathed him a legal of 100 points, £6 6s. 8d.

In 1374, Sir Walter's half-brother, Sir John Blount, of Sodington, conveyed to him numerous manors, which he had inherited from his mother, Isolda, heiress of the Mountjoy family. In 1381, he became propriety, by purchase, of the large estates of the Bakepuiz family in cos. Derby, Stafford, Leicester, and Hertford. In 1385 he obtained a charter for a fair and free warren in his demesne lands at Barton, and other manors in Derbyshire. In 1399 he was ranger of Needwood Forest and knight of the shire for co. Derby. By his wife, Donna Sancha, who survived him and lived until 1418, he left issue, Sir John, Sir Thomas, Sir James, Peter, Constantia, and Anne. Sir Walter was s. by his eldest son, Sir John Blount, K.G. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 55, Blount, Barons Mountjoy and Earl of Devon]




Complete Peerage, vol IV pg 479-480
The Genealogist, vol 5, pg 131-141


More About Walter Blount and Dona Sancha De Ayala:
Marriage 1: 1373, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England.
Marriage 2: 1371, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England.

Children of Walter Blount and Dona Sancha De Ayala are:
  1. +Thomas Blount, b. Abt. 1378, Rock, Worcester, England, d. Abt. 1456, Elvaston, County Derby, England.
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