Catherine Blount
d. 1559
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Catherine Blount was the first wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley the standard-bearer, and the mother of Sir Francis of Askeaton. She died in February 1559. Her father was Lord Mountjoy, which puts one of the notable minds of the English Renaissance a single step from this line.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's Extinct Peerages 'Berkeley of Stratton'; Kingsley; thepeerage): CATHERINE, dau. of WILLIAM BLOUNT, 4TH BARON MOUNTJOY; 1st wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley the standard-bearer; d. 25 Feb 1559; mother of Sir Francis of Askeaton (our line). Direct ancestress. Added 21 Jul 2026. ||MATERNITY NOTE 6 Aug 2026 (CP Mountjoy pp.398-99)|| CP gives her father the 4th Baron FOUR wives (Elizabeth Saye - mother of Gertrude Marchioness of Exeter and Mary Countess of Essex per CP's footnote; Agnes de Vanegas; Alice Keble - mother of Charles 5th Baron; Dorothy Grey Dow. Baroness Willoughby de Broke). WHICH was Catherine's mother is not determined here - left open, note-only. ||NEAR-MISS No.3 - ELIZABETH DE CLARE (8 Aug 2026)|| Catherine's STEPMOTHER was Dorothy Grey, da. of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess of Dorset (the Ferrers-de-Groby heirs who carry ELIZABETH DE CLARE's blood) - the 4th Baron Mountjoy's 4th wife. Catherine's own mother was ALICE KEBLE (his 2nd wife), so the de Clare blood stops at the doorstep AGAIN (cf. Camoys's 2nd wife; Anne Hastings). Web-confirmed vs the wrong-wife trap.