Sir Walter Blount

✓ Sir Walter Blount of Barton Blount, Derbyshire, third son of Sir John Blount (d.1358) of Sodington, Worcestershire, by his first wife Iseult Mountjoy; knighted by 1372; John of Gaunt's retainer and standard-bearer, constable of Tutbury, ambassador to Castile, Portugal and Aragon (1378-1400); killed at Shrewsbury 21 Jul 1403 bearing the king's arms (the Blunt of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1). m. by 1374 Sancha de Ayala; five sons including Sir Thomas Blount (I100245), Treasurer of Normandy. Source: History of Parliament, The Commons 1386-1421 (Roskell, Clark, Rawcliffe 1993), online biography 'BLOUNT, Sir Walter (d.1403), of Barton Blount, Derbys.' [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 14 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]