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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Blount
Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208
Around 1597 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport was born illegitimately to Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire (age 34) and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire (age 33). Illegitimate at birth his parents subsequently married.
On 03 Apr 1606 [his father] Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire (age 43) died at Savoy Palace [Map]. Earl Devonshire, Baron Mountjoy extinct.
On 07 Jul 1607 [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire (age 44) died.
On 08 Jan 1621 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 24) took part in a Masque before King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 20) staged by James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 41) at Essex House.
On 07 Feb 1626 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 29) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 26) were married. He the illegitmate son of Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
In Jul 1627 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) was created 1st Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight. Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 27) by marriage Countess Newport in the Isle of Wight.
On 08 Nov 1627 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) was captured at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau in Pont du Feneau, Île de Ré. He was released soon after.
On 08 Nov 1627 Ralph Bingley (age 57) was killed in action at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau.
Around 1630 [his daughter] Isabella Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 33) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 30).
Before 23 Apr 1631 [his son] Charles Blount died.
Before 16 Sep 1632 [his daughter] Henrietta Maria Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 35) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 32).
Before 10 Jan 1634 [his son] Charles Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 37) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 34).
Before 01 Apr 1634 [his daughter] Henrietta Maria Blount (age 1) died.
On 31 Aug 1634 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 37) was appointed Master of the Ordnance; a very lucrative position. From his sale of gunpowder to the Spanish he received £1000, the King £5000.
In 1637 [his daughter] Anne Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 40) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 37).
Around 1637 Anthony Van Dyck (age 37). Portrait of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 40).
Around 1640 Anthony Van Dyck (age 40). Portrait of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 43).
On 21 Jan 1640 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 43) participated with King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 39) in the extravagant masque on the theme of Philogenes, royal Lover of the People.
On 27 Oct 1644 Maurice Palatinate Simmern (age 23) fought for the defeated Royalist army at the Second Battle of Newbury at Speen, Newbury [Map]. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland (age 53) was captured. Edward St John (age 27) was killed.
James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 36), who had his horse shot from under him, commanded five regiments.
Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 47) fought for the Royalist Army.
Anthony Mansel of Ischoed was killed fighting for the Royalists.
Before Feb 1655 [his daughter] Isabella Blount (age 25) died.
Before Feb 1655 [his son-in-law] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 24) and [his daughter] Isabella Blount (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 58) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 55). He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 72). They were first cousin twice removed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22 Apr 1661. Was the splendid cavalcade of his Majesty (age 30) from the Tower of London to Whitehall, when I saw him in the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] create six Earls, and as many Barons, viz:
Edward Lord Hyde, Lord Chancellor (age 52), Earl of Clarendon; supported by the Earls of Northumberland (age 58) and Sussex (age 14); the Earl of Bedford (age 44) carried the cap and coronet, the Earl of Warwick (age 46), the sword, the Earl of Newport (age 64), the mantle.
Next, was Capel, created Earl of Essex.
Brudenell, Cardigan;.
Valentia, Anglesea;.
Greenvill, Bath;.
Howard, Earl of Carlisle.
The Barons were: Denzille Holles; Cornwallis; Booth; Townsend; Cooper; Crew; who were led up by several Peers, with Garter and officers of arms before them; when, after obedience on their several approaches to the throne, their patents were presented by Garter King-at-Arms, which being received by the Lord Chamberlain (age 59), and delivered to his Majesty, and by him to the Secretary of State, were read, and then again delivered to his Majesty, and by him to the several Lords created; they were then robed, their coronets and collars put on by his Majesty, and they were placed in rank on both sides of the state and throne; but the Barons put off their caps and circles, and held them in their hands, the Earls keeping on their coronets, as cousins to the King.
I spent the rest of the evening in seeing the several archtriumphals built in the streets at several eminent places through which his Majesty was next day to pass, some of which, though temporary, and to stand but one year, were of good invention and architecture, with inscriptions.
Notes:
Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex (age 29) was created 1st Earl Essex. Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex (age 25) by marriage Countess Essex.
Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan (age 78) was created 1st Earl Cardigan. Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan by marriage Countess Cardigan.
Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley (age 46) was created 1st Earl Anglesey, 1st Baron Annesley Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey (age 41) by marriage Countess Anglesey.
John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 32) was created 1st Earl Bath, 1st Baron Granville of Kilkhampton and Biddeford.
Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle (age 32) was created 1st Earl Carlisle.
Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles (age 61) was created 1st Baron Holles. Jane Shirley Baroness Holles by marriage Baroness Holles.
Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 50) was created 1st Baron Cornwallis.
George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 38) was created 1st Baron Delamer. Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer (age 39) by marriage Baroness Delamer.
Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend (age 30) was created 1st Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 39) was created 1st Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles.
From 1664 to 1666 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 67) lived at 16 17 Great Piazza Covent Garden.
In 1666 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 69) died at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. His son [his son] Mountjoy succeeded 2nd Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21 Feb 1689. Innumerable were the crowds, who solicited for, and expected offices; most of the old ones were turned out. Two or three white staves were disposed of some days before, as Lord Steward, to the Earl of Devonshire (age 49); Treasurer of the household, to Lord Newport; Lord Chamberlain to the King, to my Lord of Dorset (age 46); but there were as yet none in offices of the civil government save the Marquis of Halifax (age 55) as Privy Seal. A council of thirty was chosen, Lord Derby (age 34) president, but neither Chancellor nor Judges were yet declared, the new Great Seal not yet finished.
[his son] Mountjoy Blount 2nd Earl Newport was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
[his son] Charles Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
[his son] Thomas Blount 3rd Earl Newport was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
[his son] Henry Blount 4th Earl Newport was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Berkeley 
6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Blount 5th Baron Mountjoy 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Keble
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Keble Baroness Mountjoy
GrandFather: James Blount 6th Baron Mountjoy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Willoughby 8th Baron Latimer of Corby 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby 9th Baron Latimer 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cheney 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Champernowne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Champernowne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Willoughby Baroness Mountjoy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Grey Baroness Mountjoy, Willoughby and Latimer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Leigh of Durham St Oswalds
GrandMother: Catherine Leigh Baroness Mountjoy
Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 8th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bourchier Baroness Ferrers Chartley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Woodville Viscountess Bourchier 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham Duchess Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Mother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knollys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Doyley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
GrandMother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boleyn 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England