Robert le Blount 1st Baron Ixworth

• Preferred Name: Robert le Blount 1st Baron Ixworth^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: M74K-9J3
  
• Death: AFT 1066 in Ixworth, Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.3015 LONG: E0.8356 with note: He arrived with William the Conqueror and was given lands in Suffolk where he ultimately died. So he would have to have died after 1066.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1st Baron of IxworthAFT 1066 in Ixworth, Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.3015 LONG: E0.8356
  
• Nickname:
  
• Birth: ABT 1029 in Guisness, Picardy, France at LATI: N0.8671 LONG: E0.8666 with note: 2 Sep 2022: Standardizing location entered without sources by another user.
  
• MilitaryService: Admiral of the fleet for William the Conqueror's invasion of England1066 in France
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-le-Blount-1st-Baron-of-Ixworth/6000000006906279801?through=6000000007013488982 from merge
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1st Baron Ixworth in , Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.2751 LONG: E0.0653
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  «b»Robert le Blount, 1st Baron Ixworth«/b»
  Robert had the command of the Conqueror's ships of war, and is styled "Dux Navium Militarium". His portion of the "spolia opima" embraced thirteen manors in Suffolk, in which county he was the 1st feudal Baron of Ixworth (the place of his residence), and Lord of Orford Castle. Some sources bestow a naval honor on Robert, who is often styled "Sir Robert 'the Admiral' le Blount." naming Robert as "Dux Navium Militarium." The implication is that William (or Robert) LE BLOUNT must have accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066, but there is no proof that any BLOUNT accompanied him.
  
  «b»Battle of Hastings«/b»
  William, Duke of Normandy, launched his bloody and decisive invasion of Saxon England in 1066. In that year Edward the Confessor, King of England, died without heir, appointing by his will Harold Godwinsson, son of England's most powerful nobleman, the Earl of Wessex, as his successor. Across the Channel, William of Normandy considered himself rightfully the next King of England, basing his claim on a promise by Edward the Confessor in the early 1050s and an oath of fealty sworn by Harold during an enforced visit to William's capital at Rouen following his capture by the Count of Ponthieu.
  
  Succeeding to the dukedom of Normandy as a bastard child of Duke Robert, William devoted his early adult life to enforcing his authority in a succession of ruthless campaigns, meanwhile building his dukedom into a fearsome mini-state, efficient both administratively and militarily.
  
  In the summer of 1066 William assembled an army of noblemen and adventurers from across Northern France to invade England, promising lands and titles in his new kingdom to his followers and obtaining the support of the Pope for the venture.
  
  A fleet of around 1,000 vessels, designed in the style of the old Norse "Dragon Ships" (80 feet long; propelled by oars and a single sail), was built and assembled to convey the army across the Channel.
  
  Among the fighting knights of Northern France who joined William were Eustace, Count of Boulogne, Charles Martel, Roger de Beaumont and Roger de Montgomerie. The clergy was well represented; among them Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, William's half brother, and a monk René who brought twenty fighting men and a ship, in the expectation of a bishopric in England. Robert le Blount commanded the fleet."
  
  Historical Information
  Robert had the command of the Conqueror's ships of war, and is styled "Dux Navium Militarium". His portion of the "spolia opima" embraced thirteen manors in Suffolk, in which county he was the 1st feu
  
  About Robert le Blount, 1st Baron of Ixworth
  About Robert le Blount, 1st Baron of Ixworth
  Robert had the command of the Conqueror's ships of war, and is styled "Dux Navium Militarium". His portion of the "spolia opima" embraced thirteen manors i
  
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  1 _UID 99486B7E9103D611828100606E3BD45C81CE
  
  ===
  Robert Blount
  
  27. Sir Robert le Blount ===
  
  Robert Blount
  
  27. Sir Robert le Blount had command of the Conqueror's ships of war,
  and is styled, in the "Doomsday Book," "DUX NAVIUM MILITARIUM." Lois
  portion of conquered England was thirteen manors in Suffolk, in which
  county he was the first feudal Baron of Ixworth, Lord of Orford
  Castle, Lord of Walsham, Lord of Laningham, Lord of Stepworth, Lord
  of Ashfield, etc., etc. He married Gundred or Gundreda, daughter
  of Henry de Ferrers, who was the son of the Norman Gualcheline or
  Walkeline or Walcheline de Feriers, Ferrers or Ferrarijs, who came
  into England with the Conqueror. Henry, first Lord Ferrers, was
  possessor of Tubbury Castle, and 200 Lordships, 114 being in the
  county of Stafford. Sir Robert's son
  was:
  
  26. Gilbert le Blount
  
  Source:
  http://www.usigs.org/library/books/families/ClarkeKing1917/cka2mh66.ht
  m#BLOUNT
  
  Father: Raoul, or Rodolphus, third Count of Guisnes, married Rosella,
  daughter of Plugh II., Count of St. Poll Their three sons were:
  
  1. Eustace, fourth Count of Guisncs. (27)
  2. Robert, styled le Blonde. (27)
  3. William, styled le Blonde.
  
  27. Robert and William, called le Blonde or le Blount, with their
  elder brother, Eustace, accompanied William the Conqueror into
  England. Eustace returned to France. From Robert and William are
  descended all of the name of Blount or Blunt in England and America.
  See Blount record in Part II.
  
  Source: http://www.usigs.org/library/books/families/ClarkeKing1917/
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  Source: CALL NUMBER
  US/CAN
  FILM AREA
  0845415
  item 1
  
  AUTHOR
  Salisbury, John Edwin.
  
  TITLE
  The American ancestors of Oratio Dyer Clark and of his wife, Laura Ann
  King : together with the ancestry of Anne Hutchinson, ancestress of
  Oratio
  Dyer Clark / by John Edwin Salisbury ; verified and enlarged by George
  Castor Martin.
  
  PUBLICATION INFORMATION
  Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971.
  
  FORMAT
  on 1 microfilm reel : ill., geneal. tables, ports. ; 35 mm.
  
  NOTES
  Microreproduction of original published: Asbury Park, N.J. : Martin &
  Allardyce, 1917. 170 p., [1] leaf of plates.
  
  CONTENTS
  John Clark (1609-1676) immigrated during or before 1638 from England
  to
  Boston, Massachusetts, settled in Newport, Rhode Island, and married
  twice. Oratio Dyer Clark (1811-1899), a direct descendant in the
  sixth generation, moved from Vermont to Pulaski, New York and married
  Laura Ann King. They later moved to Belvidere, Illinois and then to
  Manchester, Iowa. Descendants and relatives lived in New England,
  New York Illinois, Iowa and elsewhere. Includes Clark ancestry to
  1541 in England. Includes other ancestry in England, Scotland,
  Europe and elsewhere (chiefly through ties to the nobility).
  "Authorities:" p. 169-170.
  Includes Blount, Dyer, Pearce, Rathbone and related families.
  US/CAN
  ADDITIONAL COPIES FILM
  AREA
  Another filming, 1972. -------------------------------------- 0874258
  item 2
  
  THIS RECORD FOUND UNDER
  1. Clark
  2. Clarke
  3. King
  4. Hutchinson
  5. Blount
  6. Dyer
  7. Pearce
  8. Rathbone
  I. Martin, George Castor, 1885-1954
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  Source: CALL NUMBER
  US/CAN
  PEDIGREE FILE
  no. 827
  
  AUTHOR
  Prescott, H. M. B.
  
  TITLE
  Blount and Blunt, 935 - ca.1781 / H.M.B. Prescott.
  
  PUBLICATION INFORMATION
  [United States] : H.M.B. Prescott, c1902.
  
  COPYRIGHT DATE
  1902
  
  FORMAT
  1 pedigree chart ; 47 x 35 cm. folded to 24 x 18 cm.
  
  NOTES
  Photocopy, white line print.
  
  CONTENTS
  Robert le Blount and his brother, William le Blount, immigrated to
  England at the time of William the Conqueror. Descendants spelled
  the surname Blount or Blunt. James Blount (d.1686) immigrated to
  Virginia during or before 1655, and moved to North Carolina.
  William Blunt (1642-1709) immigrated to Andover, Massachusetts.
  Includes ancestors in France and Denmark to 935 A.D. Includes des-
  cendants in the United States to the time of the Revolutionary War.
  US/CAN
  ADDITIONAL FORMATS FILM
  AREA
  Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by -------------- 1033950
  the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. on item 7
  1 microfilm reel; 35 mm.
  
  THIS RECORD FOUND UNDER
  1. Blount
  2. Blunt
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  CALL NUMBER
  US/CAN
  FILM AREA
  0873923
  item 23
  
  AUTHOR
  Baptiste, Eugene L. (Eugene Leonard), 1901-.
  
  TITLE
  Wade genealogy, ca.1300-1970 / [Eugene L. Baptiste Jr.].
  
  PUBLICATION INFORMATION
  Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972.
  
  FORMAT
  on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
  
  NOTES
  Microfilm made of transcript (9 leaves, typewritten) taken from
  New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 45; transcript
  donated by Eugene L. Baptiste, New York, N.Y.
  "This genealogy compiled by Eugene L. Baptiste Jr., from research done
  Ida D. (Wade) Leonard ... [et al.]"--(leaf 9).
  
  CONTENTS
  Nicholas Wade (1616-1683) immigrated in 1635 from England to Scituate,
  Massachusetts, and married Elizabeth Ensign. Descendants and rela-
  tives lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Wiscon-
  sin, Louisiana, Texas, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestry
  in England to 848 A.D., including nobility.
  Includes Blount (LeBlount), Cole, Hull, Marbury, Martin, Rounds and
  related families.
  
  THIS RECORD FOUND UNDER
  1. Wade
  2. Blount
  3. LeBlount
  4. Cole
  5. Hull
  6. Marbury
  7. Martin
  8. Rounds
  I. Leonard, Ida D. Wade, b. 1861
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  Admiral Robert le Blount
  
  ID: I10235
  Name: *Robert (The ) le Blount
  Sex: M
  Birth: ABT 1029 in Guisnes,France
  Note: Sir Robert le Blount had the command of the Conqueror's ships of
  war and is styled
  "Dux Navium Militarium." His portion of the spolia opima embraced
  thirteen manors in Suffolk, in
  which county he was the 1st feudal Baron of Ixworth (the place of his
  residence), and Lord of
  Orford Castle. He m. Gundreda, youngest dau. of Henry, Earl Ferrers,
  and had a son and heir,
  Gilbert le Blount. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and
  Extinct Peerages, Burke's
  Peerage, Ltd., London, 1884, p. 54, Blount, Barons Mountjoy and Earl
  of Devon]
  Change Date: 10 MAR 2003
  
  Father: *Rodelphus (Raoul) de Guisnes b: ABT 0980 in Guisnes, France
  Mother: *Rosetta (Rosella) de Saint Pol de Boulogne b: ABT 1000 in St
  Pol,Artois,France
  
  Marriage 1 *Gundella (Gunred)(Gundreda) Ferrers b: ABT 1036 in
  Normandy, France
  Married: ABT 1054 in Ixworth,Eng
  Children
  *Gilbert le Blount b: ABT 1071 in Ixworth,Eng
  
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  === !Name, Bd(1118,1010),Bpla(Ixworth,Norm), ===
  !Name, Bd(1118,1010),Bpla(Ixworth,Norm),parents,Spouse,Bap,End-TIB FHL 884552 Bap,End,SS,Md,pla-IGI,addendum Md also listed as <1054<1093<1070<1092;Mpl as ,Derby,Eng
  
  === child known ===
  child known
  
  === `The Admiral' is listed with given name, ===
  `The Admiral' is listed with given name, Baron of Ixworth
  
  === Ancestral File Number: G5QN-5P ===
  Ancestral File Number: G5QN-5P
  
  === !SOURCE: Data for the family of Robert ===
  !SOURCE: Data for the family of Robert le Blount and Gundreda de Ferrers are taken from the Temple Index Bureau. !SOURCE: Also from Amy Cardon Odell, 3433 Tice Creek Drive #1, Walnut Creek, CA 94595, who lists: - Burkes: History of Commoners: Sir Robert Le Blount was the lst feudal Lord of Ixworth. !NOTE: Robert and his brother William went to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. Date of birth also given as abt 1010. !NOTE: First Baron of Ixworth. Given land in Suffolk, England. !PROBLEM: With dates as shown, the birth dates of Robert and his wife Gundreda are 32 years apart and Gundreda was only 2 when married to Robert. Research is needed to verify the dates.
  
  === !NAME:Robert "The Admiral" Le BLOUNT ===
  !NAME:Robert "The Admiral" Le BLOUNT
  
  === "The Admiral", Baron of Ixworth, ===
  "The Admiral", Baron of Ixworth,
  
  === [PopeMar99.FTW] command of the Conquero ===
  [PopeMar99.FTW] command of the Conquerors shps of war
  
  === ! This individual has the following othe ===
  ! This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File: William Le /BLOUNT/ (AFN:G5QN-6V) and Mrs. /BLOUNT/ (AFN:G5QN-F3) ! RELATIONSHIP: H. Reed Black is 24th G G Son.
  
  === !parents Rodolph Le Blount fbwz-m6 b abt ===
  !parents Rodolph Le Blount fbwz-m6 b abt 984 and Rosetta De St. Pol fbwz-nc b abt 988
  
  === !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct P ===
  !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage p.54; "Held 30 lordshipsin Suffolk". 1st Baron of Ixworth. Comander of Wm. Ships of War.
  
  === 1 _FA6 2 PLAC [Baron of Ixworth] From ===
  1 _FA6 2 PLAC [Baron of Ixworth] From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
  
  === SIR ROBERT LE BLOUND, no less than thir ===
  SIR ROBERT LE BLOUND, no less than thirteen lordships in the county of Suffolk, of which Ixworth was the head of the feudal barony.
  
  === GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Robert ===
  
  GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Robert
  
  ID: Merged with a record that used the ID 53338
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born Somme, Picardie, France.
  
  DEATH: Also shown as Died 1065
  
  GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Sir Robert 'The Admiral' 1st Baron of Ixworth Lord Ashfield
  
  ID: Merged with a record that used the ID 53335
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
  
  DEATH: Also shown as Died 1083
  
  === ! ! BAPTIZED: 2nd time 7 Feb 1991 JRIVE. ===
  ! ! BAPTIZED: 2nd time 7 Feb 1991 JRIVE. IGI 1994 Edition,( Batch F610714 53 ! ENDOWED: 2nd time 7 Mar 1991 JRIVE IGI 1994 Edition Film # 1621473 ) ! SEALED TO PARENTS: IGI 1994 Edition, Batch & Film Number given above. ! SEALED TO SPOUSE: {Gundreda De Ferrers} IGI 1994 Edition, Film # 1903682. ! BLOUNT -THE BLOUNT FAMILY - BY ARMISTEAD JONES MAUPIN PUB IN 1958 US/CAN 929.273 B623M PAGE 5 -35 ! RELATIONSHIP: Patron, H. Reed Black, is 24th G G Son.
  
  === Had command of William the Conqueror's ===
  Had command of William the Conqueror's ships of war and i s styled "Dux Navium Militarium". His portion of the "Spoil s opima" embraced 13 manors in Suffolk, in which he was th e first feudal Baron of Ixworth or Ikesworth (the place o f his residence) and Lord of Orford Castle.

• m. ABT 1054 in France (Capetian Dynasty)

1. Gilbert le Blount, b. 1070 in Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England     d. 1166 in Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

1. Title: THE BARONAGE OF ENGLAND AFTER THE Norman Conquest. by Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686
   Publication: Name: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A36794.0001.001/1:6.171?rgn=div2;view=fulltext;
   Note: Blount. AT the time of the general Survey made by King William the Conqueror, Robert le Blund was possesseda of the Lordships of Gisworth, Walsham, Gascefield, Wice, Sape∣stune, Hepworde, Wicam, Lesewrde, Watefelle, West-Ledestune, Westorp, Wiverthestune, and Giselinche, in Com. Suff. There was also contemporary with him, William le Blund, (probably his Brother) who then like∣wise heldb the Lordships of Cro•sby, Cateby, Widcale, Torgroby, Salfleteby, and Schitebro•, in Com. Linc. To which Robert succeeded Gilbert le Blund (his son and heir) which Gilbert Foundedc a Reli∣gious House at that his Mannor of Gisworth, vulgarly called Ixworth, for Canons-regular of S. Augustine's Order: and took* to Wife Alice de Colkirke, by whom he had IssuedWilliam his son and heir. Which William,* by Sarah de Mont∣chensi his Wifee, had Issue another Gilbert*f (but by mistake sometimes written Hubert) who in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid then levyed for marrying the King's daughter, certified g his Knights Fees to be in number twelve. This last mentioned Gilbert having weddedhAgnes de Lisle, begot on her Williami his son and heir; who being in minorityk at his Fathers death, be∣came Wardl to the Bishop of Ely; but in 32 Hen. 2. wasm thirty two years of age; the Lands where∣of he was possessed, beingn the Lordships of Yxe∣worth (his chief Seat) Esteldei and Walcham (in Com. Suff.) and Edulfesberg† in Com. Buck. This William, by Cecelie de Vere his Wifeo, had Issue another William.p, and two daugh∣ters, viz.qAgnes and Rohese; which last menti∣oned William,* in 47 Hen. 3. takingr part with Montfort Earl of Leicester, and other the Rebellious Barons of that time, became a Partys to the Re∣ference then made by them unto Lewes King of France, touching the Ordinances of Oxford: but the next year following beingt Standard-bearer to that Earl in the Battel of Lewes, was there slainu, leaving his two Sisters his heirs; viz.xAgnes the Wife of Sir William de Criket•t Knight, and Rohese of Robert de Valoines; who thereupon sharedy his Lands which were held by Barony.
   
2. Title: Some Early English Pedigrees: Combined from Most Available Sources, 1958-1968
   Author: page 26 etc...
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=gajkAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=gilbert+blount;
   Note: Gives the details of the line from Rudulph Blount downwards into England etc...
   
3. Title: A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke
   Author: page 54
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=1ysWkXKSrpIC&q=blount#v=snippet&q=blount&f=false;
   Note: Gives details of Ancient Blount line in recs
   
4. Title: The genealogical history of the Croke family, originally named Le Blount by Croke, Alexander, Sir, 1758-1842 Published 1823
   Author: pages 33-42 give the conjecture of William le Blounts grandfather Robert that entered England with William the conquerer and his son Gilbert and his ancestors...
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist01crok#page/32/mode/2up;
   Note: Gives ancient pedigree of the Blounts. Note: There is no proof of Robert le Blounts father being that of Rudulph, other then the fact that his timeframe seems to fit the placement, this alone does not gaurantee fathership as many believe. The line should technically end there at that point in the records.
   
5. Title: A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire by Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892
   Author: page 54 etc...
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalhi00burkgoog#page/n74/mode/2up;
   Note: Gives much details into the lives of the blount family line...
   
6. Title: Wiketree
   
7. Title: Robert le Blount, 1st Baron Ixworth (1029-1066), Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
   Note: Robert le Blount, 1st Baron Ixworth, Lord Oxford Castle1 M, #11825, b. circa 1029, d. after 1066 Father Rodelphus (Raoul), 3rd Count Guisnes b. c 997, d. 1036 Mother Rosetta de St. Pol Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne Robert le Blount, 1st Baron Ixworth, Lord Oxford Castle Admiral in William the Conqueror's fleet. He married Gundreda de Ferrers, daughter of Walkelin Ferrieres, Lord of Ferrieres St. Hilaire. Robert le Blount, 1st Baron Ixworth, Lord Oxford Castle was born circa 1029 at of Ixworth, Suffolk, England. He died after 1066. Family: Gundreda de Ferrers b. c 1036 Child: Gilbert le Blount, 2nd Baron Ixworth+ b. c 1055 Citation: 1. [S3266] Unknown author, Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 26; Wallop Family, p. 101; Stemmata Robertson, p. 202.