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b. c. 1606, 2nd, but 1st surv. s. of Edward Blount of Charlton, Kent, and 2nd w. Fortune, da. of Sir William Garway of London.Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 179; Vis. Kent 1663 (Harl. Soc. liv), 16. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 5 Dec. 1623; G. Inn, 10 Nov. 1624.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. i. 175. m. 4 Feb. 1629, Sarah (bur. 11 Apr. 1661), da. and h. of Anthony Wood of Rotherhithe, Surr. 20 children, inc. 8s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1 Jan. 1618. bur. 2 Dec. 1678 2 Dec. 1678.SP29/29, f. 57v; Vis. Kent 1663, 16; Charlton par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Kent 1 Dec. 1635-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 186; C193/13/2, f. 36v. Commr. sewers, Kent 12 Sept. 1639-aft. Sept. 1644, 14 Apr. 1656, 17 June 1657;C181/5, ff. 152, 242; C181/6, pp. 157, 228. Kent and Surr. 18 Mar. 1645;C181/5, f. 249v. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 3 Nov. 1653;C 181/6, p. 23. subsidy, Kent 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. by Oct. 1642–?‘Papers relating to proceedings in Kent, 1642–1646’, 1, 3. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 13, 373. gaol delivery, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; military rule, 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; indemnity, Kent 20 Jan., 4 Apr. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.), Kent by July 1643;Bodl. Tanner 62, f. 173; CJ iii. 176a. col. by 23 Apr. 1645.A. and O. Col. of horse and ft. Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 387, 391, 532.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; indemnity, 18 June 1649;A. and O. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 67a, 73b-74a. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O.

Professional: FRS, 8 Feb. 1665–16 Jan. 1668.T. Birch, Hist. of the Royal Soc. of London (4 vols, 1968), ii. 12, 239; M. Hunter, The Royal Society and its Fellows (Chalfont St Giles, 1982), 194.

: Kent., Charlton.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BLOUNT, Thomas (c.1606-78), of Wricklemarsh, Charlton, Kent.

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28 June 1653 purchased Hughes tenements in Sheppey, for £143.E121/2/11/58; E320/H1.
Oxford 1644
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