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Tittenhanger
Tyttenhanger House is a 17th-century country mansion, now converted into commercial offices, at Tyttenhanger, near St Albans, Hertfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building. History The Tyttenhanger estate was owned by the Abbey of St Albans until the Dissolution of the Monasteries and was then granted by the Crown in 1547 to Sir Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford. Pope died without issue in 1559 and left the estate to his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Blount of Blounts Hall, Staffordshire. On her death it passed to her nephew Sir Thomas Pope Blount (1552–1638), who was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1598.''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' 2nd Ed. Burke and Burke (1844) pp66-68. Blount of Tittenhanger Blount's nephew, Sir Henry Blount (1602–1682), High Sheriff in 1661, demolished Pope's manor house and built the present mansion on the site in 1654/5. The house which was alter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Baronet Blount
Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Baronet (12 September 164927 January 1697) was an English politician and baronet. Life Thomas Pope Blount was born on 12 September 1649 in Upper Holloway, Islington, London, Islington, London, son of Sir Henry Blount (knight), Henry Blount and Hester Wane. Thomas was the brother of Charles Blount (deist), Charles Blount. Thomas married on 22 July 1669 Jane Caesar, the daughter of Sir Henry Caesar. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 1 December 1668. In December 1678 he succeeded to the estate of Tittenhanger in Hertfordshire from his mother. He was the member of parliament for St Albans (UK Parliament constituency), St Albans between 1679 and 1681 and for Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Hertfordshire between 1689 and 1697. He was a Commissioner of Public Accounts between 1694 and 1697. Blount was created baronet of Tittenhanger on 27 January 1679. On his death in Tittenhanger the title passed to his son, Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 2nd Baronet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
