Elizabeth Blount

Abt 1500 - 1541  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Blount  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1500  [4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Between Jan 1539 and Jun 1541  [4]
  Person ID	I43718	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	John Blount,   b. Bef 1471, of Kinlet, Shropshire, England d. 27 Feb 1531 (Age > 60 years)
  Mother	Catherine Peshall,   b. 1483   d. 1540 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1492	Kinlet, Shropshire, England   [5]
  Family ID	F21789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry VIII, King of England,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich, Kent, England d. 28 Jan 1547, Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England (Age 55 years)
  Children	1. Henry Fitzroy,   b. Abt 1519, Blackmore, Essex, England d. 22 Jul 1536, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 17 years)
  Family ID	F21791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Edward Fiennes de Clinton,   b. 1512, Scrivelsby, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England d. 16 Jan 1585, London, England (Age 73 years)
  Children	+ 1. Bridget Clinton,   b. Abt 1536
  Family ID	F25545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Gilbert Tailboys,   b. Bef 1500, of Kyme, Lincolnshire, England d. 15 Apr 1530 (Age > 30 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1519  [3]
  Family ID	F21790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount. She was a mistress to Henry VIII and the mother of his only acknowledged illegimitate child, Henry Fitzroy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6178] Philippa Swinnerton Hughes, "Grant by Joan, Lady of Knightley, of Her Arms to Richard Peshall." Notes and Queries, 3rd series, 10 Sep 1864, p. 203. [S953] The Parshall Family A.D. 870-1913: A Collection of Historical Records and Notes to Accompany the Parshall Pedigree by Horace Field Parshall. London: Francis Edwards, 1915. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.