Nicholas Blundell

Devoutly Catholic since the Middle Ages, the Blundells were among the leading English recusant landed gentry prior to Catholic Emancipation in the 19th century, and progenitors of various cadet branches including the Weld-Blundell family.

A Cavalier’s Note Book and was referenced by Lady Antonia Fraser in her work on English 17th-century women, The Weaker Vessel (Phoenix Press, London, 2002 paperback, originally published 1984).

Frances Langdale and had two daughters, the younger of whom, Frances (Mrs Henry Peppard), reassumed the surname and arms of Blundell by Royal Licence upon succeeding to the ancestral estates.

[2] Nicholas Blundell's descendants through her remain seated at Crosby Hall, now in Merseyside.

Three volumes of Blundell's Diaries were produced by Frank Tyrer and J. J. Bagley and published by the Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire between 1968 and 1972.