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 Esq., admitted July 7, 1640; ord. priest, July 30, 1645; left for England, Apr. 3, 1647.

BLOUNT, James Walter, born 1622, in Staffordshire, son of Francis Blount, Esq.; admitted Apr. 27, 1643 ord. priest Mar. 12, 1649; left for England May 1, 1650, but entered the English Bridgettine Monastery at Lisbon, and there was professed under the religious name of Jerome; died at Syon Abbey, Aug. 17, 1694, aged 72.

BLOUNT, Thomas, born in Shropshire, son of James Blount, Esq.; admitted Oct. 1, 1635, and commenced philosophy; ord. priest June 13, 1641; left for the English mission by way of Holland, Apr. 12, 1642. His missionary life was spent in his native county, where, after a few years, he was apprehended, brought to the bar on account of his priestly character, and died a confessor of the Faith under sentence of death in Shrewsbury gaol.

BLUNDELL, James, born Aug. 21, 1768, and baptized at Scarisbrick, co. Lancaster, by Fr. Raymond Harris, S.J., son of James Blundell and his wife Anne Gill; educated at Rev. Simon George Bordley's school at Newhouse, Aughton, who sent him to the College; admitted Oct. 10, 1787; ord. priest; in 1799 was appointed to take charge of the mission at Stockport, Cheshire, purchased a site at Edgeley for a new chapel, the foundation of which was laid in 1802, and the chapel, dedicated to SS. Philip and James, opened May i, 1803; withdrew to Great Singleton, in the Fylde, Lancashire, in 1825, and there died Sept. 7, 1839, aged 71. A tablet to his memory at Edgeley calls him founder of that chapel.

BODENHAM, William, alias Baskerville, born 1630, third son of William Bodenham, Esq., of Bryngwyn, co. Hereford, by Jane, dau. and heiress of Richard Wright of Swilley, co. Derby, and relict of Thomas Fleet, of Hollow, co. Worcester. His grandfather was Sir Roger Bodenham, K.B. of Rotherwas, co. Hereford, and his grandmother was Bridget, dau. of Sir Humphrey Baskerville, Knt., of Erdisley Castle, co. Hereford. Admitted Apr. 11, 1649; oath Mar. 28, ord. subdeacon Apr. 12, and deacon June 7, 1653, but left for France May 29, 1654. He returned to England, and marr. the dau. of John Dannett, of Bosbury.

BOLNEY, Robert, admitted Apr. 3, 1687, on Salvin's Fund, which was afterwards given up; alumnus Dec. 21, 1701;