BLOOD (Colonel Thomas), emissary of the duke of Buckingham (1628-1680), introduced by sir W. Scott in Peveril of the Peak, a novel (time, Charles II.).

BLOODS (The Five):  (1) The O’Neils of Ulster; (2) the O’Connors of Connaught; (3) the O’Brians of Thomond; (4) the O’Lachlans of Meath; and (5) the M’Murroughs of Leinster.  These are the five principal septs or families of Ireland, and all not belonging to one of these five septs are accounted aliens or enemies, and could “neither sue nor be sued,” even down to the reign of Elizabeth.

William Fitz-Roger, being arraigned (4th Edward II.) for the murder of Roger de Cantilon, pleads that he was not guilty of felony, because his victim was not of “free blood,” i.e. one of the “five bloods of Ireland.”  The plea is admitted by the jury to be good.

BLOODY (The), Otho II. emperor of Germany (955, 973-983).

BLOODY-BONES, a bogie.

  As bad as Bloody-bones or Lunsford (i.e. sir
  Thomas Lunsford, governor of the Tower, the
  dread of every one).—­S.  Butler, Hudibras.

BLOODY BROTHER (The), a tragedy by Beaumont and Fletcher (1639).  The “bloody brother” is Rollo duke of Normandy, who kills his brother Otto and several other persons, but is himself killed ultimately by Hamond captain of the guard.

BLOODY BUTCHER (The), the duke of Cumberland, second son of George II., so called from his barbarities in the suppression of the rebellion in favor of Charles Edward, the young pretender.  “Black Clifford” was also called “The Butcher” for his cruelties (died 1461).

BLOODY HAND, Cathal, an ancestor of the O’Connors of Ireland.

BLOODY MARY, queen Mary of England, daughter of Henry VIII. and elder half-sister of queen Elizabeth.  So called on account of the sanguinary persecutions carried on by her government against the protestants.  It is said that 200 persons were burned to death in her short reign (1516,1553-1558).

BLOOMFIELD (Louisa), a young lady engaged to lord Totterly the beau of sixty, but in love with Charles Danvers the embryo barrister.—­C.  Selby, The Unfinished Gentleman.

BLOUNT (Nicholas), afterwards knighted; master of the horse to the earl of Sussex.

—­Sir W. Scott, Kenilworth (time, Elizabeth).

Blount (Sir Frederick), a distant relative of sir John Vesey.  He had a great objection to the letter r, which he considered “wough and wasping.”  He dressed to perfection, and though not “wich,” prided himself on having the “best opewa-box, the best dogs, the best horses, and the best house” of any one.  He liked Greorgina Vesey, and as she had L10,000 he thought he should do himself no harm by “mawy-wing the girl.”—­Lord E. Bulwer Lytton, Money (1840).

Blount (Master), a wealthy jeweller of Ludgate Hill, London.  An old-fashioned tradesman, not ashamed of his calling.  He had two sons, John and Thomas; the former was his favorite.