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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 941 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOUNTJOY (or MoNTJoY), BARONS AND VISCOUNTS  . See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Blount (d . 1474), of Elvaston, See also:Derbyshire, See also:grandson of Sir Walter Blount, who was an adherent of See also:John of Gaunt, succeeded his See also:father, Sir See also:Thomas Blount, as treasurer of See also:Calais in 1460, becoming See also:governor a See also:year later as a See also:reward for service rendered to See also:King See also:Edward IV. at the See also:battle of See also:Towton . Edward conferred on him See also:rich estates forfeited by the See also:earl of See also:Devon; and in 1465 Blount was made See also:lord high treasurer and created See also:Baron See also:Mountjoy . This creation is noteworthy as one of the earliest examples of a baronial See also:title not being of a territorial See also:character; nor the title of a dignity already existing . Blount's See also:great-grandfather had married Isolda, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Mountjoy, and the title was probably chosen to commemorate this See also:alliance .

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