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Sir BLOUNTs, Barons Mountjoy
Posted by: Diana Matthiesen	Date: July 08, 1998 at 12:16:34
In Reply to: Sir Walter Blount, Devonshire Eng. by Dezari' Munjoy Taylor	of 2395

I'm afraid I can't find my sources on this, but I can recall two versions.

One that one of the BLOUNT men (perhaps Sir John BLOUNT of Sodington, b. ca 1300) married a daughter of a Lord Mountjoy. Lord Mountjoy proceeded to die without a male heir, so the *title* fell to his son-in-law.

The other one is that the title Baron Mountjoy was conferred by Edward IV on a grandson of Sir Walter BLOUNT (b. ca. 1350, the one who married Sancha de AYALA) -- I forget why.

At what point someone started using MOUNTJOY as a surname, I have no idea. But as far as I know, the BLOUNT's in this line continued to use BLOUNT (to this day).

I know this doesn't answer your question, but maybe it will give you a clue what direction to take.

Followups:

history of the barons Mountjoy Diana Gale Matthiesen 10/21/98 (2)

Re: history of the barons Mountjoy John H. M. Young 10/22/98 (1)

Re: history of the barons Mountjoy John H. M. Young 10/22/98 (0)

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