At the readeption of King Henry VI on 9 October 1470, Courtenay was restored to his ancestral lands, which earlier that year had been granted by King Edward IV to John Neville, along with the title of Marquess of Montagu, as compensation for the loss of his earldom of Northumberland.Lander, J.R., The Wars of the Roses, Stroud (repr.) 2009, p. 302 However, Courtenay gained little political power, being appointed only to "a solitary commission [of the peace] in Devon".Ross, C., Edward IV, Trowbridge 1975, p. 157
