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Several members of the Mortimer family were summoned to Parliament during the reign of
Edward I, thereby making them hereditary
barons in the
Peerage of England. The most important family with this surname were the lords of
Wigmore, a
marcher lordship
A Marcher lord () was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.
A Marcher lord was the English equivalent of a margrave (in the Holy Roman Empire) or a marquis (in ...
on the borders of
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
and
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
with Wales, living at
Wigmore Castle
Wigmore Castle is a ruined castle about from the village of Wigmore in the northwest region of Herefordshire, England.
History
Wigmore Castle was founded after the Norman Conquest, probably c.1070, by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Herefo ...
. The second Baron Mortimer of Wigmore was created
Earl of March
Earl of March is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of England. The title derived from the "marches" or borderlands between England and either Wales ( Welsh Marches) or Scotland (Scottish Mar ...
.
The others probably all belonged to juvenile branches of that family.
*The Mortimers of Chirk had another marcher lordship, which was given to a younger brother of the first Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
*The Mortimers of
Richard's Castle
Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England. The Herefordshire section of the parish had a population of 250 at the 2011 Census. The Shropshire section ...
were descended from the Mortimers of
Attleborough, who had separated from the Wigmore family long before.
*Simon de Mortimer was summoned to parliament on 26 August 1296, but nothing more is known of that title.
Feudal lords of Wigmore
*Roger de Mortemer had Mortemer Castle in
Normandy
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*
Ralph or Ranulph de Mortimer had Wigmore at the time of
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
, and died in the 12th century.
*Hugh de Mortimer I probably died c.1149 (but the genealogy is not quite certain).
*Roger de Mortimer I, probably son of Hugh I, died 1153
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Hugh de Mortimer II, probably brother of Roger I, died c. 1181.
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Roger Mortimer II, died 1214, son of Hugh II
*Hugh Mortimer III, died 1127, son of Roger II
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Ralph Mortimer II, died 1246, brother of Hugh III
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Roger de Mortimer III, became 1st Baron Mortimer
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
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Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (1231 – 27 October 1282), of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire, was a marcher lord who was a loyal ally of King Henry III of England and at times an enemy, at times an ally, of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, ...
, of Wigmore (1231–1282)
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Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (c. 1251 – 17 July 1304) was the second son and eventual heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. His mother was Maud de Braose.
Life
As a younger son, Edmund had been intended for ...
, of Wigmore, (1251–1304)
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Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer (1287–1330), created
Earl of March
Earl of March is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of England. The title derived from the "marches" or borderlands between England and either Wales ( Welsh Marches) or Scotland (Scottish Mar ...
in 1328; attainted 1330.
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Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March
Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, KG (11 November 132826 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) an ...
(1328–1360) (restored 1348), 4th Baron Mortimer, grandson of the 1st earl.
*
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and ''jure uxoris'' Earl of Ulster (1 February 135227 December 1381) was the son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine G ...
(1352–1381), 5th Baron Mortimer
*
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 137420 July 1398) was an English nobleman. He was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II, his mother's first cousin.
Roger Mortimer's father, the 3rd Earl of Marc ...
(1374–1398), 6th Baron Mortimer
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Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1391–1425), 7th Baron Mortimer
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Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460), 8th Baron Mortimer
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Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York (1442–1483), 9th Baron Mortimer (became King Edward IV in 1461)
Baron Mortimer (1296)
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Simon de Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer (d. a.1296)
Baron Mortimer of Chirk (1299)
On 6 February 1299 Roger de Mortimer was summoned to parliament. After the third baron, nothing further is known of this title.
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Roger de Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk. He died in captivity in 1326 having had to surrender his lands in 1322.
*Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Chirk died in 1334 without having obtained Chirk.
*John de Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Chirk was an infant at his father's death. He failed to recover Chirk from the Earl of Arundel and surrendered his claim in 1359 to the Earl of Arundel, and subsequently lived in obscurity near
Rochester
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in
Kent
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). The Barony is presumably in abeyance among his posterity.
Complete Peerage, 1st edition, Volume 5, P 380
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Baron Mortimer of Richard's Castle (1299)
The title ''Baron Mortimer of Richard's Castle'' was created once in the Peerage of England. On 6 February 1299 Hugh de Mortimer was summoned to parliament. At his death in 1304 the barony fell into abeyance.
*Hugh de Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Richard's Castle (d. 1304)
His younger brother was summoned as Baron Zouche in 1323.
References
* C. Hopkinson and M. Speight, ''The Mortimers: Lords of the March'' (Logaston Press, Woonton, Almley, Herefordshire 2002).
the peerage.com
* (which does not reflect the latest views on the links between the various branches)
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