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• Name	MORTIMER, Roger de
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	11 Nov 1328	Ludlow, Shropshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1360	Rouvray, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
  Burial	Mar 1360	Wigmore, Hertsfordshire, England
  WAC	20 Feb 1926
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  Person ID	I13208	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Father	MORTIMER, Knight Edmund de ,   b. 6 Oct 1306, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Wigmore, Herefordshire, Englandd. 16 Dec 1351, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England (Age 45 years)
  Mother	BADLESMERE, Countess Elizabeth de ,   b. 1313, Badlesmere, Kent, England Badlesmere, Kent, Englandd. 8 Jun 1356, Edmonton, Middlesex, England (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1316	Earnwood, Shropshire, England
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 27 Jun 1326
  Family ID	F7156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MONTAGU, Countess Phillip de ,   b. 1334, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Salisbury, Wiltshire, Englandd. 5 Jan 1382, Bisham, Berkshire, England (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1354	Donyatt, Somerset, England
  Notes	Line in Record @F13716@ (MRIN 7380) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _STAT MARRIED~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 10 Jun 1959, SLAKE.
  Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
  1. MORTIMER, Roger de ,   b. 1351, Ludlow, Shropshire, England Ludlow, Shropshire, Englandd. 26 Feb 1360, Rouvray, Yonne, Bourgogne, France (Age 9 years)   2. MORTIMER, Earl Edmund ,   b. 1 Feb 1352, Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales Llyswen, Breconshire, Walesd. 27 Dec 1381, Cork, Ireland (Age 29 years) + 3. MORTIMER, Baroness Margery ,   b. 1 Feb 1352, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Wigmore, Herefordshire, Englandd. Bef 3 Nov 1405, Ambaston, Derbyshire, England (Age < 53 years)   4. MORTIMER, Sir Walter ,   b. 1351, Ludlow, Shropshire, England Ludlow, Shropshire, England
  Family ID	F5711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Harris Family Descent From Sovereign Princes of Wales - Royal Line of Succession, P. W. Montague-Smith, Associate Editor (The Family Tree of Elizabeth, Second, of England). Other Sources. -------------------------------- Sources for all the Virginia Harris Families: (Much of above supplied by J. McFarland Williams who does guarantee exactness.) Harris Descent From Norman and English Royal Lines as herein. Virginia Magazine Vol. IV Brown's Genesis of the United States. Harris Chart by William G. Stanard. Boddie's Virginia Historical Genealogies. Adventures of Purse and Person. Virginia Court Records. Family Records and Memoirs. Americans of Royal Descent by Brownings. AFN: Merged with a record that used the AFN G89X-G7 Sir Henry de Percy Birth: Nov. 10, 1341 Alnwick Northumberland, England Death: Feb. 19, 1408 Bramham West Yorkshire, England Oldest of two sons of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron de Percy of Alnwick and his first wife, Lady Mary Plantagenet. His brother, Thomas, would become the first and last Earl of Worcester while Henry became the 4th Baron de Percy and the 1st Earl of Northumberland.  Henry married Margaret de Neville on July 12, 1358, the daughter of Ralph de Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice de Audley. They were the parents of: * Henry 1364-1403 Lord Percy m Elizabeth de Mortimer * Ralph 1365-1397 m Phillipa Atholl, no issue * Thomas 1366-1388 m Phillipa Atholl * Possibly Margaret and Alan After Margaret died in 1372, Henry married again about 1383, to Maud Lucy, daughter of Thomas de Lucy, 2nd Lord Lucy and Margaret de Multon, but had no children. Henry was loyal to Edward III, and held high positions in northern England's administration offices. in 1362, he was made Warden of the Scotland Marches, and given the supervision of all Scottish marches castle and fortifications in February of 1367.  When his father died in 1368, Henry succeeded him as the 4th Baron de Percy of Alnwick Castle, where he was born.  Kind Edward died in 1377, replaced by Richard II, who Henry supported until Richard made Ralph de Neville the Earl of Westmorland in 1397, when Ralph and Henry, after Margaret's death, became rivals. Henry and his brother, Thomas, both turned their loyalties to Henry Bolingbroke, the son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster, who would become King Henry IV. After Henry's coronation (and Richard's untimely and sudden death), Henry de Percy was appointed Constable of England and granted the Isle of Man, but given the task of quelling the Welsh rebellions led my Owain Glyndwir. By this time, Henry's son, Henry 'the hotspur' was old enough to join forces with his father.  Then in 1403, Henry turned against Henry IV in favor of Edmund Mortimer who conspired with Owain, as he laid claim to the throne through his father as a direct descendant of Edward. Henry would lose his brother, Thomas, at the Battle of Shrewbury July 21, 1403 (his son Henry Hotspur would lead the battle against Henry IV), and Henry would meet his end only five years later at the Battle of Branham Moor in 1408, invading Northern England and well defeated. His son, Henry Hotspur, met a similar fate, killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, buried on Henry IV's orders, but later exhumed as rumors proclaimed Hotspur still alive. He was impaled on a spear, then cut into quarters to be sent all over England. His head was placed on a pole at York's gates. The Percy line would continue into the twenty first century, still living at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.      Family links:   Parents:   Henry de Percy (1320 - 1368)   Mary Plantagenet Percy (1320 - 1362)    Spouses:   Margaret de Neville Percy (1341 - 1372)   Maud de Lucy (____ - 1398)*    Children:   Henry Percy (1364 - 1403)*    Sibling:   Henry de Percy (1341 - 1408)   Thomas de Percy (1343 - 1403)*   *  Reverse Relationships:] body=[This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial.] fade=[on] fadespeed=[.09]" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 136); text-decoration: underline;">Calculated relationship   Burial: Alnwick Abbey  Alnwick Northumberland Unitary Authority Northumberland, England   Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren Record added: May 08, 2011  Find A Grave Memorial# 69493848 BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#RogerMortimerdied1330B, as of 11/1/2014 ROGER [VI] de Mortimer (Ludlow 11 Nov 1328-Rouvray 26 Feb 1360, bur in France, transferred to Wigmore). A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey names “Rogerus” as son of “Edmundus”, son of “Rogerus primus comes Marchiæ”[412]. He was granted Wigmore Castle by King Edward III in 1342 at the request of his stepfather William Earl of Northampton, and thereafter appears to have been rehabilitated completely, serving the king loyally[413]. He was summoned to parliament 20 Nov 1348 as Lord Mortimer of Wigmore. In 1354 he obtained a reversal of the sentence against his paternal grandfather and was restored as Earl of March. He died while on active campaign in France. m PHILIPPA de Montagu, daughter of WILLIAM de Montagu Earl of Salisbury & his wife Katherine Grandison (-5 Jan 1382, bur Bisham). A manuscript narrating the foundation of Wigmore Abbey records that “Rogerum primogenitum”, son of “Edmundum”, married “Philippa…filia domini Willielmi Mountagu comitis Sarum”[414]. The will of "Edmond de Mortimer Earl of March and Ulster Lord of Wigmore", dated 1 May 1380, proved 22 Jan 1382, bequeathed property to “Roger son of John de Mortimer...our...mother...Roger our son and heir...our son Edmond...our daughter Elizabeth...our daughter Philippa...our...brother Mons Henry Earl of Northumberland...our...son Mons Henry Percy...”[415]. Roger [VI] & his wife had one child: i) EDMUND [III] Mortimer "the Good" (Llangoed, Llyswen, Breconshire 1 Feb 1352-Cork, Dominican Friary 27 Dec 1381, bur Cork, Dominican Friary, later transferred to Wigmore). He succeeded his father in 1360 as Earl of March. ** from Complete Peerage, v 8 p 442+ March. Earldom. II. 1354. Roger (de Mortimer), Lord Mortimer, grandson and heir, being son and heir of Edmund (de Mortimer), Lord Mortimer, by Elizabeth his wife, which Edmund was son and heir of Roger (de Mortimer), Earl of March abovenamed. He was aged 3 at his father's death, 16 Dec. 1331, having been born at Ludlow on 11 Nov 1328. The wardship of many of the estates and the marriage of the heir were in 1336 granted to William de Montagu, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, who had been the chief instrument in arresting Roger's grandfather. Wigmore Castle was in charge of his stepfather, William (de Bohun), Earl of Northampton, who as early as 1342 asked to King to give it up to the heir; the King did so, taking Roger's homage. In Nov. 1341 the castle of Radnor had been granted to him, under security. On 13 Sep. 1344, at a great tournament at hereford, the juvenis of Mortimer distinguished himself. In Feb. 1345/6 he was ordered to raise 200 men in Radnor, Wigmore, etc., in anticipation of the projected invasion of France, in which he distinguished himself. On landing at La Hogue on 12 July 1346 he was knighted by Edward, Prince of Wales, on whom that honour had just been bestowed by the King. He fought at Crecy, 26 Aug., in the first division with the Prince of Wales. In recognition of his good service in the campaign it was ordered, 6 Sep. 1346, that he should have livery of all his lands in Hereford and the March of Wales, though not yet of age, the King having taken his homage. On 16 June 1347 he had permission to receive the castle of Trim, etc., from his grandmother Joan in exchange for lands in England. About 1348 he became K.G., being one of the founders of the order. He was summoned to Parliament on 20 Nov 1348 and later, by writs directed Rogero de Mortuo-Mari, with, at times, the addition, de Wygemore. On 31 Dec. 1349 he helped the Prince of Wales to defeat the plot for the betraying of Calais to the French. In Feb. 1351/2 he founded a chantry in the chapel of Ludlow Castle. On 24 May 1352, as lord of Wigmore, he was ordered to send forty Welshmen for the King's service, and was again in France that year. In 1354 he obtained a reversal of the sentence against his grandfather Roger in 1330, and was restored to the title of Earl of March and to all his grandfather's estates. On 30 june 1354 he was appointed for life to keep the manor, park and forest of Clarendon, and 3 Nov. 1354 was custodian of Corfe Castle. In 1355, as lord of Denbeigh, etc., he was to send sixty men for the King's service, and 8 Aug. in the same year was appointed for life to keep the castle of Dover and the Cinque Ports, receiving L300 a year. He was made steward of the castles, manors and lands of Ros and Hamlake on 15 July. In July 1355 he was in the fleet collected by the Earl of Lancaster for the campaign to aid Charles of Navarre, but the fleet, being delayed by contrary winds, did not get further than the Isle of Wright, when news came that Charles had made peace with France. He was summoned to Parliament as Earl of March 20 Sep. 1355. About Michaelmas he sailed from Sancwich with the King's expedition to invade France, which made a hurried return in Nov. to meet a surprise invasion by the Scots. On 20 Jan. 1355/6 he witnessed Edward Baliol's resignation to Edward of the kingdom and crown of Scotland. By the death of his grandmother Joan, Oct. 1356, he came into her large estates. In Feb. 1356/7 he was pardoned the relief due on his succession to his hereditary lands. He had protection on going abroad on the King's service 3 July 1357. He was on the King's council in about 1358, and in Sep. of that year was granted the hundred of Munslow, Salop, in fee. On 12 Jan. 1358/9 he was ordered to send 160 Welshmen for the King's service, for his lands in Denbigh and Montgomery, and 140 for his lands in South Wales and Wigmore. On 20 Aug. he was appointed constable of the castle of Bridgnorth, and in Nov. was ordered to have his castles in Wales and the March repaired. In Oct. he took part in Edward III's futile invasion of France. He was appointed constable of the host and rode at the head, with 600 men-at-arms and 1000 archers. They attacked, but failed to take Rheims; but Roger took Saint-Florentin and Tonnerre. Thereafter he was with Edward in Burgundy, and died suddenly at Rouvray (Cote d'Or). He married Philippe, daughter of William (de Montagu), Earl of Salisbury, his guardian, by katherine, daughter of William, Lord Grandison. He died, as aforesaid, 26 Feb. 1359/60, and was buried in France, but his body was afterwards brought over to England and buried at Wigmore. Dower was assigned to his widow, Philippe, 3 July 1360. She died 5 Jan 13851/2, and was buried at Bisham. Will dated 21 Nov. 1378. ** from Wikipedia listing for Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, as of 11/1/2014 Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG (11 November 1328 – 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Inheritance The Mortimer family lands and titles were lost after the first Earl of March's revolt and death by hanging in 1330, which was followed the next year by the death of Roger's father. Roger thus grew up with uncertain prospects, and re-acquired the family honours only gradually. Around 1342, he received back Radnor, and the next year the old family baronial seat at Wigmore, Herefordshire. Heraldic Coat of Arms: Barry Or and azure, on a chief of the first three pallets between two gyronnies based on the second, over all an inescucheon argent. Military career As a young man he distinguished himself in the wars in France, fighting at Crécy and elsewhere in the campaign of 1347. Afterwards he was given livery of the rest of his lands, was one of the knights admitted at the foundation of the Order of the Garter,[1] and was summoned to parliament as a baron both in 1348. Earldom In 1354, the sentence passed against Mortimer's treacherous grandfather, the first earl, was reversed, and the next year he was summoned to parliament as Earl of March. Also in 1355 he received a number of important appointments, including Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and accompanied Edward III's expedition to France. Other honours On 19 October 1356 his grandmother, Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, widow of the first earl, died, and Roger inherited her vast estates, including Ludlow Castle, which was thereafter the Mortimer family seat and power base. In the following years he became a member of the Royal Council, and was appointed Constable at the castles of Montgomery, Bridgnorth in Shropshire, and Corfe in Dorset. In 1359, and continuing into 1360, he was Constable of Edward III's invasion of France, fighting in the failed siege of Reims and capturing Auxerre. The English forces then moved into Burgundy, where Roger died suddenly at Rouvray near Avallon. Marriage and children Roger married Philippa de Montagu (1332–1381), daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison and had by her at least four children: Roger Mortimer, who died young; Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March; Margery Mortimer.[citation needed] Janet Mortimer, who married Andrew Gray, father of Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray. Mortimer also had at least one illegitimate child:[2] Sir Thomas Mortimer, who acted as his nephew's (Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March) deputy in Ireland (1382–1383) and stood trial for the slaying of Richard II's commander, Sir Thomas Molineux after the Battle of Radcot Bridge (1387). Footnotes Beltz 1841, p. cxlix. Dunn, Alistair The Politics of Magnate Power in England and Wales 1389-1413 Oxford Historical Monographs 2003 p.56 References Beltz, George Frederick (1841). Memorials of the Order of the Garter. London: William Pickering. Retrieved 27 October 2013. R. R. Davies, ‘Mortimer, Roger (VI), second earl of March (1328–1360)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.

  
  

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