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Hace 1 día · Abstract. This chapter focuses on the reimagining of British historical memory by the Mortimers of Wigmore in the late fourteenth century. At this time, Roger Mortimer, 4th earl of March, became the presumptive heir to Richard II, prompting chroniclers at Wigmore Abbey to draw together a compilation of historical texts and genealogies, several of which are edited by the author for the first time.
Hace 1 día · In 1395 Richard II appointed Roger Mortimer, the young earl of March and Ulster, as lieutenant of Ireland. He soon fell under suspicion and was replaced by Thomas Holand, duke of Surrey. Unknown to the king, Roger had already been killed in a skirmish with the O'Byrnes at Kellistown (County Carlow).
Hace 2 días · During August and September 1326, Edward mobilised his defences along the coasts of England to protect against the possibility of an invasion either by France or by Roger Mortimer. Fleets were gathered at the ports of Portsmouth in the south and Orwell on the east coast, and a raiding force of 1,600 men was sent across the English ...
- 7 July 1307 – 13/25 January 1327
- Eleanor, Countess of Ponthieu
Hace 5 días · It’s 1301 and the iron-willed head of the de Geneville family is arranging his 15 year-old granddaughter Joan De Geneville‘s (1286-1356) marriage to Roger Mortimer (1287-1330). Joan’s family controls land in both Ireland and near the Welsh border and this marriage will add prestige to the family.
Hace 5 días · Similarly, Roger Mortimer leveraged intoxicated guards to slip away, later returning to depose a king, shaping England's political landscape. Alice Tankerville's escape narrative intertwines betrayal and piracy. Aided by a smitten jailer, she evaded execution, epitomizing the Tower's gender-neutral history.
Hace 2 días · In October 1326 an order for forces from Wales and the Marches to muster at Gloucester to resist the invasion by Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer was overtaken by events when the invaders themselves arrived there to be joined by dissident barons and their forces.
Hace 2 días · Roger Mortimer, whose name appears first on the list, was son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Baron and grandson of Roger Mortimer, who had summons to Parliament from 22nd February 1306 to 3rd December 1326, as Baron Mortimer "de Wigmore," and was subsequently in 1328 created Earl of March: but was executed and attainted two years after, in ...
