• General Notes

  TITLE:  Lord Wigmor, 6th Baron MORTIMER
  
  ROGER DE MORTIMER, son of RALPH DE MORTIMER and GLADYS, succ. his father as a minor. He had livery of his inheritance in Feb 1246/7 and was knighted by the King in 1253 at Winchester. He served steadily on the Marches 1258-63, opposing his cousin, Llewellyn ap Griffith (who was by uniting all the Welsh chieftains under his leadership). At first, Roger took the barons' side against the King, but finally joined the King's Council in Apr 1259 and had many political involvements thereafter. He fought for the King at Lewes in 1264, but fled the field. He became an on-again-off-again rebel against the King. Devised and carried out the plan which enabled the imprisoned Prince Edward to escape from Hereford Castle (the Prince went to Wigmore, where Mortimer and a few others drove off his pursuers). Commanded the rearguard at Evesham in Aug 1265, and after Montfort's death, Montfort's head was sent to Mortimer's lady at Wigmore as a keepsake. Mortimer himself receive the honour & lands of Oxford (forfeited by Robert de Vere), though technically he never held the title of E. of Oxford. Mortimer was badly defeated at Brecknock by the Welsh, 15 may 1266, escaping only with difficulty He acted as trustee for the Prince's estates when Prince Edward was on crusade served as sheriff of several counties, as Royal Justice, and as the King's principal military commander in Wales; he was also (unofficially, but regularly the "King's troubleshooter." He m. 1247 Maud de Braose, dau of William de Braose & Eve Marshal
  (who was sister & heir of Richard the Marshal [E. of Pembroke]). He d. Oct 1282; bur. Wigmore. Maud d. Mar 1300/1. Roger de Mortimer was very widely regarded by his peers as "the most trustworthy nobleman in the kingdom." - MORTIM.ASC
  PLAC Lord of Wigmore
  Roger was the 6th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore and Captain-General of theKing's
  Army in Wales.

Details of (Lord) Roger III's family with Maud De BRAOSE