Edmund De Mortimer 
Edmund was born before October 30th, 1252 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Edmund's father was Roger III De Mortimer and his mother was Maud De Braose. His paternal grandparents were Ralph De Mortimer and Gwladys verch Llewelyn; his maternal grandparents were William De Braose and Eve Marshall. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Ralph, Roger, Isabella and Margaret. He died on July 17th, 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.General Notes
REFN: 6890AN
Knight [1st Lord Mortimer of Wigmore]
2nd son, heir to his brother; succeeded his father
Summoned to Parliament 1295-1302 and knighted
Cokayne's Complete Peerage in Dave's Database.
Dave's Database. Utzinger, Dave, Rootsweb's WorldConnect, World Wide We
b: Available: [Online]: (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?
db=utzing) [30 August 2002].
BARONY OF MORTIMER OF WIGMORE
I. 1. EDMUND DE MORTIMER, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, aged 30 a
nd more in 1282, and 40 and more in 1301. As second son he had been br
ed to the Church, and in November 1263 Henry III promised him a benefic
e. In 1271 Philip de Croft was his "guardian and master.~ On 8 August 128
2, while his father was still living, he received the custody of the cast
le and hundred of Oswestry, during the minority of the heir of John FitzAl
an. He had livery of his inheritance 24 November 1282. Within three wee
ks Llewelyn was killed at Builth in a chance encounter. Edmund was summon
ed to perform military service in person against the Welsh in 1283, the mu
ster being at Montgomery on 2 May, and to the meeting at Shrewsbury 30 Sep
tember following. In 1286 he was named in a commission of inquiry touchi
ng weirs in the Severn, when he had leisure to attend. In June 1287 he w
as a commissioner of array in Salop and Staffs; in July was order
ed to be intendant on the Earl of Gloucester, captain of the expedition in
to Brecknock; in November was ordered to reside in his lordship till the r
ebellion of Rhys ap Meredith should be put down; and on 5 December was ma
de joint keeper of Ystrad-Towy and Cardigan during pleasure. In Lent 12
91 he was summoned to attend (and did attend) the trial of the charges bro
ught by the Earl of Hereford against the Earl of Gloucester at Brecknoc
k. He attested deeds at Westminster on 16 May 1291. In 1292 he obtain
ed a charter for a market and fair at Llanyre, co. Radnor. On 8 June 12
94 he was among those summoned to attend the King upon the decisi
on as to war with France, and on 14 June was exempted from summons for ser
vice in Gascony. He was summoned to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 2 Ju
ne 1302, by writs directed Edmundo de Mortuo Mari, whereby he is held to h
ave become LORD MORTIMER. On the outbreak of war he was commissioner in h
is own lands in the March to seize the property of the alien religiou
s. He was present at the installation banquet of Simon, prior of Worceste
r, on 23 September 1296. On 1 July 1297 the King confirmed charters of lib
erties granted by Edmund de Mortimer to his men of Maelienydd. On 7 Ju
ly he was summoned for service beyond seas, and for military service again
st the Scots later in the same year. On 8 September 1297 he was summon
ed to a military council at Rochester, and to a Council in London on the 3
0th of that month, both to be held by Prince Edward. As Dominus de Wiggemo
re he joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope on 12 February 1300/1. In M
ay 1301 he had livery of his mother's lands. He married, 1stly, circa 128
5, Margaret, da. of Sir William DE FENLES (or DE FIENES), 2nd cousin of El
eanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I, by Blanche DE BRIENNE. He died 17 Ju
ly 1304, and was buried at Wigmore. Dower was assigned to his widow 25 Sep
tember 1304. The castle of Radnor was restored to her, as her dower, aft
er seizure upon her son's forfeiture; but her presence in those parts w
as too great an encouragement to the contrariants to be suffered, and s
he was therefore lodged in various places (in Hants, in Skipton-in-Crav
en and Pontefract Castles, and in Elstowe nunnery) by order of the King. H
er lands, which had been seized by the King in 1322, were restored in 132
8. In 1330 a papal indult was issued for her. She died 7 February 1333/
4. [CP 9:281-3, 14:488],
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1060 in Normandy, France d.05 Aug 1100
- b.~ 1099 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.1185
- b.~ 1065 in Fierres, Normandy, France d.<30 Mar 1099 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1155 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1214 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1103 in Gernon Castle, Normandy, France d.1130 in Egrement and Copeland, Cumberland, England
- b.1117 in Egremont, Cumberlandshire, England d.> 1190
- b.~ 1100 in Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, England d.1152
- b.~ 1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1100 in Derbyshire, England d.1162 in Merevale, Warickshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Oakham, Rutlandshire, Wales d.<21 Oct 1190 in Acre, Palestine
- b.~ 1114 in Derby, England
- b.~ 1172 in Oakham, Rutlandshire, Wales d.<31 May 1252
- b.~ 1114 in Eggington, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Eggington, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1231 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.26 Oct 1282 in Kingland, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1087 in Aberffraw Castle, Caenarvonshire, Wales d.Dec 1169 in Caenarvonshire, Wales
- b.1130 in Aberffraw, Anglsy, Wales d.1184
- b.1098 in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.1091 in Powys, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Aberffraw, Anglsey, Wales
- b.~ 1095 in Aberffraw Castle, Caenarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1205 in Caemarvonshire, Wales d.1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1114 in Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1139 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.1118 in Dyffryn, Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1178 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1107 in Menai, Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 1141 in Menai, Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 1111 in Tegeingl, Flintshire, Wales
- b.<30 Oct 1252 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1112 in Abergavenny, Gwent, Wales d.1192 in Weobley, Hereforshire, England
- b.~ 1153 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.09 Aug 1211 in Corbeil, Marne, France
- b.1121 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1178 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.09 Jun 1229 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1117 in Haseldene, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1155 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1210 in Windsor Castle, England
- b.1128 in England
- b.~ 1198 in Brecknock, Surrey, England d.02 May 1230 in Wales
- b.~ 1110 in Stoke, Devonshire, England
- b.1145 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England d.~ 1230 in Stoke, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1175 in Stoke, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1128
- b.~ 1150 in Gisland, Irthington, Cumberland, England d.24 Mar 1217 in Stoke, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1130
- b.~ 1224 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales d.<23 Mar 1301 in England
- b.~ 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.~ 1116 in St Noets, England
- b.1105 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.~ 1165
- b.~ 1068 in Northhampton, England d.> 1117
- b.12 May 1146 in Caversham, Berkshire, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.1100 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.1147
- b.1120 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.1102 in Toddington, Bedfordshire, England d.1147 in Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1206 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1246
- b.1100 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.06 Jan 1148
- b.~ 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.09 Apr 1176 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.~ 1105 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England d.> 1172
- b.1173 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1110 in Leinster, Ireland d.01 May 1171 in Ferns
- b.~ 1140 in Leinster, Ireland d.1177 in Waterford, Ireland
- b.~ 1120 in Ireland
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They had five sons and four daughters, named Roger, Hugh, Walter, Edmund, John, Maud, Joan, Margaret and Elizabeth.
Family Notes
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Children
Maud De Mortimer
Maud was born about 1283 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. She died on September 18th, 1312 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. She was buried on October 9th, 1312 in Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire, England.
Roger De Mortimer
Roger was born on May 3rd, 1287 in Netherwood, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England. He died at the age of 43 on November 29th, 1330 in Elms, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England.
Elizabeth De Mortimer
Elizabeth was born about 1302 in Netherwood, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England.
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