General Notes

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Roger de Mortimer, deemed by some to have been son of William de Warren, a
nd by others, of Walter de St. Martin, brother of that William, was found
er of the abbey of St. Victor, in Normandy. "It is reported," says Dugdal
e, "that in the year 1054 (which was twelve years before the Norman Conque
st), when Odo, brother of Henry, King of France, invaded the territo
ry of Evreux, Duke William sent this Roger, then his general (with Rober
t, Earl of Ewe, and other stout soldiers), to resist his attempts; who mee
ting with Odo near to the castle of Mortimer, gave him battle, and obtain
ed a glorious victory. It is further observable of this Roger that he w
as by consanguinity allied to the Norman duke (afterwards king, by the na
me of William the Conqueror), his mother being niece to Gunnora, wife of R
ichard, Duke of Normandy, great grandmother to the Conqueror." The presum
ed son of this Roger, Ralph de Mortimer, accompanying the Duke of Norman
dy in his expedition against England, was one of his principal commande
rs at the decisive battle of Hastings. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyan
t, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1
883, p. 382, Mortimer, Barons Mortimer, of Wigmore, Earls of March]