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Baron Mortimer is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Baron Mortimer:
1st. 1258. Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 1231-1282. Merged with the Crown. 28th June 1461. Coronation of Edward IV.
2nd. 28th November 1274. Hugh Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer 1190-1275. Abeyant. 20th July 1304.
3rd. 6th February 1299. Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk 1256-1336. Abeyant. 1359.
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Merged with the Crown Baronies of England.
Summary
1258. Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore created.
30th October 1282. Son Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore succeeded.
July 1304. Son Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March succeeded.
29th November 1330. Grandson Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March succeeded. See Trial and Execution of Mortimer and his Faction.
26th February 1360. Son Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster succeeded.
27th December 1381. Son Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster succeeded.
20th July 1398. Son Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl March 7th Earl of Ulster succeeded.
18th January 1425. Nephew Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York succeeded.
30th December 1460. Son King Edward IV of England succeeded. See Battle of Wakefield.
28th June 1461. King Edward IV of England merged with the crown. See Coronation of Edward IV.
Before 1258 Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 26) was created 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 30th October 1282 Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 51) died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map] where the inscription of his tombstone reads "Here lies buried, glittering with praise, Roger the pure, Roger Mortimer the second, called Lord of Wigmore by those who held him dear. While he lived all Wales feared his power, and given as a gift to him all Wales remained his. It knew his campaigns, he subjected it to torment". His son Edmund (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
In July 1304 Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 53) died at Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Roger (age 17) succeeded 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville (age 18) by marriage Baroness Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 29th November 1330 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 43) was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map] accused of assuming royal power and of various other high misdemeanours. His body hung at the gallows for two days and nights. He was buried at Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map]. Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 35) subsequently requested his burial at Wigmore Abbey [Map] and, after firstly refusing, King Edward III of England (age 18) allowed his remains to be removed to Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His grandson Roger (age 2) succeeded 2nd Earl March, 4th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 26th February 1360 Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March (age 31) died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund (age 8) succeeded 3rd Earl March, 5th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 27th December 1381 Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster (age 29) died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Roger (age 7) succeeded 4th Earl March, 3rd Earl of Ulster, 6th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 20th July 1398 Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 24) died at Kells, County Meath. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund (age 6) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England, 5th Earl March, 4th Earl of Ulster, 7th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 18th January 1425 Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl March 7th Earl of Ulster (age 33) died at Trim Castle. He was buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map]. His nephew Richard (age 13) succeeded 6th Earl March, 5th Earl of Ulster, 8th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 30th December 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton at the Battle of Wakefield near Sandal Castle [Map]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 30), Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 24) and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 39), and included John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon (age 25) and William Gascoigne XIII (age 30), both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 40), John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25), John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 50), Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 33), Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger (age 20).
The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 49) was killed. His son Edward (age 18) succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Earl March, 9th Earl of Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 9th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
Thomas Neville (age 30), and Edward Bourchier were killed.
Father and son Thomas Harrington (age 60) and John Harrington (age 36) were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.
William Bonville 6th Baron Harington (age 18) was killed. His daughter Cecily succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.
Thomas Parr (age 53) fought in the Yorkist army.
Following the battle Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 60) was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville (age 40) was executed.
Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland (age 17) was killed on Wakefield Bridge [Map] by John "Butcher" Clifford. Earl of Rutland extinct.
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On 28th June 1461 King Edward IV of England (age 19) was crowned IV King of England. Duke York, Earl March, Earl of Ulster, Earl Cambridge, Baron Mortimer of Wigmore merged with the Crown. Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 43) was assisted by Archbishop William Booth (age 73) at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Baron Mortimer Burford aka Richard's Castle is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Abeyant Baronies of England.
Summary
28th November 1274. Hugh Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer created.
28th November 1275. Son Robert Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer succeeded.
7th April 1287. Son Hugh Mortimer 3rd Baron Mortimer succeeded.
20th July 1304. Matilda Baroness Mortimer abeyant.
Before 28th November 1274 Hugh Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer (age 84) was created 1st Baron Mortimer Burford aka Richard's Castle. There is some doubt as to whether this Barony existed.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On or before 28th November 1275 Hugh Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer (age 85) died. His son Robert (age 50) succeeded 2nd Baron Mortimer Burford aka Richard's Castle. Joyce Zouche Baroness Mortimer (age 35) by marriage Baroness Mortimer Burford aka Richard's Castle.
On 7th April 1287 Robert Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer (age 62) died at Richard's Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. He was buried at Worcester Cathedral [Map]. His son Hugh (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Mortimer Burford aka Richard's Castle. Matilda Baroness Mortimer by marriage Baroness Mortimer Burford aka Richard's Castle.
On 20th July 1304 Hugh Mortimer 3rd Baron Mortimer (age 49) died from poisoning, possibly by his wife Matilda Baroness Mortimer. He was buried in Worcester Cathedral [Map]. Baron Mortimer Burford aka Richard's Castle abeyant between his daughters Joan Mortimer Baroness Talbot and Alice Mortimer (age 4) and their descendants. His wife sought the protection of Margaret of France Queen Consort England (age 25). After the death of King Edward I of England (age 65) in 1307 she, Matilda Baroness Mortimer died suddenly, probably murdered in revenge for the murder of her husband.
Baron Mortimer of Chirk is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Abeyant Baronies of England.
Summary
6th February 1299. Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk created.
3rd August 1336. Son Roger de Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer succeeded.
3rd August 1336. Son John de Mortimer 3rd Baron Mortimer of Chirk succeeded.
1359. John de Mortimer 3rd Baron Mortimer of Chirk abeyant.
On 6th February 1299 Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk (age 43) was created 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk by writ of summons.
On 3rd August 1336 Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk (age 80) died at the Tower of London [Map] after four and a half years imprisonment. He was buried at either Wigmore Abbey [Map] or St Augustine's Priory, Bristol [Map]. His son Roger succeeded 2nd Baron Mortimer of Chirk although he was never summoned to Parliament.
After 3rd August 1336 Roger de Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer died. His son John succeeded 3rd Baron Mortimer of Chirk. He was an infant at the time of his father's death. He was never summoned to Parliament.
After 1359 John de Mortimer 3rd Baron Mortimer of Chirk (deceased) died. Baron Mortimer of Chirk abeyant presumably. He had surrendered his claim to Chirk Castle [Map] in 1359 and lived in obscurity thereafter.