*Roger De Mortimer Lord Mortimer of Wigmore
born Abt 1155 Of, Wigmore,
Herefordshire, England
died 24 Jun 1214 Wigmore, Hereford, England
buried Wigmore,
Herefordshire, England
father:
*Hugh De Mortimer
born
1108 Of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
died 1189
mother:
*Maud
(Matilda) De Meschines
born Abt 1126/1144 Of, Harringworth, Northumberland,
England
died Aft 1190
siblings:
Hugh De Mortimer
Ralph De Mortimer
William
De Mortimer
spouse:
*Millicent De Ferrers
born
Abt 1170 Of Derby, Derbyshire, England
children:
Hugh De Mortimer
born Abt 1186 Of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England died Nov 1227
Miss De Mortimer
born Abt 1188 Of, , Worcestershire, England
*Joane (Isabel)
De Mortimer born Abt 1194 Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
died 1268
*Ralph
De Mortimer born 1190 Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
died 6 Aug 1246
Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
buried Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Roger
Mortimer born <1194 <Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England>
Philip
Mortimer born 1199 Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Robert De Mortimer
born Abt 1197 Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Miss De Mortimer born
Abt 1206 Of, Wigmore, Kent, England
biographical and/or anecdotal:
Roger
de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore, like his predecessors, was in constant strife with
the Welsh. At one time he sustained a great defeat in conjunction with Hugh de Say,
but in the end he was victorious, and took twelve of their principal leaders in one
battle. He also enlarged considerably his territories, and drove thieves and robbers
from those parts. Being at one time present at the solemn anniversary of his father,
he confirmed all his grants to the canons of Wigmore; adding, of his won gift, a
spacious and fruitful pasture, lying adjacent to the abbey, called the Treasure of
Mortimer. Upon which occasion his steward remonstrating him for parting with so valuable
a treasure, he replied, "I have laid up my treasure in that field, where thieves
cannot steal or dig, or moth corrupt."
notes or source:
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