Roger (Mortimer) de Mortimer KG (1328 - 1360)

Born 11 Nov 1328 in Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1360 at age 31 in Rouvray, Cote-d'Or, France

Biography

"Mortimer distinguished himself as early as September 1344 (when he was only fifteen) in a great tournament at Hereford, in which the earls of Arundel, Pembroke, Suffolk, and Warwick also took part; but it was Edward III's wars in France which provided him with the opportunity to carve a military reputation for himself. He crossed to France in 1346; was knighted at La Hogue by the Black Prince on 12 July; fought alongside Edward III at Crécy on 26 August; and for his laudable service was given livery of all his lands in Herefordshire and the Welsh marches on 6 September. He had thereby set the pattern for the rest of his short career: that of military service to the king and the recovery of the family estates and dignity." (Ref: ODNB)

Although underage, Sir Roger de Mortimer, later earl of March, fought at the battle of Crécy, Ponthieu, on 26 August, 1346. He was a Banneret in the first division which was under the nominal command of Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, then sixteen years old.^[1]

Burial

(Royal Ancestry) He was initially buried in France, but his body was afterwards brought over to England and buried at Wigmore Abbey in Wigmore, Herefordshire.

Research Notes

Death Place: Rouvray (near Avalon), Cote-d'Or, France during the descent into Burgundy on the Rheims campaign

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A father's death date (Mortimer-51 died 26 Feb 1360) should not be more than nine months before one of his children's birth dates (Mortimer-808 born 1365).

Sources

1. ↑ Major-General The Hon. George Wrottesley, "Crecy and Calais", Collections for a History of Staffordshire Volume XVIII, The William Salt Archaeological Society, (1897), 31. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/collectionsforhi18stafuoft/page/31/mode/1up : accessed 30 June, 2022).

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