Matilda (Hereford) Mortimer (abt. 1273 - 1308)

[Calendar Close Rolls EI] 10 October 1304. To Walter de Gloucestria, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Maud, late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of Richard's Castle, tenant in chief, the following manors, which he has taken into the king's hands by reason of Hugh's death, and to restore to her the issues received from them by him, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that Hugh and Maud were jointly enfeoffed by the king's licence by William de la Marche, late bishop of Bath and Wells, of the manor of Burford, co. Salop, the manor of Goderigge, co. Worcester, the manor of Nymynton, co. Devon, the manors of Aumberden and Hobrigg, co. Essex, and the manor of Norton, co. Northampton, to have to them and to Hugh's heirs, and that they continued their seisin thereof from the time of the feoffment until Hugh's death.

[Calendar Patent Rolls EI] 13 April 1305 Westminster. Grant to Margaret, queen of England, the king's consort, of what belongs to the king touching the marriage of Matilda, late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of Richards Castle, tenant in chief, to wit, the fine if any, or forfeiture, if she marry without licence.

[Calendar Patent Rolls EI] 16 August 1305 Rayleigh. Commission of oyer and terminer to Ralph de Sandwyco, Stephen de Gravesende and John de Bacquelle, in the county of Middlesex, touching an appeal which Walter de Kyngesheniede brings before the justices of the Bench against Matilda, late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of Richard's Castle, for the death of Hugh de Kyngesheniede his brother. The following entry refers to the accusation of Matilda having poisoned her husband.

[Calendar Patent Rolls EI] 16 September 1305 Havering. Pardon, at the instance of Margaret, the queen consort, to Matilda, late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of Richards Castle, FOR A FELONY SHE IS SAID TO HAVE COMMITTED IN POISONING HER HUSBAND. Mandate in pursuance to William Martyn and his fellows, justices of oyer and terminer in the counties of Hereford and Worcester, to supersede the execution of exigents in which she has been put by them in those counties, and to restore to her the goods taken into king's hands on that account.

[Calendar Patent Rolls EI] 6 June 1306 Westminster. Protection with clause volumus, including exemption from pleas before justices of oyer and terminer, until the king's return from Scotland, for Matilda, late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari, her men and her possessions.

[CFR EII] 15 February 1308 Eltham. Order to the escheator beyond Trent to take into the king's hand the lands which Maud late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of Richard's Castle, deceased, held for life of the inheritance of the heirs of Hugh, minors in the king's ward, and to make inquisition thereon.

[Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem EII V5] 57 Maud, late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of Richards Castle. Writ 15 February 1EII. Joan whom Thomas de Bykenouere married, aged 15 and more, and Margaret whom Geoffrey de Cornwall married aged 12 years and 7 months daughters of the said Hugh are his next heirs.

Still to be decided is whether Hereford is the correct LNAB, or if it should be Unknown.

Has Matilda accidentally been attached to these parents? It seems highly unlikely that someone with a maiden name of Hereford would be the daughter of a German Duke of Brunswick-Gottingen. Just curious.