– at war with Roger: 217–218
– surrenders to Roger and Isabella: 218–219
– fined for rebellion: 220
– in France 1329: 228
– role in plot to overthrow Roger: 236, 239
Hereford: 93, 159–162, 206, 294 (n. 22), 311, 313, 321–323
Hereford, Bishop of: see Adam of Orleton
Hereford, Earl of: see Bohun, Humphrey de
Herefordshire: 21, 64, 122, 176–177, 201
Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire: 242
Hertfordshire: 150, 213
Hethe, Hamo (d. 1352), Bishop of Rochester (1317): 168, 171
Higden, Ranulph (d. 1364), author of The Polychronicon: 191, 194, 246–247, 263
Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: 216
Hinckley, Leicestershire: 315
Historia Aurea: see John of Tynemouth
Holand, Robert de (c. 1270–1328), Lord Holand (1314): 123, 172, 199, 213–214, 220, 293 (n. 12)
Holborn, Middlesex: 155
Holland (see also Hainault): 138
Holt Castle, Worcestershire: 114
Holy Roman Empire, Vicar of: see Edward III
Hothum, John de (d. 1337), Bishop of Ely (1316), Treasurer (1317–18), Chancellor (1318–20, 1327–28): 41, 47, 66, 69–71, 78, 81, 91, 94, 130, 153, 161, 171, 200, 202–203, 205, 273 (n. 25), 274 (n. 26), 289 (n. 28), 290 (n. 32)
Howel: see Rhys ap Howel, Philip ap Howel, Llywelyn ap Madoc ap Howel
Howel, Robert: 229–230, 298 (n.36)
Huntingdonshire: 21, 107, 151
Imail, Ireland: 87
Ingham, Oliver (d. 1344), Lord Ingham (1327): 212, 220, 234, 237, 239, 288 (n. 21)
Inglewood Forest, Cumberland: 201
Ireland: 13, 20, 23, 34, 40–42, 44–47, 49–50, 66–73, 80–89, 92, 96–98, 102, 105, 113, 125, 132–133, 169, 175, 202, 211, 240, 248, 252, 258, 262, 280 (n. 5), 304–309, 321
Ireland, Justiciar of: see Wogan, John; Butler, Edmund; Mortimer, Roger; Bicknor, Alexander; Gorges, Ralph de; Darcy, John; FitzJohn, Thomas
Ireland, Lieutenant of: see Gaveston, Piers; Mortimer, Roger
Isabella ‘the Fair’ (1296–1358), Queen of England (1308): 1–3, 5, 183
– marriage to Edward and arrival in England: 34–37, 43
– attack on Badlesmere: 111–113
– abandoned to Scots at Tynemouth: 128, 161
– opposition to Despenser: 127–129
– permitted to go on year-long pilgrimage: 282 (n. 15, 18)
– possibly helps Roger escape from Tower: 128–129, 284 (n. 15)
– persecution by Edward and Despenser: 134–135, 161
– relationship with Roger in France: 136, 141, 284 (n. 20)
– role as a negotiator for England over St Sardos: 138, 140–142
– arrival in France 1325: 138–140
– refusal to return to England: 142–144, 146, 162
– relationship with Roger in France: 145–148, 267
– joins invasion fleet in Hainault: 149
– invades England: 150–157
– reliant on Roger’s direction: 158, 160, 286 (n. 9)
– pleads for life of elder Despenser: 159
– feelings towards Edward in custody: 165
– acquisitiveness: 171–173, 266
– negotiations over Scottish independence: 175
– holds a great feast at York: 176
– blamed by le Baker for Edward’s supposed death: 194
– reluctance to have her husband killed: 165, 196
– awareness of the Berkeley Castle plot: 197–198, 292 (n. 11)
– reaction to the death of Charles IV: 204
– role in securing independence of Scotland: 175, 205
– attends double wedding at Ludlow: 206–207
– attends royal wedding at Berwick: 209–210
– included in Leintwardine chantry beneficiaries: 216, 222
– rides against Lancaster: 218
– refuses to allow Edward III do homage to Philip VI: 221
– possible pregnancy 1329: 221–224, 227
– settlement of her estates: 222, 225
– at Wigmore tournament 1329: 226
– relinquishes estates to Philippa: 228
– with Roger at his arrest: 238–239
– life after Roger’s arrest: 242, 260
– burial at London Greyfriars: 242, 246–247, 255, 272 (n. 2), 292 (n. 7), 303 (n. 1)
Isle of Wight: 131, 134
Iweyn, John: 106
Jerusalem: 12
Jewellery: 15, 30, 38, 42, 155, 207, 224, 226, 240
Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I: see Clare, Joan de
Joan of the Tower: see Bruce, Joan
Joce, Philip: 106
John (1167?–1216), King of England: 279 (n. 37)
John XXII (c. 1245–1345), Pope (1316–1334): 93–94, 122, 135, 139, 148, 192, 225, 227, 231, 233, 252, 254, 262, 280 (n. 5), 284 (n. 23), 290 (n. 32), 320
John III (d. 1355), Duke of Brabant (1312): 225
John of Eltham (1316–1336), Earl of Cornwall (1328): 154, 156, 214, 219, 222
John of Hainault: 149, 175–176, 181, 200
John of Tynemouth, author of the Historia Aurea: 191, 194
Joinville, Jean de (1225–1317?), chronicler: 16
jousting: see tournaments
Judas, Richard (Lady Mortimer’s chaplain): 121
Kells, Ireland: 70–72, 80, 85, 277 (n. 26), 305
Kenilworth, Warwickshire: 10, 21, 166, 169, 173–174, 187, 189, 191–192, 218, 223, 225, 227–228, 239, 251, 288 (n. 26), 316
Kemerdyn, John de: 86
Kensington, Middlesex: 217
Kent: 112, 150, 221, 277 (n. 9)
Kent, Earl of: see Edmund of Woodstock
Keu de la Rook, John de: 45
Kildare Castle, Ireland: 66, 81
Kildare (county), Ireland: 83–85
Kildare: Earls of: see FitzThomas, John; FitzJohn, Thomas; FitzThomas, Richard
Kildare, earldom of: 228
Kildrummy Castle, Scotland: 27
Kilkenny, Ireland: 85, 97–98, 307, 309
Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire: 317
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire: 15, 33, 65, 304
Kingsclere, William de: 249
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey: 112, 310
Kinlet, Shropshire: 78–79, 306, 319
Kirkham, Yorkshire: 132
Knaresborough, Yorkshire: 304, 312
Knights Templar: 22
Knucklas Castle, Wales: 14
Koblenz, Germany: 260–263, 302 (n. 47)
Kyme, Philip, de: 78
Kynardsleigh, Hugh de: 44
La Réole: see Réole, La
Lacy, de, family (Ireland): 86–87, 89
Lacy, Alice de: see Lestrange, Alice de
Lacy, Almeric de: 86
Lacy, Henry de (1251–1311), Earl of Lincoln (1258): 23, 25, 35, 38–39, 48, 172, 223, 272 (n. 3)
Lacy, Hugh and Walter de, brothers: 45, 70–71, 80, 85–86, 89, 93, 96
Lacy, John de (illeg. son of Hugh): 86, 89, 279 (n. 36)
Lacy, John de (illeg. son of Walter): 86, 89, 279 (n. 36)
Lacy, Maud de: see Geneville, Maud de
Lacy, Robert de: 86
Lacy, Simon de: 86
Lamberton, William de (d. 1328), Bishop of St Andrews (1297): 25–26
Lambeth, Surrey: 155
Lancaster: 91–92
Lancaster, Earls of: see Thomas of Lancaster; Henry of Lancaster
Lanercost Priory, Cumberland: 27
Langton, John (d. 1337), Bishop of Chichester (1305), Chancellor (1307–1310): 38
Langton, Walter (d. 1321), Bishop of Lichfield (1297), Treasurer (1312): 29
Languedoc, France: 252
Larne, Ireland: 67
Latimer, William (d. 1327), Lord Latimer (1299): 270 (n. 11)
Lauderdale, Scotland: 57
Leake, Nottinghamshire: 92, 308
Leche, John de (d. 1313), Archbishop of Dublin (1311): 97
Ledbury, Herefordshire: 105
Leeds Castle, Kent: 23, 111–113, 125
Leicester: 91–92, 151, 198, 217, 312, 314–315, 318
Leicester: Earl of: see Montfort, Simon de; Henry of Lancaster
Leicestershire: 21, 107, 234
Leinster, Ireland: 42, 81, 85, 88
Leinthall, Herefordshire: 228
Leintwardine, Herefordshire: 164, 207, 211, 216, 222–223, 228
Lennox, Earl of: see Malcom, Earl of Lennox Leominster, Herefordshire: 130, 225
Lestrange: Alice de (1282–1348), Countess of Lancaster (1296), Countess of Lincoln (1322): 127, 172, 223, 296 (n. 13)
Lestrange, Ebulo (d. 1335), Lord Strange (1326): 223, 296 (n. 11)
Lestrange, Roger (d. 1311), Lord Strange of Ellesmere: 10
Lestrange, Thomas: 170
Lewes, Battle of (1264): 7
Leybourn, Henry de: 160
Leyburn, William de (d. 1310), Lord Leyburn (1271): 270 (n. 11)
Lezay, Joan de: 321
Lichfield, Staffordshire: 123, 311–312
Limerick, Ireland: 84, 96
Lincoln: 69, 74, 185, 197, 211, 245, 306, 317
Lincoln, Bishop of: see Burghersh, Henry de
Lincoln, Countess of see Lestrange, Alice de
Lincoln, Earl of: see Lacy, Henry de; Mortimer, illegitimate son of Roger and Isabella
Lincolnshire: 107, 233
Lingaigne, Walter de, canon of Wigmore: 164
Linlithgow Castle, Scotland: 46, 56
Lionel of Antwerp (1338–1368), second son of Edward III: 260
Llandaff, Bishop of: see Eaglescliff, John
Llandaff Cathedral, Wales: 76
Llandilo, Wales: 99
Llanthony Priory (near Gloucester, not South Wales): 174
Llwyd, Gruffydd (fl. 1322): 114
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (d. 1282), Prince of Wales (1246): 8, 10–13, 74
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Rhys ‘Llywelyn Bren’ (d. 1317), lord of Senghenydd and Misguin: 73–76, 70, 81, 87–88, 99–100, 110, 114, 121–122, 157, 160
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ‘the Great’ (d. 1240), Prince of Wales: 9–10, 12
Llywelyn ap Madoc ap Howel: 75–76
Lochmaben Castle, Scotland: 26
Lombardy, Italy: 252, 259–261
London: 5, 22, 26, 37, 47, 55, 76, 107–108, 111, 113, 122–126, 128, 130, 150–151, 153–155–156, 159, 161, 166–169, 189, 194, 198, 208, 212–213, 215–217, 219–220, 228–229, 231, 235, 242, 282 (n. 16), 309, 311
London, Bishop of: see Gravesend, Stephen
London, Guildhall: 155, 167–168, 215, 217
London, Mayor of: see Chigwell, Hamo de; Bethune, Richard de; Gisors, John de; Grantham, John de
London, St Paul’s Cathedral: 156, 188, 217–218, 235
London, Tower of: 1–2, 87, 113, 115, 121, 125–126, 128–133, 135, 145, 149–151, 153, 156, 160, 172, 193, 200–201, 205, 220, 228–229, 239–241, 266, 310, 316, 318–321
Loudon Hill, Battle of (1307): 31, 58
Loughborough, Leicestershire: 92
Loughsewdy, Ireland: 80, 307
Louis IX (1217–1270), King of France (1226): 16
Louis d’Evreux (d. 1319): 37
Louth, Ireland: 49
Lovaigne, Thomas de (1291–1345): 79
Ludlow, Shropshire: 1, 13, 21, 164, 172, 206–207, 209–211, 215, 228, 242, 283 (n. 19), 313, 316
Lugwardine, Herefordshire: 201
Lusignan family, Counts of La Marche and Angoulême: 13, 133, 215, 271 (n. 10), 272 (n. 6), 319–320
Lutterworth, Leicestershire: 318
Lymbergh, Adam, Keeper of the Privy Seal (1328–29): 203
MacCartan, Lord: 67
McDougal, John (fl 1306), lord of Argyll: 26
MacGilmurray, Lord: 67
MacMortagh, Geoffrey: 45
MacMoylissa, Hugh: 45
Mablethorpe, Robert: 220
Maelienydd, Wales: 21, 78
Magna Carta: 47, 105, 110, 161, 217, 240, 275 (n. 11)
Maguelonne, France: 251, 254
Malcolm (d. 1333), Earl of Lennox (1291): 25
Maltravers, John (c. 1290–1364), Steward of the Royal Household (1328, 1329–30), Lord Maltravers (1330): 23, 82, 95, 104–105, 110, 203, 220, 227
– relationship with Roger: 173
– custody of Edward II at Berkeley: 173, 177, 185
– role in the Berkeley Castle plot: 186, 188–191, 194, 198, 245, 247–248, 250–252, 254, 257, 260, 262–263, 298 (n. 28)
– role in plot to expose the Earl of Kent: 229
– beneficiary of Kent’s forfeited estates: 234
– appointed Steward a second time: 234
Mar, Earl of: see Donald, Earl of Mar
March, Earl of: see Mortimer, Roger of Wigmore
Marche, La, Counts of: see Lusignan family
Marches of Wales: 9, 12, 23, 78, 93, 95, 100, 121, 131, 133, 157, 172, 174, 209, 213, 215, 228, 234, 242
Margaret, wife of Roger of Radnor: 13
Marlowe’s Edward II: 4, 265
Marshal, Eva, daughter of William Marshal: 12
Marshal, John le (d. 1326): 155–156
Marshal, William (1146–1219), Earl of Pembroke: 12, 226
Marshal, William (d. 1314), lord of Hingham: 38
Maupas, John de (d. 1318): 93
Mauvas, John: 201
Meath, Ireland: 2, 13, 21, 40, 45–46, 49, 68, 70–71, 83, 85–86, 97, 233, 306
Melazzo, Italy: 253–254, 261
Melton, William de (d. 1340), Archbishop of York (1316): 200, 231, 288 (n. 21)
Mercer, John le: 134
Merlin, prophecies of: 9, 15, 30, 226
Methven, Battle of (1306): 26, 28
Micheldever, Thomas de (d. 1326): 160
Milan, Italy: 252, 255
Misguin, Wales: 99
Mohaut, Robert de (1274–1329), Lord Mohaut (1299): 158
Mompesson, Giles de: 79
Monmouth, Richard de: 1, 130, 238, 283 (n. 20)
Mons, Belgium: 310
Montagu, William de (d. 1319), Lord Montagu (1316): 75, 79, 90–92, 95
Montagu, William de (1301?–1344), Lord Montagu (1331), Earl of Salisbury (1337): 227, 235–239, 243, 248–249, 257
Montfaucon, France: 140
Montford, Shropshire: 201
Montfort, Almeric de, son of Simon de Montfort: 10
Montfort, Henry de (d. 1322): 125
Montfort, Simon de (c. 1208–1265), Earl of Leicester (1239): 7–10
Montgomery, Wales: 225, 228, 296 (n. 13)
Monthermer, Ralph de (d. 1325), styled Earl of Gloucester (1297–1307), Lord Monthermer (1307): 31
More, Bertrand de la: 186
Morley, Robert de (d. 1360), Lord Morley (1316): 158
Mortimer family records: 79, 121, 277 (n. 12)
Mortimer, Agnes: see Hastings, Agnes de
Mortimer, Beatrice (d. 1383), daughter of Roger: 225, 294 (n. 22), 323
Mortimer, Blanche, daughter of Roger: see Grandison, Blanche de
Mortimer, Catherine, daughter of Roger: see Beauchamp, Catherine de
Mortimer, Edmund (d. 1304), Lord Mortimer (father of Roger): 7, 10–12, 14, 16–20, 94, 97, 269 (n. 1), 270 (n. 6)
Mortimer, Edmund (1302?–1331), eldest son of Roger: 20, 77–78, 82, 121, 153, 170, 210, 215, 271 (n. 10), 319
Mortimer, Elizabeth (1313–1355), wife of Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331): 77–79, 113, 215, 319
Mortimer, Geoffrey, brother of Edmund Mortimer (d. 1304): 10–11
Mortimer, Geoffrey, son of Roger (c. 1308–1372), lord of Couhé (1323): 121, 133, 170, 210, 223, 227, 233–234, 239, 270 (n. 1), 272 (n. 6), 295 (n. 31), 297 (n. 25), 302 (n. 46), 320–321
Mortimer, illegitimate son of Roger and Isabella (b. 1329?): 222–224, 242, 296 (n. 13)
Mortimer, Is
abella (fl. 1324–1327), daughter of Roger: 136, 201, 210
Mortimer, Joan (1286–1356), Lady Mortimer (1304), Countess of March (1328): 34, 50, 53, 133, 135, 187, 260, 270 (n. 7), 319–324
– betrothal and wedding: 13–14
– estates: 19, 21, 46, 102, 164, 271 (n. 12)
– relationship with Roger during marriage: 20
– at coronation: 37, 273 (n. 13)
– in Ireland with Roger 1308–9: 40–41
– in Ireland with Roger 1310–12: 45
– inventory of possessions 1322: 119–120, 164
– incarceration 1322–26: 120–122, 129, 135–136, 145
– relationship with Roger after invasion: 164–165, 206–207, 211, 287 (n. 1, 5)
– relationships with her children: 210
– included in Leintwardine chantry beneficiaries: 216, 222
– included in grant to Roger 1330: 233
– treatment by Edward III after Roger’s arrest: 242, 260, 287 (n. 5)
– reclaims Roger’s body: 242, 299 (n. 3)
Mortimer, Joan, daughter of Roger: see Audley, Joan
Mortimer, John, brother of Roger (d. 1318), king’s yeoman: 9, 11, 66, 95, 279 (n. 36)
Mortimer, John, son of Roger (d. 1328): 88, 121, 153, 216, 279 (n. 36), 320–321
Mortimer, Margaret (d. 1334), Lady Mortimer (mother of Roger): 7, 11, 19, 37, 78, 104, 121, 146, 273 (n. 13)
Mortimer, Margaret, daughter of Roger: see Berkeley, Margaret de
Mortimer, Maud (d. 1301), Lady Mortimer (grandmother of Roger): 8, 11–12, 19, 22, 46
Mortimer, Maud, daughter of Roger: see Charlton, Maud de (fl. 1319–45)
Mortimer, Ralph (d. 1276), elder brother of Edmund Mortimer (d. 1304): 10
Mortimer, Roger (1232–1282), Lord Mortimer (grandfather of Roger): 7–10, 65