Mortimer, Roger (1256–1326), Lord Mortimer of Chirk (1282), Justiciar of Wales (1308–15, 1317–22): 65, 273 (n. 7)
– as Justiciar of Wales: 34, 48–49, 57, 81, 103, 272 (n. 5), 274 (n. 39)
– defeat of Llywelyn 1282: 10–13
– character: 13
– guardian of Prince Edward, later Edward II: 14, 26
– knighted: 22–23
– summoned to fight in Scotland 1307: 30
– favoured by Edward II: 33–35
– defends Edward and Gaveston 1308: 39
– breaks up siege of Welshpool Castle: 48–49, 53
– at Bannockburn: 275 (n. 11), 276 (n. 15)
– campaign against Llywelyn Bren: 75
– attends Mortimer wedding at Ernwood: 79
– association with Adam of Orleton: 93
– makes offer for Gower: 100
– role in Despenser war: 103–110
– pursued by Edward II: 112
– surrenders at Shrewsbury with Roger: 115, 122
– condemned to death and reprieved: 1, 125–126
– estates taken by Despenser: 127, 160
– in custody 1322–26: 281 (n. 6), 128
– death in Despenser’s custody: 149, 163
– some of his belongings in Roger’s possession 1330: 208
– son disinherited by Roger: 234
Mortimer, Roger (1287–1330), Lord Mortimer of Wigmore (1304), King’s Lieutenant in Ireland (1316–18), Justiciar of Ireland (1319–21), Justiciar of Wales (1327–30), Earl of March (1328):
– estates and income: 19–22, 34, 46, 78, 92, 160–161, 171–172, 271 (n. 12)
– relationships with own family: 20, 210–211, 226
– literary legacy: 3–4
– family background: 7–13, 21
– birth: 7, 11, 16, 269 (n. 1)
– marriage to Joan de Geneville: 14, 20, 22
– education and wardship: 9, 11–12, 15, 17–20
– literacy: 271 (n. 1)
– friendship with Gaveston: 19, 28–29, 33–35, 39, 42–43, 46
– knighthood: 22–25
– campaign in Scotland 1306: 26–28
– leaves army without permission 1306: 28–29
– proposed Seneschal of Gascony: 34, 272 (n. 6)
– possible attendance at royal wedding: 34, 272 (n. 5)
– attendance at coronation: 38
– support for Edward 1308: 39
– with Gaveston in Ireland: 40–43, 271 (n. 12), 274 (n. 28)
– in Ireland 1310–1312: 44–47, 49–50, 52, 274 (n. 39)
– role in Gascony: 53–54
– role in Banockburn campaign: 57, 61, 64, 275 (n. 11), 276 (n. 12, 15)
– in Ireland 1315: 66–71
– role in suppressing revolt of Llywelyn Bren: 72–76
– role in suppressing rebellion at Bristol: 77–80
– negotiates marriage of his son and heir: 77–78
– appointment as King’s Lieutenant of Ireland: 81–83
– campaign in Ireland 1317–18: 83–91, 318
– role in negotiating Treaty of Leake, 1318: 91–92
– at Wigmore with Orleton, Christmas 1318: 93–94
– his ecclesiastical contacts: 93–94
– dispute with Warwick: 94–95
– appointment as Justiciar of Ireland: 95–96
– administration of Ireland 1319–1320: 96–98, 113
– opposition to Hugh Despenser: 1–2, 99–110, 125, 281 (n. 11)
– attempts to purchase Gower: 100
– loses Justiciarship of Ireland: 102, 113
– defends Badlesmere: 112–113
– retreat from Kent and surrender 1322: 114–115, 125, 281 (n. 6)
– inventories of possessions at Wigmore 1322: 116–120
– imprisonment in the Tower: 122–123, 161
– trial and judgement 1322: 125–126
– escape from the Tower: 1–2, 128–132, 172, 182, 282 (n. 16, 18)
– in France and Hainault 1323: 133–134, 320–321
– supporters in England persecuted: 134–135, 146
– relationship with Isabella: 128, 136, 144–148, 284 (n. 20)
– feared to be about to attack England: 133–134, 138
– in Hainault: 140–141, 148–149
– returns to France: 143
– threatens to kill Isabella should she return to Edward: 147–148, 196, 240
– gathers an army and fleet: 148–149
– invades England: 150–157
– reward of £1,000 placed on his head: 151
– compared with Despenser as a strategist: 153
– attacks Bristol: 156
– leadership role in 1326 invasion: 157–159, 286 (n. 12)
– deliberate concealment of his role in government: 158
– in judgement on Despensers: 159
– meets Joan again after invasion: 164
– process of deposing Edward II: 165–170
– restrained grant-awarding following coronation: 171–172
– appointed Justiciar of Wales: 172
– policy of appeasement towards Henry of Lancaster: 172, 203–205
– removal of Edward II from Kenilworth: 173–174, 196
– absences from court in 1327: 174, 198
– negotiations about Scottish independence: 175
– reaction to rescue of Edward II from Berkeley: 176
– control of Edward III: 177
– role in Weardale campain: 177–180
– role in the Berkeley Castle plot: 186–188, 190–199, 244–251, 262
– conflict with Henry of Lancaster 1328–29: 194
– secret custody of Edward II 1327–1330: 196
– relationship with Edward III: 196, 198–199
– possible role in the royal funeral 1327: 198
– restrained grant-awarding following Berkeley Castle plot: 200–201, 204
– method of government 1327–1328: 201–204
– reaction to the death of Charles IV: 204
– role in Northampton parliament 1328: 204–205
– first Mortimer double wedding at Hereford: 206, 294 (n. 22)
– builds semi-detached palace at Ludlow: 206
– building as his pastime: 207
– his religious devotion considered: 207
– inventory of his possessions at Ludlow 1330: 207–208
– attends royal wedding at Berwick: 209–210
– death of his son Roger: 210–211
– opposed openly by Henry of Lancaster: 210–212
– reaction to Lancaster’s petitions of grievances: 213–214
– created Earl of March 31 November 1328: 214–215, 240, 295 (n. 37)
– preparations for war: 215–218
– death of his son John: 216
– endowment of Leintwardine chantry: 216, 222–223
– at war with Lancaster: 217–218, 240
– possible illegitimate child by Isabella: 221–224
– recipient of gifts from Edward III 1329: 224
– disrespect towards Edward: 224
– plot to murder Edmund, Earl of Kent: 225
– second Mortimer double wedding at Wigmore: 225–226, 294 (n. 22)
– attempts to appear a member of the royal family: 226
– addressed as ‘The King of Folly’: 227
– increasing acquisitiveness: 228
– role in arrest of Earl of Kent: 229
– prosecutes Earl of Kent: 229–231
– sentences Kent to death: 231–232
– proscription of his enemies: 232–233
– acquisitiveness: 233–234
– relationship with Edward wears thin: 235
– opposition to his government: 235–239
– arrest in Nottingham Castle: 237–239
– trial and judgement: 239–241
– executi
on: 241, 268
– burial: 242, 299 (n. 3)
– historical judgement on him: 265
Mortimer, Roger (d. 1333?), son of Lord Mortimer of Chirk: 234
Mortimer, Roger (d. 1328), son of Roger: 102, 121, 153, 170, 201, 320
Mortimer, Roger (1328–1360), grandson of Roger, 2nd Earl of March (1354): 215, 242, 295 (n. 31), 296 (n. 13)
Mortimer, William, brother of Edmund Mortimer (d. 1304): 10–11
Morvill, Hugh: 201
Mousehole, Cornwall: 247
Mowbray, John de (1286–1322), Lord Mowbray: 100–101, 105, 110, 125
Mowbray, Philip de (d. 1318), constable of Stirling Castle: 55, 58–59, 67, 93
Moycashel, Ireland: 45
Moyry Pass, Ireland: 67
Much Marcle, Herefordshire: 324
Murimuth, Adam (1275?–1347), canon of St Pauls, chronicler: 157, 160, 188–191, 193–194, 206, 235, 247, 321
‘Musarder’, manor of: 234
music: 15, 24
Myton-on-Swale, Yorkshire: 177
Naas, Ireland: 85, 306
Naples, Italy: 249
Navan, Ireland: 70
Navarre, Spain: 224, 226
Neath, Wales: 157, 159
Neville, John, of Hornby: 237–238
Newbiggin, Thomas de: 129
Newburgh, Yorkshire: 306
Newcastle, Northumberland: 51, 162, 180
Newcastle Emlyn, Wales: 203
Newcastle McKynegan, Ireland: 42
Newent, Gloucestershire: 311
Newnham, Northamptonshire: 315
Newport, Wales: 95, 102, 106, 125, 281 (n. 11)
Nobber, Ireland: 70
Norfolk: 150
Norfolk, Earl of: see Thomas of Brotherton; Edward, heir to the earldom
Norham Castle, Northumberland: 174
Normandy, France: 131, 252
Northallerton, Yorkshire: 177
Northampton: 91–92, 204–206, 218, 236, 249, 308, 313, 315, 317
Northampton, Earl of: see Bohun, William de
Northamptonshire: 21, 216
Northburgh, Roger de (d. 1314): 276 (n. 15)
Norwich, Bishop of: see Salmon, John; Ayermin, William
Norwich, Walter de (d. 1329), Chief Baron of the Exchequer (1312–14, 1327–1329), Treasurer (1314–1317): 65, 126, 276 (n. 17)
Nottingham: 26, 174, 184, 236, 240, 248, 311–312, 314, 317
Nottinghamshire: 21, 234
O’Byrne clan: 42, 87
O’Cahan, Lord: 67
Ockley, William de: 121, 187, 197, 247, 249, 257, 260, 302 (n. 46)
O’Connor, Felim (d. 1316): 68–69, 81
O’Connor, Rory: 69
O’Dempsey, Dermot: 42
O’Dempsey, Lord: 70
Odiham Castle, Hampshire: 321
Offaly, Ireland: 70
O’Farell, Donnell: 45
O’Farell, Geoffrey, lord of Annaly: 45, 87, 274 (n. 35)
Ogle, Robert (d. 1362?): 181
Ogle, William: see Ockley, William de
O’Hagan, Lord: 67
O’Hanlon, Lord: 67
Okinselagh, Ireland: 87–88, 279 (n. 32), 307
Olderfleet, Ireland: 67
O’Neill, Donnell, King of Tir Eoghain: 67
Ordinances: 44, 47, 64, 81, 90, 105, 126–127, 161, 168
Orewin Bridge, Wales: 11–12
Orwell, River, Suffolk: 150
Osney Abbey, Oxfordshire: 155, 311, 316–317
Oundle, Northamptonshire: 313, 315
Overton, Yorkshire: 177
Oxford: 11, 56, 105, 154–155, 311
Oxford, Earl of: see Vere, Robert de
Oxford University: 10–11, 52, 94, 97–98, 280 (n. 18)
Oxfordshire: 21, 107, 150, 177
Paris, France: 134, 140, 158, 175, 225, 252, 310
Paris, Matthew: 192
Parliament, English: 3, 11, 38, 64, 74, 91, 105, 107, 110, 127, 147, 161, 166–170, 172, 188, 197, 209, 211, 213–214, 231, 233, 239, 247–250, 319
Parliaments in England (separate meetings): 30, 38–39, 43, 64–65, 69, 72, 74, 107, 126–127, 137, 166–169, 184, 185, 200, 204–206, 209, 211, 214, 229, 232, 236–237, 239, 250, 260
Parliaments in Ireland: 68, 70, 86, 97–98
Pecche, John (d. 1335?), Lord Pecche (1321): 231
Pembridge, Herefordshire: 14, 164
Pembroke, Wales: 157
Pembroke, Earl of: see Valence, Aymer de; Hastings, Laurence de; Marshal, William
Pembroke, earldom of: 203, 234
Pembrokeshire, Wales: 228
Percy, Henry (d. 1314), Lord Percy (1293): 25, 52, 172, 200, 218, 288 (n. 21)
Perth, Scotland: 26, 54–55
Perthshire, Scotland: 26
Philip IV ‘the Fair’ (1268–1314), King of France (1285): 36, 38–39, 43, 52–53, 140, 224
Philip VI, de Valois (1293–1350), King of France (1328): 204, 221, 228, 263
Philip ap Howel: 79, 122
Philippa of Hainault (1314?–1369), Queen of England (1328): 141, 200, 207, 216, 222–223, 228–229, 233, 272 (n. 2)
Picardy, France: 133, 310, 321
Poer, Arnold le: 81, 96
Poissy, France: 140
Poitou, France: 57
Pole, Griffin de la: 48–49
Pole, Hawise de la, cousin of Griffin: see Charlton, Hawise de
Polychronicon, The: see Higden, Ranulph
Pontarion, France: 320
Pontefract, Yorkshire: 91, 123–124, 160, 173, 245, 310, 313
Ponthieu, France: 29, 82, 148
Pontoise, France: 140
Popes: see Clement V; John XXII
Portchester, Hampshire: 2, 131, 310
Potesgrave, Richard de: 186
Powys (North), Wales: 13
Presteigne, Wales: 21
Privy Seal, Keeper of: see Wyvil, Robert; Airmyn, Richard; Lymbergh, Adam; Bury, Richard de prophecies: see Merlin, prophecies of prophetic dates: 16
Radnor, Wales: 1, 14, 21, 78, 121, 146
Radnor, Roger of: see Roger of Radnor
Radnorshire, Wales: 11
Randolph, Thomas (d. 1332), Earl of Moray (1312): 57, 61–62, 67, 70, 86, 175, 177, 181–182, 210
Rathlin Island (off north coast of Ireland): 27
Ratoath, Ireland: 83
Rawdon Castle, Ireland: 96
Reading, Simon de (d. 1326): 159–160, 162
Regency Council: 288 (n. 21)
Réole, La, France (Gascony): 137–138
Reynolds, Walter (d. 1327), Bishop of Worcester (1307), Treasurer (1307–10), Archbishop of Canterbury (1313): 38, 109, 112, 155, 168, 170, 213, 217, 288 (n. 21)
Rhuddlan Castle, Wales: 11–12
Rhys ap Howel: 122, 159
Richard I (1157–1199), King of England (1189): 12
Richard II (1367–1400), King of England (1377–1399): 245
Richmond, Earl of: see Brittany, John de
Rochester, Kent: 249
Rochester, Bishop of: see Hethe, Hamo
Roger of Radnor: 13
Rokeby, Thomas: 180
Ros, John de (d. 1349), Steward of the Royal Household (1327–28), Lord Ros of Watton (1332): 172, 203, 288 (n. 21)
Roscelyn, Thomas: 79, 218, 220, 225, 231–232
Roscommon Castle, Ireland: 96
Ross, Ireland: 309
Rotterdam, Holland: 149
Roxburgh Castle, Scotland: 28, 57, 128
Rutland: 234
Rycius, Percival, Genoese merchant: 302 (n. 43)
St Albans, Hertfordshire: 309, 315
St Andrews, Bishop of: see Lamberton, William de
St John, Priory of: see Clerkenwell
St John, John de (d. 1316?), Lord St John of Lageham (1297): 270 (n. 11)
St Paul’s Cathedral: see London, St Paul’s Cathedral
St Sardos, France (Gascony): 134–135
Salisbury, Wiltshire: 213–214, 314
Salles, France: 32
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Salmon, John (d. 1325), Bishop of Norwich (1299): 91–92
Sandall, John (d. 1319), Chancellor (1314–1318), Bishop of Winchester (1316), Treasurer (1318–19): 65, 276 (n. 17)
Sandwich, Kent: 252
Santiago de Compostela, Spain: 225
Sapy, John de: 42, 47, 79, 274 (n. 26)
Sapy, Robrt de: 79
Say, Walter de: 86
Scarborough Castle, Yorkshire: 51
Scone Abbey, Scotland: 25–26
Scotland: 11, 17, 22–28, 30–31, 40, 44, 46–47, 54–64–66, 81, 83, 96, 105, 128, 137, 169, 175, 177–178, 199–200, 205, 209, 212, 216, 233, 267, 274 (n. 40), 304
Scotland, King of: see Bruce, Robert; Balliol, John
Segrave, Stephen de (d. 1325?), Lord Segrave (1325): 130, 132
Sempringham Priory, Lincolnshire: 136, 321