*HISTORICAL APPENDIX.*
MORTIMER OF MARCH.
Roger Mortimer, third Earl of March, eldest and only surviving son ofEdmund second Earl and Elizabeth de Badlesmere was born in 1328, andstood eighth on the list of original Knights of the Garter: died atRouvray, in Burgundy, Feb. 26th, 1360; buried at Wigmore. Married
PHILIPPA, daughter of William de Montacute, first Earl of Salisbury, andKatherine Grandison; for whom Earl Roger's marriage was granted to herfather, 1336: died Jan. 5th, 1382; buried at Bisham.
Issue:--
1. Roger, died young.
2. Alice, affianced in 1354 to Edmund, son of Richard Earl of Arundel,and then under thirteen years of age; died before marriage.
3. EDMUND, 4th Earl, born at Langenith, Feb. 1st, 1352; affianced 1354to Alice, daughter of Richard Earl of Arundel (marriage broken off);received into fraternity, Canterbury Cathedral, July 7th, 1379; died atCork, from cold taken in fording the Lee, Dec. 27th, 1381; buried atBisham. Married
PHILIPPA, only child of Lionel Duke of Clarence (son of Edward III.) andhis first wife Elizabeth de Burgh: born at Eltham Palace, Aug. 16th,1355; married in the Queen's Chapel, probably at Reading, 1359,apparently before Feb. 15th, and certainly before July 16th: diedshortly before Jan. 7th, 1378; buried at Wigmore.
4. John, died young.
Issue of Edmund 4th Earl:--
1. Elizabeth, born at Usk, Feb. 12th, 1371; married (1) before May 1st,1380, Henry Lord Percy, surnamed Hotspur (2) after Oct. 8th, 1403,Thomas Lord Camoys; living 1417; Inq. Post Mortem, 5 Hen. V.: buried atTrotton with second husband. Left issue by both marriages.
2. ROGER, 5th Earl; born at Usk, Sept. 1st, 1373; affianced 1385 to(probably Alice) daughter of Richard 12th Earl of Arundel (marriagebroken off at the request of Princess of Wales): Viceroy of Ireland 20to 22 Ric. II.: killed in skirmish, Kenles, Ireland, "adventuringhimself before his army in an Irish habit," July 20th, 1398; buried atWigmore. Declared heir of the Crown in Parliament, 9 Ric. II. Married
ALIANORA, eldest daughter of Thomas de Holand, Earl of Kent, and Alesiade Arundel: born 1370-2, married after Oct. 7th, 1388, when Earl Roger'smarriage was granted to her father (re-married, licence dat. June 19th,1399, Edward de Charlton, Lord Powys): died Oct. 23rd, 1405; buried atWigmore.
3. Philippa, born at Ludlow, Nov. 21st, 1375: married (1) John Hastings,3rd and last Earl of Pembroke, after Sept. 24th, 1383 (2) pardon dat.Nov. 10, 1391, for fine of 500 marks, Richard, 12th Earl of Arundel, (3)after Sept. 1397, John, Lord St. John of Basing: died Sept. 24th, 1401(Inq. P. Mort.), Sept. 26th, 1400 (Registry of Lewes): buried atBoxgrove. Left issue by last marriage only.
Edmund, born at Ludlow, Nov. 1377: fled into Wales after battle ofShrewsbury, 1403; Inq. 16 Hen. VI. 24. Married
Katherine, daughter of Owain Glyndwr and Margaret Hanmer, married 1402;died prisoner, London, about Nov. 1413; buried there in St. Swithin'sChurch. Issue doubtful, but comprising a son and two daughters atleast.
Issue of Roger 5th Earl:--ANNE, born Dec. 27th, 1388 (Dugdale, doubtlessa mistake for 1389): married after Jan. 9th, 1407, Richard of York, Earlof Cambridge; died about Sept. 1410; buried probably in Abbey Church,King's Langley.
2. Edmund, 6th and last Earl, born in New Forest, Nov. 6th, 1391; diedat Trim Castle, Jan. 19th, 1425; buried at Stoke Clare. Married (butleft no issue),
Anne, daughter of Edmund Earl of Stafford and Princess Anne ofGloucester: married about 1413-1415; (remarried, 1429, John de Holand,Duke of Exeter); died Sept. 20th or 24th, 1432; buried in Church of St.Katherine, Tower, with second husband.
3. Roger, born at Nethewode, Mar. 24th, 1393; died prisoner in WindsorCastle, after Aug. 26th, 1404, and probably after 1405; buried at StokePriory.
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