The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (66 page)

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Gormanstown, Ireland: 234
Gower, Wales: 100–101, 127, 157
Granard, Ireland: 80
Grandison, Blanche de (d. 1347), Lady Grandison: 322–324
Grandison, Piers de (d. 1358), Lord Grandison: 324
Grantham, John de, alderman and Mayor of London: 215, 220
Gravesend, Stephen (d. 1338), Bishop of London ((1318): 112, 170, 213, 217, 228, 231
Greencastle, Ireland: 68
Greenwich, Kent: 2, 130
Grey, John de (1268–1323), Lord Grey of Wilton and Ruthin: 104
Grey, Richard de (1282?–1335), Lord Grey of Codnor: 110
Greyfriars:
see
Franciscans
Guienne, France: 57
Guildhall:
see
London, Guildhall
Gurney, Thomas: 95, 185, 188–191, 194, 197, 201, 245, 247–249, 251, 257, 260, 263, 292 (n. 2)
Gwennllwg, Wales: 99–100
Hainault, Belgium (
see also
Holland): 134–135, 140–141, 148–150–151, 164, 176, 183, 200, 310
Hainault, Count William of:
see
William of Hainault
Hainault, John of:
see
John of Hainault
Hainault, Philippa of:
see
Philippa of Hainault
Haines, Roy Martin, historian: 254, 258, 260
Hakelut, Edmund: 79, 81, 99
Hakelut, John: 323
Hakelut, Walter (d. 1315): 94
Haltwhistle, Northumberland: 180, 312
Hammond, Robert:
see
Howel, Robert:
Hampshire: 21, 107, 120–121, 135, 177
Hampshire, Sheriffs of: 129, 215
Hanley Castle, Worcestershire: 207
Harclay, Andrew de (d. 1323), Earl of Carlisle (1322): 123–124, 161, 286 (n. 18)
Harley, Robert de: 66, 79, 82
Harley, William de: 126
Hastings, Battle of (1066): 3
Hastings, Agnes, de (d. 1368), Countess of Pembroke (1339): 225, 294 (n. 22), 323
Hastings, John de (d. 1325), Lord Hastings (1313): 75, 103–105, 114
Hastings, Laurence de (1320–1348), heir to the earldom of Pembroke (Earl of Pembroke, 1339): 171; 201, 225, 234, 294 (n. 22), 322–323
Hastings, Robert de: 186
Haverford, Wales: 83, 157
Hawkslowe, Richard de: 201
Haydon, Northumberland: 179–180, 311
heads, presentation of: 8, 11, 13, 86, 93, 156 162
Hebrides, King of: 93
Henry II (1133–1189), King of England (1153): 12
Henry (1155–1183), son of Henry II: 12
Henry III (1207–1272), King of England (1216): 7, 10
Henry of Lancaster (c. 1281–1345), Earl of Leicester (1324), Earl of Lancaster (1326): 38, 75, 104, 135, 137, 142, 169, 189, 196, 227, 266, 284 (n. 22)
– role in 1326 invasion: 151–152, 154, 158–159
– as custodian of Edward II: 159–160, 251
– opposition to Roger and Isabella: 164, 172–175
– role in Weardale campaign: 177, 181, 183–184
– role on regency council: 172, 203, 288 (n. 21)
– determination to protect English interests in Scotland: 175, 199–200, 205
– claims that Roger removed Edward II by force: 174, 187, 288 (n. 26)
– origins of conflict with Roger 1328–29: 194, 199, 204–205
– accuses Roger of appropriating power: 209
– distrustful of Edward III: 209–210
– declares his enmity towards Roger and Isabella: 210–211
– threatens the king: 211–212
– petition of grievances against the government 1328: 212–213
– attempts to capture Edward III: 213
– protection of Thomas Wyther after murder of Holand: 213
– refuses to attend Parliament: 213–214
– reaction to Roger’s earldom: 215
– hears Edward II still alive: 216–217
– accuses Edward III of breaking coronation oath: 217
– 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

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