The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (67 page)

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 of France (1282?–1318), Queen of England (1299): 15, 28–29, 33

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, Isabella (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

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