The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (68 page)

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

– execution: 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

Peyrat, France: 320

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