The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Paternal Family Tree: Mortimer
Maternal Family Tree: Clemence Roches Countess Blois
1308 Coronation of Edward II and Isabella
1326 Return of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer
1326 Execution of the Despencers
1328 Marriage of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault
1328 Treaty of Edinburgh Northampton
1328 Mortimer Double Marriage and Tournament
1328 Roger Mortimer created Earl of March
In September 1285 [his father] Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 34] and [his mother] Margaret Fiennes [aged 16] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th April 1287 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was born to [his father] Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 36] and [his mother] Margaret Fiennes [aged 18]. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
On 20th September 1301 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 14] and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 15] were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
In 1303 [his son] Edmund Mortimer was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 15] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 16]. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. He married 27th June 1316 his fourth cousin Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton, daughter of Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere, and had issue.
In 1304 [his daughter] Margaret Mortimer Baroness Berkeley was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 16] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 17]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married before 1320 her third cousin Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley, son of Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley and Eva Zouche, and had issue.
In July 1304 [his father] Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 53] died at Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Roger [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 22nd May 1306 the Feast of the Swans was a collective knighting of two hundred and sixty seven men at Westminster Abbey [Map].
At the feast, following the knightings, two swans were brought in. King Edward I of England [aged 66] swore before God and the swans to avenge the death of John Comyn 3rd Lord Baddenoch - see Murder of John "Red" Comyn.
King Edward I of England first knighted his son King Edward II of England [aged 22].
King Edward II of England then knighted the remaining two-hundred and sixty-six including...
Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 20]
Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 21]
John le Blund, Mayor of London
William Brabazon
[his uncle] Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk [aged 50]
Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 22] - this may have been the first time Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall and King Edward II of England met?
John Harrington 1st Baron Harington [aged 25]
John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 16]
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 19]
William Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu [aged 31]
John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray [aged 19]
Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon [aged 30]
John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey [aged 19]
In 1307 [his daughter] Maud Mortimer was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 19] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 20]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married before 13th April 1319 John Charleton 2nd Baron Cherleton, son of John Charleton 1st Baron Cherleton and Hawise "Lady of Powys" Mathrafal Baroness Cherleton, and had issue.
On 25th February 1308 King Edward II of England [aged 23] was crowned II King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester. Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 13] was crowned Queen Consort England.
Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 24] carried the Royal Crown.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 30] carried the Gilt Spurs.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 32] carried the Royal Sceptre.
Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 22] was Chief Butler, a heriditary office.
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 27] carried the Royal Rod.
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 30] carried the sword Curtana.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 20] carried the table bearing the Royal Robes.
Thomas Grey [aged 28] and Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 61] attended.
In 1309 [his son] Geoffrey Mortimer was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 21] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 22]. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
In 1310 [his son] John Mortimer was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 22] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 23]. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
Around 1312 [his daughter] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 24] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 25] at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married 10th June 1330 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison, son of William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison, and had issue.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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In 1312 [his daughter] Joan Mortimer was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 24] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 25]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married before 1328 her fourth cousin James Audley 2nd Baron Audley of Heighley, son of Nicholas Audley 1st Baron Audley of Heighley and Joan Fitzmartin Countess Lincoln, and had issue.
In 1313 [his daughter] Isabella Mortimer was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 25] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 26]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
Around 1314 [his daughter] Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 26] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 27]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married 19th April 1319 her half second cousin once removed Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick, son of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick, and had issue.
On 21st October 1314 Geoffrey Geneville 1st Baron Geneville [aged 88] died at Trim, County Meath. He was buried at Black Friary, Trim, County Meath. His granddaughter [his wife] Joan [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Baroness Geneville. She and her husband Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 27] inherited the vast legacy of the de Lacy dynasty, including Ludlow Castle [Map].
On 27th June 1316 Edmund Mortimer [aged 13] and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton [aged 3] were married at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He the son of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 29] and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 30]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1317 [his daughter] Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 29] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 30]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married her third cousin once removed Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke, son of John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny and Juliana Leybourne Countess Huntingdon, and had issue.
Before 13th April 1319 [his son-in-law] John Charleton 2nd Baron Cherleton and Maud Mortimer [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 31] and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 33].
On 19th April 1319 [his son-in-law] Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 6] and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick [aged 5] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. An arranged marriage although not clear who arranged it or whose ward Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick was (his father Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick had died four years before) - possibly by King Edward II of England [aged 34] as a means of securing the Welsh March. The Beauchamp family established, the Mortimer family aspirational. The marriage took place after Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 31] had returned from his tenure as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and before he rebelled against King Edward II of England in opposition to Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 33]. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 33]. He the son of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 34]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
Before 1320 [his son-in-law] Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley [aged 23] and Margaret Mortimer Baroness Berkeley [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 32] and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 33]. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
Around 1322 [his daughter] Beatrice Mortimer was born to Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 34] and [his wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 35] at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married (1) her half third cousin once removed Edward Plantagenet, son of Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk and Alice Hales Countess Norfolk (2) before 1352 her half third cousin Thomas Brewes.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 44] attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 52]. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 46], Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 34], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 57] and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 32] fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford [aged 22], Nicholas Longford [aged 37], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray [aged 35] were captured.
Warin Lisle [aged 51] was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 31] and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton [aged 22], Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 22], William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 46], Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 34], Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar [aged 29] and Peter Saltmarsh [aged 42] fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton [aged 43] was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 46] was killed. His son John [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
[his future son-in-law] Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 31] fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley [aged 55] surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
In August 1323 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 36] escaped to France and to Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 28] at Tower of London [Map].
Annales Paulini. And in the same year, on the night following the feast of Saint Peter in Chains (1st August 1323), Lord Roger de Mortimer [aged 36] escaped from the Tower of London and crossed the Thames to the mills of John de Gisors. Nearby, at the abbot's houses, seven horses had been prepared, and Lord Roger, with seven others, began his journey toward the sea. There, he found a boat arranged in advance by certain individuals, as will be made clear below.
An inquest held at Portsmouth before John de Weston and others on Tuesday, the feast of Saint Lawrence (August 10th), in the 17th year of the king's reign, by the oath of John Bacun and others, who stated that on the day after the feast of Saint Peter in Chains, Thomas Lessorte, a boatman from the Isle of Wight, took his boat to Barelorde, as Alice of Southampton had told him to do, having herself been directed by Ralph de Boktone, a London merchant. At that place, he was to find men whom he would carry in the said boat. When he arrived with the boat, he found seven men, who entered his vessel. When they reached the open sea near Noteleshere, they saw a ship which Ralph de Boktone had arranged for them from Normandy. Immediately, they forced the boatman by threat to take them to the Norman ship, and they boarded it. From this, it was suspected that they were felons of the king who had escaped from the Tower of London. The seven men had left their horses in the yard at Baselehorde, which Alice then left to graze in pasture until the return of the said Ralph.
Et eodem anno, nocte sequenti festun Sancti Petri ad Vincula, dominus Rogerus de Mortuomari evasit de twrri Londoniensi et transivit ultra Tamissiam usque ad molendinas J. de Gisors, et deprope in domibus abbatis fuerunt vii. equi parati, in quibus dominus Rogerus um vii persona iter suum arripuit versus mare, et ibi invenit batellum ex prælocutione quorundam, prout inferius patebit.
Inquisitio facta apud Portesmuth coram J. de West' et ceteris, die Martis in festo Sancti Laurentii anno regni regis xvii, per sacramentum J. Bacun et aliorum, et qui dicunt quod in crastino Sancti Petri ad Vincula, Thomas Lessorte batellarius de insula Vecta duxit batellum suum apud Barelorde, sicut Alicia de Borhamtone ei dixit quod faceret, sicut ipsa ducts fuit per Radulfum de Boktone mercatorem Londoniensem, et apud prædictum locum deberet invenire homines quos duceret in prædictam inenlam. Qui cum ibi venisset cum batello, invenit ibi vii homines qui intraverunt batellum suum, et, cum venisset super mare versus Noteleshere, viderunt quandam navem quan Radulfus de Bohtone eis prædictus providit de Normannia; et statim coegerunt batellariom vi ad ducendum eos ad dictam navem de Normannia, et intraverunt eam; per quod æstimavit quod fuerunt felones domini regis qui evaserunt de turri Londoniarum. Qui vii equos dimiserunt super aream apud Baselehorde, quos equos dicta Alicia dimisit in pastura usque ad adventum dicti Radulfi.
Chronicles of Trokelowe and Blaneforde. [1st August 1323] For in the stillness of the night during that same feast (of Saint Peter in Chains), when both the guards of the Tower and many others had fallen into deep sleep and rest — having been given a certain harmful drink — Roger [Mortimer] [aged 36] did not escape through the door of his chamber, which had been secured with many locks and bars, but rather through another way. By breaking through a wall, he entered the royal palace kitchen attached to the Tower. From the top of this building, he climbed down into one of the Tower's guard posts. Then, using ropes ingeniously fashioned like a ladder, which had been procured for him by a certain friend and secretly brought to him beforehand, he descended with considerable fear to another guard post. And, just as Saint Peter, imprisoned under Nero, passed the first and second guards with the help of an angel, so too did he—though with great difficulty—finally reach the Thames. There, he found a small, fragile boat, into which he entered with his helper and two other members of his inner circle. With God's help, they swiftly crossed the river. They then hurried with all speed toward the sea, carefully avoiding public roads throughout their journey, and did not rest until, united in purpose, they reached a certain port. In that place, where they were known to no one, they found a ship—prepared for them and waiting for some time near the port. With all haste, they boarded the vessel and, aided by a favorable wind granted by God, they swiftly arrived in the realms of France.
Nam intempestæ noctis silentio dictæ festivitatis, tarn custodibus castri quam cæteris multis, per quendam pestiferum potum eis ministratum, nocturno quieti ac sopori deditis, repentine, noii per ostium cameræ suæ, quod multis seris et repagulis fuerat obseratum, sed aliunde, per ruptionem muri, venit in coquina palatio Regis annexa; per cujus sunimitatem exiens, ad unam oastri devenit eustodiam; deinde per cordas, ad modum scalæ ingeniose compositas, per quenidam amicum suum pro visas, et sibi secrete prius allatas, ad aliam castri eustodiam cum non modico timore per venit. Et, sicut Beatus Petrus, in vinculis Neronis detentus, Angelo ducente, primam et secundam transivit custodiam, cum maxima difficultate tandem venit ad aquam Tamisiæ; ibi quamdam fragilem cymbam reperiens, quam, cum adjutore suo, et aliis duobus de consilio suo, intravit, et dictam aquam, Deo volente, concito transmearunt. Et cum omni festinatione ad mare properantes, publicas stratas semper in itinere devitarunt; nec cessare voluerunt, donec ad quemdam portum unanimes pervenirent. Quo vero in loco, ab omnibus ignoti, navem, aliquandiu eos ibidem expectantem, prope portum promptam ibidem reperientes; quam cum omni festinatione intraverunt, et, prosperam auram eis Deo ministrante, ad Gallicana regna concito pervenerunt.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. In the year 1323, Roger de Mortimer,1 who had formerly been imprisoned in the Tower of London, as was said above, escaped with the help of traitors and through the bribery of corrupted guards. He fled to France and attached himself to the aforesaid Charles of Valois, the enemy of the English and supporter of their exile. He was thus preserved for a new discord and miserable civil war, as a sower of strife.
Anno MCCCXXIIJ, Rogerus de Mortuo mari, quondam in turri Londoniensi, ut superius dicebatur, incarceratus, auxilio proditorum, custodibus corruptis muneribus, evasit et, in Franciam dilapsus, predicto Karolo de Valoys exul Anglorum ipsorum inimico inclinatus adesit, in novum discidium atque miserabilem guerram intestinam reservatus per seminatorem zizanniorum.
Note 1. Annals Paulinus 305.
The Brute chronicle has the following: "And anone after, sir Roger Mortymer of Wygmour brake oute of the toure of Londone, and in this maner. Sir Roger the forsaide herde that he shulde ben drawe and hongede at Londone in the morue after seint Laurence day; and on the day before he helde a faire feste in the toure of Londone, and fio was sir Stephin Segrave, constabil of London, and meny grete men with him. And when thei shulde sopen, the forsaide Stephin sente for alle the officers of the toure; and thei come and sopede with him. And when thei shulde take here leve of him, a squyer that men callede Stephin, that was ful pryve with the forsaide Roger, thurgh hire counsel yaf hem all suche a drinke that the leste of hem slepte ii dayes and ii nyjtes. And in the mene tyme he skapede awaye by water, that is to sein, by the Thamyse, and wente over the see and helde him in Fraunce. The kyng was sore annoyede, and tho putte the same Stephene oute of his constabelrie."
After 1326 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 38] commissioned the building of the Mortimer chapel, now known as the Lady Chapel, at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Leintwardine [Map].
In October 1326 Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 31] landed at Harwich, Suffolk with her son Edward [aged 13] and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 39], John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 36] and Nicholas Abrichecourt [aged 36]. Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 34] joined her shortly afterwards.
On 24th November 1326 Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 40] was hanged, drawn and quartered in Hereford [Map]. Baron Despencer forfeit.
Simon of Reading was also hanged, drawn and quartered the same day.
Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 31] and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 39] were present - see
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker.
In 1327 [his daughter] Isabella Mortimer [aged 14] died.
Patent Rolls. 23rd February 1327. Pardon to Richard de Holand, knight, at the request of Edmund, earl of Kent [aged 25], the king's uncle, and of Roger de Mortuo Mari [aged 39], for all breaches of the peace and other offences in the late king's reign. By p.s.
Before 1328 [his son-in-law] James Audley 2nd Baron Audley of Heighley [aged 14] and Joan Mortimer [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 41]. He the son of Nicholas Audley 1st Baron Audley of Heighley and Joan Fitzmartin Countess Lincoln. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
In 1328 [his son] John Mortimer [aged 18] died.
On 24th January 1328 King Edward III of England [aged 15] and Philippa of Hainault [aged 17] were married at York Minster [Map] by Archbishop William Melton [aged 53]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She was crowned the same day. She the daughter of William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 42] and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 34]. He the son of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33]. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
The marriage was the quid pro quo for her father William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland having supported his mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] returning to England to usurp the throne of Edward's father King Edward II of England.
On 17th March 1328 Robert the Bruce [aged 53] signed the Treaty of Edinburgh Northampton bringing to an end the First Scottish War of Independence. The English Parliament signed at Northampton [Map] on 03 May 1328. The terms of the Treaty included:
Scotland to pay England £100,000 sterling,
The Kingdom of Scotland as fully independent,
Robert the Bruce, and his heirs and successors, as the rightful rulers of Scotland, and.
The border between Scotland and England as that recognised under the reign of Alexander III (1249-1286).
The Treaty lasted four years only being regarded by the English nobility as humiliating; the work of Edward's [aged 15] mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33] and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] rather than King Edward. Two years after King Edward commenced his personal reign he commenced the Second War of Scottish Independence in Aug 1332.
On 31st May 1328 the Mortimer family leveraged their new status at a lavish ceremony that celebrated the marriages of two of Roger Mortimer's [aged 41] daughters at Hereford [Map].
[his son-in-law] Edward Plantagenet [aged 8] and Beatrice Mortimer [aged 6] were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 42]. He the son of Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 27] and Alice Hales Countess Norfolk. They were half third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 9] and Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny and Juliana Leybourne Countess Huntingdon [aged 25]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
King Edward III of England [aged 15] and his mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33] attended as well as Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March.
In October 1328 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 41] was created 1st Earl March by his own authority to the surprise, perhaps astonishment, of the nobility who compared his behaviour as similar to the usurped Edward II.
On 19th March 1330 the King's uncle Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent [aged 28] was beheaded at Winchester Castle [Map]. Earl Kent forfeit. Edmund had been convicted of plotting against the court believing his brother King Edward II was still alive. It later emerged the plot had been created by Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 42] to entrap Edmund. King Edward III of England [aged 17] was unable to show leniency risking complicity in the plot. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
See
Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke, 
Walter of Guisborough, Knighton 2555, 
Murimuth and Parliament Rolls.
On 10th June 1330 [his son-in-law] Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 39] and Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 44].
On 19th October 1330 John Neville 1299-1335, William Eland, William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 20], William Clinton 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 26] and William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 29], friends of King Edward III of England [aged 17] secretly entered Nottingham Castle [Map] through tunnels, met with King Edward III of England, and arrested Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] and his son Geoffrey Mortimer [aged 21] in the presence of Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 35].
On 29th November 1330 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map] accused of assuming royal power and of various other high misdemeanours. His body hung at the gallows for two days and nights. He was buried at Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map]. Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 35] subsequently requested his burial at Wigmore Abbey [Map] and, after firstly refusing, King Edward III of England [aged 18] allowed his remains to be removed to Wigmore Abbey [Map]. Earl March, Baron Mortimer of Wigmore forfeit.
Chronicle of Robert Fabyan [-1512]. [17th October 1330]. In ye moneth of Octobre, upon the xvii. daye, and euyn of seynt Luke, syr Roger Mortymer [aged 43] before named, by means of syr Wyllyam Montaygne [aged 29], syr Rafe Staforde, syr lohn Neuyle, and other, by a compassyd meane was takyn in the castell of Notyngham [Map], notwithstandyrige that the keyes of the sayde eastell were dayly and nyghtlye under his warde and kepynge; the kynge, the quene, the olde quene [aged 35], with dyuerse other noblys that beynge in the same eastell lodgyd. The maner of the takynge of this erle syr Roger Mortymer I passe ouer, for the dyuersyte that I haue seen thereof of sundry wryters; but many agreen, yt he with syr Symonde of Bedforde, & other, were in that nyght takyn, and after sent unto the Towre of London, and there put in streyghte kepynge. Then the kynge, in short processe after, callyd a parlyament at London for ye reformacion of many thynges rnysorderyd in the realme, by mtatie of the foresayde syr Roger, as the comon fame then went.
Scalacronica. [19th October 1330]. The council having been dissolved, the said William [aged 29] said to the King that it were better to eat the dog than that the dog [should eat] them; so he advised him to speak to the constable of the castle, charging him upon his oath and allegiance to keep the plan secret, and [directing] him to leave a postern open to the park that very night, and [warning him] that if he would not do so, he [the King] would cause him to be hanged so soon as he [the King] should have the upper hand. The said William arranged with his comrades to assemble by night at a certain thicket in the park to which all should come; but they missed the trysting place, except the said William de Montacute and John de Nevill with four-and-twenty men, who kept their appointment well.
They were afraid that their comrades might miss them, and they durst not sound a call because of the sentries in the castle; and so, as bold and enterprising men, they declared that, as the matter had gone so far, they would risk the adventure by themselves. They went forward, and found the postern open, as the King had commanded. They entered the castle and mounted the stairs of the second court without meeting anybody, for it was mirk night, and the followers of the [gentle] folk had left the castle for their lodgings. The Queen [aged 35], Mortimer [aged 43], and their confidential adherents were holding a council to take measures against this plot which had been discovered to them. They [the conspirators] entered the hall where the Queen was sitting in council. The usher cried out at their entry. Hugh de Turpington, who was steward of the King's household, [but] was of the Queen's party, rushed out of the council and met them in the middle of the hall, crying 'Down with the traitors!' and made to strike the first [of them] with a dagger, when John de Nevill ran him through the body and slew him, and an esquire [also] who offered resistance.
Then they passed forward into the chamber, and seized Mortimer and those whom they wished to have; so that before dawn none remained in the town save those who were of the King's party, who had armed themselves when the conspirators entered the castle.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Chronicle of the Kings of England by Richard Baker. [19th October 1330] And as for Mortimer, (lying then in the Castle of Nottingham and lately created Earl of the Marches of Wales) he was seised on in this manner; the King taking with him William Montacute [aged 29], Robert Holland, and others, go secretly one night by Torch-light, through a privy way under ground, till they come to the Queens [aged 35] Chamber; where leaving the King without, they entred and found the Queen with Mortimer [aged 43], ready to go to bed: then laying hands on him, they led him forth, after whom the Queen followed, crying, Bel fits, ayes pitie du gentil Mortimer; good fon, good fon, take pity upon the gentle Mortimer, suspecting that her son had been among them. This course was taken to apprehend him for avoiding of tumult, he having no fewer then ninescore Knights and Gentlemen, besides other meaner servants continually about him.
Chronicle of Robert Fabyan [-1512]. [29th November 1330]. In this. iiii. mayres yere, & ende of y thyrde yere of thys kynge, duryngc the foresayd parliament, as aboue is towchyd, at London, the foresayde syr Roger Mortymer [aged 43] was accusyd before the lordys of the parlyament of these artyclys with other; wherof. v. I fynde expressyd. And firste was layed unto his charge that by his meanys syr Edwarde of Carnaruan, by mooste tyrannouse deth in the castell of Barkley was murderyd; secondaryly, that, to the kynges great dyshonoure and damage, the Scottys, by his meanys and treason, escapyd from the kyng at the parke Stanhope, whiche then shuld haue fallen in the kynges daunger, ne had been the fauoure by the sayde Roger to them tha shewyd; thyrdely to hym was layed, that he, for execucion of the sayd treason, receyued of the capytayne of ye sayd Scottis, narnyd syr lamys Dowglas, great summys of money, and also for lyke mecle he had, to the kynges great dyshonoure & hurte of his realme, concludyd a peace atwene the kynge & the Scottis, & causyd to be delyuered unto they in the chartyr or endenture called Ragman, with many other thynges, to the Scottys great aduauntage and inpouerysshynge of this realme of Englande; fourtlye, was layed to hym, that where by syuystre & vnlefull meanys, cotrary the kynges pleasure and wyll, or assent of the lordys of the kynges counceyll, he had gotten into his possessyon moche of the kynges treasoure, he vnskylfully wasted & mysspent it; by reason whereof the kyng was in necessyte, and dryuen parforce to assaye his frendys: fyfthlye, that he also had enproperyd unto hym dyuerse wardys belongynge to the kynge, to his great lucre & the kynges great hurt, and that he was more secret wt quene Isabell, the kynges mother, that was to Goddes pleasure or the kynges honoure: the whiche artycles, with other agayne hym prouyd, he was, by auctoryte of ye sayde parlyament, iugyd to deth, and vpo seynt Andrewys euyn next ensuynge, at London, he was drawyn and hangyd.
Scalacronica. [29th November 1330]. He [the King] gave directions for the custody of his mother, and took the said Mortimer [aged 43] with him to Leicester, where he intended to put him to death; but he took other advice, causing a Parliament to be summoned to London, where Mortimer was drawn and hanged, upon a charge of having been party to the death of the King, the father [King Edward II], and because of the death of the Earl of Kent, and for the renunciation of the right to Scotland, and for the dissipation of the King's treasure which had been entrusted to him by his [Edward's] father, and upon other counts with which he was charged.
The lords who had been banished were restored. For a long time after this the King acted upon the advice of William de Montacute [aged 29], who always encouraged him to excellence and honour and love of arms; and so they led their young lives in pleasant fashion, until there came a more serious time with serious matters.
On 19th October 1330 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] taken to Leicester, Leicestershire [Map].
After 19th November 1330 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
On 26th November 1330 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] was tried at Westminster Hall [Map].
Around January 1332 [his uncle] Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk [aged 76] and his nephew Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March surrendered to the King and were imprisoned at Tower of London [Map] with his nephews.
Before 6th July 1336 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 34] abducted Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 18]. She being the heir of the very wealthy Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 45]; considerably more wealthy than Ralph. King Edward III of England [aged 23] was sympathetic despite the complaint of her father since Ralph had been one of King Edward III's key supporters during the plot to arrest Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March. Margaret's father was subsequently created Earl as a quid pro quo.
On 19th October 1356 [his former wife] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 70] died. She was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map].
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Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Rumily
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walchelin Ferrers
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 
Father: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
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Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber
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