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Monday, August 10, 2020

Earl Edmund de Mortimer & Lady Philippe of Clarence

 7605294. Earl Edmund de Mortimer & 7605295. Lady Philippe of Clarence

2/1/1351, Edmund born in Llangoed, Breconshire, Wales, heir & s/o 15210588. Earl Roger de Mortimer & 15210589. Philppe de Montagu.

8/16/1355, Philippe born in Eltham Palace, Kent, England, heir & d/o 15210590. Prince Lionel of Antwerp & 15210591. Elizabeth de Burgh.

3/5/1356, Appointment … to take carpenters, masons, … for the repair of the houses in the priory of Caumpeseye where Philippa daughter of the king’s son Lionel is to dwell for a certain time. (S) CPRs.

6/1358, In a triple ceremony performed in the queen’s chapel, Edward III’s daughter Margaret (age 12) promised to John Hastings (age 11); Prince Lionel’s daughter Philippa (7605295, age 3) promised to Edmund Mortimer (7605294, age 6), and Edward III’s son John of Gaunt (738712, age 18) promised to Blanche Plantagenet (age 12).

2/26/1360, Edmund’s father died, Edmund inheriting the title of earl of Ulster; placed under the care of Richard, earl of Arundel.

12/1/1360, Edmund, son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, a minor in the king's ward. (S) CFRs.

2/20/1361, Grant to the king’s daughter Isabel … which William de Bohun, late earl of Northampton, held for his life of the inheritance of Edmund son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, … nonage of Edmund … (S) CPRs.

2/13/1362, … of the inheritance of Edmund son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, the king’s ward … (S) CPRs.

11/13/1363, Philippe heir to her mother, becoming Countess of Ulster, and inheriting the lordships of Ulster and Connaught in Ireland, and Clare in Suffolk.

1364, Philippe was taken to the royal court of her grandmother, Queen Philippa.

1364 at Westminster, Indenture between the king’s daughter Isabel and Philippa late the wife of Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, …  during the nonage of Edmund, the earl’s son … (S) CPRs, 11/15/1364.

5/1/1366, Licence … abbey of Lesnes … by reason of the nonage of Edmund, son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, … (S) CPRs.

[––Edmund & Philippe––]

5/1368 at Reading, Berkshire, Edmund married Philippe, becoming Earl of Ulster in right of his wife.

10/17/1368, Philippe’s father died.

1369, Edmund, earl of March and Ulster, became Marshal of England.

7/26/1369, Commission to … executors of the will of the king's son Lionel, late duke of Clarence, reciting that all the castles, manors, … in England, Ireland and Wales which the duke held … of the inheritance of Philippa, wife of Edmund, earl of March, daughter and heir of Elizabeth late the wife of the said duke, have come into the king's hand by reason of the minority of Philippa. (S) CFRs.

9/12/1369, Admission of Roger de Mortuo Mari, ‘chivaler,’ and James Watenhull, the younger, as guardians in Ireland for 2 years of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March and Ulster, and Philippa, his wife, who stay in England. (S) CPRs.

1/8/1370, Edmund summoned to parliament.

1/15/1370, Licence for the brethren of the hospital of St. John, Lodelowe, which is of the patronage of Edmund, son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, … (S) CPRs.

2/3/1370, Grant the the king’s esquire, Richard Forester, … by knight service of the king’s son Edmund, son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, the king’s ward, … (S) CPRs. [1st use of “the king’s son”]

4/12/1371, John de Rothewell and Walter Brigge are admitted as guardians in Ireland of Edmund son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, and Philippa, his wife, daughter and heir of Lionel, late duke of Clarence, and Elizabeth late his wife, who are under age and staying in England, for 1 year. (S) CPRs.

7/20/1371, Exemplication, at the request of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, and Philippa, his wife, daughter and heir of Lionel of Andewerp, the king’s son, … (S) CPRs.

7/12/1372, … Edmund son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, a minor in the king’s ward … (S) CPRs.

2/4/1373, Grant … Edmund, earl of March, son and heir of Roger late earl of March, who was then within age … (S) CPRs.

5/24/1373, Licence … Hugh de Boraston, for Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, to grant for life, … (S) CPRs.

1373, Edmund the chief guardian of the truce in Scotland.

9/16/1373, Thomas Mountyoie … going to Ireland in the king’s service in the company of Edmund, earl of March, … (S) CPRs.

4/16/1374, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March and Ulster, staying in England, … attorneys are admitted as guardians of the king’s daughter Philippa, wife of the earl, staying in England … John Lovell, ‘chivaler,’ received the guardians by writ. (S) CPRs.

11/12/1374, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, going beyond seas. (S) CPRs.

12/6/1374, Licence … the king’s son, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, for the abbot and convent of Wyggemore to acquire in mortmain … a chaplain to celebate divine service daily … for the soul of Roger de Mortuo Mari, sometime earl of March, his father. (S) CPRs.

2/1375, Edmund attended the Duke of Brittany to Brittany. Supported by Edmund, earl of Cambridge, and Edward, lord Despenser, with 90 knights, 1895 esquires, 1985 archers, they took the castle of Saint-Mathieu.

6/27/1375, The Truce of Bruges was called between England and France. (S) War, Politics, and Culture in 14th Centruy England, Sherborne, 1994, P13.

4/28/1376, Edmund 1 of 4 earls attending the Good Parilament.

2/18/1377, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, and Philippa his wife, have letters nominating … in Ireland … (S) CPRs.

Aft. 1377, Philippe died; buried at Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire.

[––Edmund––]

2/8/1377, Commission to Edmund, earl of March, Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, William de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, … between Robert de Knolles and Richard de Wygan … (S) CPRs.

6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, son of the Black Prince, succeeded Edward III as King of England.

1377, Edmund appointed to the standing Council of government.

9/24/1378, Protection … for 1 year in Ireland, for the king’s kinsman, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, staying in England, … (S) CPRs.

2/10/1379, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March and Ulster, staying in England, … (S) CPRs.

10/22/1379, Edmund appointed King’s Lieutenant in Ireland. (S) CPRs.

12/6/1379, Licence … by Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March and Ulster, for him to alienate in mortmain … for the souls of Roger de Mortuo Mari … father of the said Edmund, and Philippa late the wife of the said Edmund, … Philippa his mother, and himself whilst living, … (S) CPRs.

4/19/1380, Letters for Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March and Ulster, going to Ireland on the king’s service … (S) CPRs.

5/1/1380, Edmund wrote his will.

5/5/1380, … Henry de Percy son of Henry de Percy, earl of Northumberland, in the company of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, supplying the place of the king in Ireland. (S) CPRs.

1/20/1381, Protection … staying in Ireland on the king’s service with Richard Talbot, the younger, knight, in the company of the king’s kinsman, Edmund, earl of March, the king’s lieutenant in Ireland. (S) CPRs.

8/8/1381, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, earl of March and Ulster, staying in Ireland on the king’s service … (S) CPRs.

12/27/1381, Edmund, 3rd Earl of March, died after a winter crossing of a river in the Dominican friary at Cork, Ireland. Initially buried at Cork, his body was later moved to Wigmore Abbey.

(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P595. (S) The Wars of the Roses, Weir, 1995.

Children of Edmund and Philippe:

i. Elizabeth de Mortimer (3802647), born 2/12/1370 in England.

ii. Roger de Mortimer, 4/11/1374 in Usk, Monmouthshire, England.

1385, Roger named the heir presumptive to the crown of England of Richard II.

Roger, 4th earl of March, married Eleanor Holand, [1st d/o that name of 738714. Earl Thomas de Holand & 738715. Alice Fitzalan.]

6/1398, Roger, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ambushed and killed by the Irish at Kenlis in Leinster.

Child: Edmund de Mortimer, born 11/6/1391, 5th Earl of March.

·         1400, Edmund the presumptive heir to his cousin King Richard II, usurped by Henry Bolingbroke. [An event that would eventually lead to the War of the Roses.] Edward descended paternally from Lionel of Antwerp, 2nd s/o Edward II; and maternally from Henry III.

iii. Edmund de Mortimer, born 11/9/1376 in England.

Edmund captured by Owain Gluyndwr at the battle of Bryn Glas.

1402, Edmund married Catrin, d/o Owain Gluyndwr.

1409, Edmund died during the siege of Harlech.

iv. Philippe de Mortimer, born ? in England.

Philippe married 1st John de Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke.

Philippe married 2nd Richard de Arundel, Earl of Arundel and Surrey.

Philippe married 3rd Thomas Poynings, 5th Lord St. John of Basing, s/o. Lord Luke de Poynings.

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