ARTICLES
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| Introducing the Mortimers - by Hugh Wood | ||
| 1. Their Origins in Normandy - Roger Mortemer | link | |
| 2. The First Two Mortimers of Wigmore - Ralph & Hugh Mortimer (dc1181) | link |
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| 3. The years 1181 to 1246 - Roger (d1214) and Ralph Mortimer (d1246) | link |
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| 4. Roger Mortimer (d1282) - slayer of Simon de Montfort | link |
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| 5. Edmund Mortimer (d1304) and Roger Mortimer of Chirk (d1326) | link | |
| 6. Roger Mortimer 1st Earl of March (executed 1330) - "Ruler" of England | link |
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| 7. Edmund Mortimer (d1331) and Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (d.1360) | link | |
| 8. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (d.1381) | link | |
| 9. Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d.1398) and Sir Thomas Mortimer (d.1403) | link | |
| 10. Sir Edmund Mortimer (d.1409) and Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (d.1425) | link | |
| Mortimer People | ||
| Roger de Mortemer (fl.1054-78) | Ben Baillie | link |
| Roger de Mortemer and the Mortimers' Origins in Normandy | Hugh Wood | link |
| Edmund Mortimer (d1304) | Hugh Wood | link |
| Roger Mortimer of Chirk (d1326) | Hugh Wood | link |
| Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (executed 1330) | Hugh Wood | link |
| Isabella Mortimer, de jure Countess of Arundel (dc1292) | Fran Norton | link |
| The Secret Life of Blanche Mortimer (c1315-1347) | John Grove | link |
| Philippa Mortimer, Countess of Arundel (d1400) | Hugh Wood | link |
| Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy (d1503) | John Grove | link |
| Articles about the Mortimers | ||
| The marriage of Edward II & Queen Isabella: a reconsideration | Kathryn Warner | link |
| Leintwardine and the Mortimers | Hugh Wood | link |
| Ewyas Lacy and the Mortimers | Martin Cook | link |
| The Mortimers and Medieval Ireland | Dr Brendan Smith | link |
| Other Families | ||
| Geneville, Geoffrey (d1314) | Dr Beth Hartland | link |
| Geneville, Joan (d1356) | Anne Blandford | link |
| The Lacys and the Conquest of Ireland | Dr Colin Veach | link |
| King John and William Marshal | Elizabeth Chadwick | link |
| The marriage of David Bruce and Joan of the Tower 1328 |
Ethan Gould | link |
| The Barons | ||
| The Anglo-Norman Aristocracy 1066-1215 |
Prof. Daniel Power | link |
| Ireland & the Irish |
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| Society & Kingship in pre-Norman Ireland | Edward Walker | link |
| The Mortimer family and Medieval Ireland |
Dr. Brendan Smith | link |
| The Lacys and the Conquest of Ireland |
Dr Colin Veach | link |
| Irish Immigration to England: 1330-1550 |
Dr Jessica Lutkin | link |
| Wales & the Welsh | ||
| Women and the Law in the age of Magna Carta - see the sections in this article on the situation in Wales |
Dr Matthew Stevens | link |
| Castles | ||
| Descriptions of a range of Mortimer castles are under the Mortimer tab | link | |
| Castles & Rebellion in Anglo-Norman England | Prof. Matthew Strickland | link |
| Knucklas Castle Community Land Project | Janet Lewis | link |
| Stapleton Castle | Hugh Wood |
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| Towns | ||
| Presteigne |
Philip Hume & Hugh Wood |
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| The Law | ||
| The Magna Carta Project | Prof. David Carpenter | link |
| Women and the law in the age of Magna Carta |
Dr Matthew Stevens | link |
| General | ||
| The World of the Mortimers and the Mappa Mundi | Andrew Bent | link |
| The Ludlow Parhelion 2015 - a link to the battle of Mortimer's Cross 1461 |
Hugh Wood | link |
| Early papal bulla found in Wigmore | Hugh Wood | link |