Sir Edmund de Mortimer of Wigmore

1251 - 1304  (53 years)

• Name	Edmund de Mortimer of Wigmore
  	He was the 2ed Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. [5]
  Born	1251	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England   [5, 6]
  He was 40 in 1291. [4]
  Miscellaneous	1274  [6]
  As a younger son, Edmund had been intended for clerical or monastic life, and had been sent to study at Oxford University. He was made Treasurer of York in 1265. By 1268 he is recorded as studying Theology in the house of the Archbishop of York. King Henry III showed favor by supplementing his diet with the luxury of venison. The sudden death of his elder brother, Ralph, in 1274,[2] made him heir to the family estates; yet he continued to study at Oxford. But his father's death eventually forced his departure.
  Land/House	Mar 1282	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England   [1, 4, 6]
  In the 10th Edward I, he succeeded his father, and the next year doing his homage, had livery of his lands. He immediately became involved in Welsh Marches politics.
  Knighted	1283	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [6]
  In return for his services Edmund was knighted by King Edward I.
  Military	1283  [6]
  Together with his brother Roger Mortimer, Baron of Chirk, John Giffard, and Roger Lestrange, he devised a plan to trap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.[3] Edmund, a great-grandson of Llywelyn the Great, sent a message to his kinsman Llywelyn, grandson of Llywelyn the Great, telling him he was coming to Llywelyn's aid and arranged to meet with him at Builth. At Irfon Bridge[4] the Welsh prince became separated from his army. Edmund's brothers secretly forded the river behind Llywelyn's army and surprised the Welsh. In the resulting battle Llywelyn was killed and beheaded. Edmund then sent his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk to present Llywelyn's severed head to King Edward I of England at Rhuddlan Castle. The head was displayed on the Tower of London as a warning to all rebels.
  Offices Held	From 8 Jun 1294 to 23 Jun 1295  [1]
  He was a Member of Parliament.
  Died	17 Jul 1304	Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  He was mortally wounded in 1303 at the Battle of Buelt against the Welsh, taken to Wigmore Castle, where he dyed almost immediately. [1]
  Buried	Est 20 Jul 1304	Wigmore Abbey, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England   [1]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. Isabella Mortimer ▻ John FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel ,  m. 1260 + 2. Sir Edmund de Mortimer of Wigmore ,   b. 1251, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England ,   d. 17 Jul 1304, Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England  (Age 53 years) ▻ unknown first wife ;  Margaret de Fiennes ,  m. Sep 1285   3. Roger de Mortimer, Lord of Chirk ,   d. 3 Aug 1326, Tower of London, London, England
  Person ID	I7575	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Roger de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore,   b. 1231,   d. Before 10 Oct 1282, Kingsland, Herefordshire, England  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Maud de Braose,   b. Abt 1258,   d. Before 23 Mar 1300/01  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	1247
  Family ID	F3036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	unknown first wife  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Isolt de Mortimer,   d. 1338
  Last Modified	28 May 2020
  Family ID	F8568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret de Fiennes,   b. say 1263,   d. 7 Feb 1333/34  (Age ~ 71 years)  [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Married	Sep 1285  [4, 5, 6]
  Issue: 1. Maud de Mortimer 2. Joan de Mortimer (a nun) 3. Elizabeth de Mortimer (a nun) 4. Sir Roger de Mortimer (1287-1330) [5]
  Age at Marriage	He was 34 years - She was 22 years
  Children	+ 1. Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March,   b. 25 Apr 1287,   d. 29 Nov 1330  (Age 43 years)   2. Maud de Mortimer   3. John de Mortimer,   d. Abt 1284, Worcester, Worcestershire, England   4. Walter de Mortimer   5. Edmund de Mortimer   6. Hugh de Mortimer   7. Joan de Mortimer   8. Elizabeth de Mortimer
  Last Modified	28 May 2020
  Family ID	F5490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1251 - Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Land/House - Mar 1282 - Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Knighted - 1283 - Winchester, Hampshire, England Died - 17 Jul 1304 - Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Buried - Est 20 Jul 1304 - Wigmore Abbey, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Mortimer Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two base esquires of the second over all an inescutcheon argent

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866), Secondary Source. [S1451] Evans, Charles F. H. "Two Mortimers Notes", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXVI, January 1952), Secondary Source. [S1671] Lambert, Uvedale. Blechingley: A Parish History Together with Some Account of the Family of de Clare, Volume 1, (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1921), Secondary Source. [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968), Tertiary Source. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), Secondary Source. [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source. Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer