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Mortimer, Edmund de (1391 - 1424/5)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1391-11-06
Death Date: 1425-01-18

Notes

Royal ward at Windsor Castle, 1398 – Feb. 1405/6; ward of Sir Hugh Waterton, Berkhampstead Castle, 1402; ward of Sir John Pelham, Pevensey Castle, Feb. 1405/6 – 1409; ward of Prince Henry, 1409 – March 1413 (still living with King in 1413/14)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Stafford, Anne ( - 1432)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1415-2
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: date papal dispensation was acquired

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 5th Earl of March

Titles

  • 5th Earl of March
    Assumed: 1398-07-20
    Vacated: 1424/5-01-18
  • 8th Earl of Ulster
    Assumed: 1398-07-20
    Vacated: 1424/5-01-18
  • Baron Mortimer (of Wigmore)
    Assumed: 1398-07-20
    Vacated: 1424/5-01-18

General Lands Note

Lands under stewardship of the Percys 1399--1401; wardship of Radnorshire lands (Knighton, Knucklas, Cefnllys) granted to Richard, Baron Grey (of Codnor) 27 Jan. 1405/6; livery of lands 9 June 1413; primarily a member of Court

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Essex 1413 1414
JP, Herefordshire 1413
JP, Suffolk 1413/14
JP, Essex 1415/16
JP, Herefordshire 1416
JP, Shropshire 1416
JP, Suffolk 1416/17
King's Lieut, France 1418 -6
JP, Shropshire 1418/19
Councillor of Regency, England 1422 -12 -9
JP, Essex 1423 1424
JP, Herefordshire 1423 1424
JP, Shropshire 1423 1424
Lieut, Ireland 1423 -5 -9 Appointed for nine years; left for Ireland Fall 1424

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Denbighshire
  • Dorset
  • Essex: Magdalen Laver Manor
  • France: Calais
  • Gloucestershire: Miserden Manor
  • Herefordshire
  • Ireland
  • Lincolnshire
  • England-Wales border
  • Norfolk
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire: Ducklington Manor
  • Suffolk: Clare Lordship, Castle, and Manor
  • Sussex
  • Wales

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of March's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of March's Entertainers Mortimer, Edmund de (1391 - 1425) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Wigmore Castle Herefordshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910--11
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester. 9 vols. London; London: A. Constable [vol 2]; Oxford UP [vols 4-11], 1907--2001
  • Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Essex. 9 vols and Bibliography and Bibliography Supplement (2 vols). Westminster and London; London and Oxford: Archibald Constable [vols 1–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3–9, Bibliography and Supplement], 1903--94
  • The Victoria History of the County of Oxford. 15 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1907--