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William de Mortimer



Family 1: Hawise de Muscegros,    b. 21 DEC 1276 in Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England    d. DEC 1350 in London, Middlesex, England
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  1. Title: William Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer. Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mortimer,_1st_Baron_Mortimer;
    Note: William Mortimer, died before June 1297, a knight, married Hawise, daughter and heir of Robert de Mucegros. Died childless.
  2. Title: Geograph® Britain and Ireland project: Wigmore
    Author: The Geograph® Britain and Ireland project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Publication: Name: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5679902;
    Note: Several photos of Wigmore Abbey and area are displayed on the website.
  3. Title: Wikiwand: Wigmore Abbey
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encycloped
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wigmore_Abbey;
    Note: Wigmore Abbey Parish is a parish with nine village churches in northwest Herefordshire. Wigmore Abbey was an Augustinian abbey with a grange, from 1179 to 1530, situated about a mile (2 km) north of the village of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England: grid reference SO 410713. Only ruins of the abbey now remain and on Historic England's Heritage at Risk register their condition is listed as 'very bad'. History of the abbey The founding of the abbey was contemplated by Ranulph de Mortimer in the reign of Henry I, but only brought to fruition by his son, Hugh de Mortimer, who had the abbey consecrated at Wigmore in 1179 in the parish of Leintwardine by Robert Foliot, the Bishop of Hereford. The construction of the abbey was also assisted by other local landowners, especially Brian de Brampton and his John, who contributed building materials from their woods and quarries. The abbey community had been some thirty years in moving through various sites in northern Herefordshire before this final consecration. In this it was one of the most moved foundations in the country, having been settled during these years occasionally at Shobdon, Llanthony Priory and Lye or Eye as it has been written. At the time it has been suggested that this was the largest monastery in the county, followed by Abbey Dore and Leominster Priory. The first abbot was Simon Merlymond. Andrew of St Victor (c. 1100-1175) was abbot from 1148-1155 and 1162-1175. The abbey church, like the church at Wigmore, was dedicated to St James. As they were the principal patrons of the abbey, many members of the Mortimer family were buried there, among them five Earls of March. The abbey continued to flourish until the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1530, when it was destroyed. The remains of the building were given to Sir T. Palmer. Wigmore Abbey is thought to be the place of origin of a manuscript outlining its own history and founding, as well as the lineage of Roger Mortimer, whose father Edmund petitioned Parliament (successfully) to be named heir to the throne in 1374. His claim was superseded by King Henry IV's accession to the throne. The manuscript concerning the Mortimers and the foundation of Wigmore Abbey is now housed at the University of Chicago. Another chronicle has been lost, but copies of the beginning and the end of this have survived in Manchester and Dublin. Burials Ranulph de Mortimer Stephen of Aumale and his wife, Hawise de Mortimer d'Aumale Roger Mortimer of Wigmore Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March Edmund Mortimer (1302–1331) Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March Hugh de Mortimer and his wife, Maud le Meschin Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Mortimer Ralph de Mortimer Recent history of the remains The land encompassing the abbey remains was owned by the Powell family, and later by the Brierley family, before the ruins themselves were sold to British actor John Challis (best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses), while the fields and remaining buildings were bought by farmers. As of 2002, the ruins of the abbey were the property of John Challis, who lived in the abbot's lodging, the only building to survive. The TV programme The Green Green Grass starring John Challis was filmed at Wigmore Abbey along with other locations in the area.
  4. Title: Victoria and Albert Museum: Grange Farm, The Abbot's House, Wigmore Abbey remains
    Publication: Name: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O596876/grange-farm-the-abbots-house-watercolour-puller-louisa/;
    Note: Grange Farm, The Abbot's House, Wigmore Abbey remains Object: Watercolour Place of origin: Wigmore Abbey (made) Date: 1941 (made) Artist/Maker: Puller, Louisa, born 1884 (artist) Materials and Techniques: Watercolour painting on paper Credit Line: Given by the Pilgrim Trust Museum number: E.1582-1949 Gallery location: Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case RB, shelf 13, box A Physical description Watercolour painting; signed and dated. View of the Abbot's Lodging, the main surviving architectural remains of Wigmore Abbey in Herefordshire. Bushy plants with orange berries fill the foreground. Place of Origin Wigmore Abbey (made) Date 1941 (made) Artist/maker Puller, Louisa, born 1884 (artist) Materials and Techniques Watercolour painting on paper Marks and inscriptions 'Louisa Puller 1941' Signed and dated at lower right Dimensions Height: 36.8 cm, Width: 47.3 cm Object history note This work is from the 'Recording Britain' collection of topographical watercolours and drawings made in the early 1940s during the Second World War. In 1940 the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime, part of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, launched a scheme to employ artists to record the home front in Britain, funded by a grant from the Pilgrim Trust. It ran until 1943 and some of the country's finest watercolour painters, such as John Piper, Sir William Russell Flint and Rowland Hilder, were commissioned to make paintings and drawings of buildings, scenes, and places which captured a sense of national identity. Their subjects were typically English: market towns and villages, churches and country estates, rural landscapes and industries, rivers and wild places, monuments and ruins. Northern Ireland was not covered, only four Welsh counties were included, and a separate scheme ran in Scotland. The scheme was known as 'Recording the changing face of Britain' and was established by Sir Kenneth Clark, then the director of the National Gallery. It ran alongside the official War Artists' Scheme, which he also initiated. Clark was inspired by several motives: at the outbreak of war in 1939, there was a concern to document the British landscape in the face of the imminent threat of bomb damage, invasion, and loss caused by the operations of war. This was allied to an anxiety about changes to the landscape already underway, such as the rapid growth of cities, road building and housing developments, the decline of rural ways of life and industries, and new agricultural practices, which together contributed to the idea of a 'vanishing Britain'. Clark also wanted to help artists, and the traditional forms of British art such as watercolour painting, to survive during the uncertain conditions of wartime. He in turn was inspired by America's Federal Arts Project which was designed to give artists employment during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Over 1500 works were eventually produced by 97 artists, of whom 63 were specially commissioned. At the time the collection had a propaganda role, intended to boost national morale by celebrating Britain's landscapes and heritage. Three exhibitions were held during the war at the National Gallery, and pictures from the collection were sent on touring exhibitions and to galleries all around the country. After the war, the whole collection was given to the V&A by the Pilgrim Trust in 1949, and it was documented in a four volume catalogue published between 1946 and 1949. For many years the majority of the collection was on loan to councils and record offices in each county, until recalled by the V&A around 1990. The pictures now form a memorial to the war effort, and a unique record of their time.
  5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Geneaology: WILLIAM de Mortimer of Bridgewater (-before Jun 1297)
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#WilliamMortimerdied1297;
    Note: WILLIAM de Mortimer of Bridgewater (-before Jun 1297). A manuscript narrating the foundation of Wigmore Abbey names “Radulphum primogenitum…Edmundum…Rogerum dominum de Chirke, Galfridum militem…et Willielmum militem” as sons of “domina Matilda…[et] Rogero de Mortuomari.” m as her first husband, HAWISE de Muscegros, daughter and heiress of ROBERT de Muscegros of Stowell, Somerset & his wife --- (1276-[1340/50]). The primary source which confirms her parentage and three marriages has not yet been identified. She married secondly (licence 1300) John de Ferrers Lord Ferrers, and thirdly (after 1312) John de Bures.
  6. Title: Wikiwand: Bridgwater Castle
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bridgwater_Castle;
    Note: Bridgwater Castle was a castle in the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The stone castle was built around 1220 and contributed to the development of the town. It was surrounded by a moat and included a watergate giving access to the quay. In the 13th and 14th centuries the castle was involved in the Second Barons' War and Despenser War. It then fell into ruin and parts were demolished in the first half of the 17th century and a new house built. Some of the walls survived and it played a minor role in the English Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion. In the later 17th and early 18th centuries many of the remaining buildings were demolished and new residential and industrial buildings constructed, giving its name to Castle Street. The watergate and some sections of wall survive. Early history The castle was built early in the 13th century by William Brewer, like several other castle-builders of the period, an exceptionally wealthy man. He was granted the lordship of the Manor of Bridgwater by King John in 1201, and founded Bridgwater Friary. Before the building of the castle, Bridgwater was much smaller, but after the granting a licence to crenellate by King John, in 1200, charters for the creation of a borough and a market rapidly followed, effectively creating the heart of a new town. Initially Bridgwater faced competition from the established nearby port of Downend, protected by Down End Castle, but the new settlement rapidly became dominant. Bridgwater Castle was a substantial structure built in Old Red Sandstone from Wembdon with other stone being transported from Downend in the Polden Hills and Ham Hill by boat. The site covered 8 or 9 acres (32,000 to 36,000 m²). A tidal moat, up to 65 feet (20 m) wide in places, flowed about along the current streets of Fore Street and Castle Moat, and between Northgate and Chandos Street. The moat was filled from Durleigh brook, a tributary of the River Parrett. There is some evidence that there was a weir between the moat and the river. Unusually, the main entrance opposite the Cornhill was built with a pair of adjacent gates and drawbridges. In addition to a keep, located at the south-east corner of what is now King Square, documents show that the complex included a dungeon, chapel, stables and a bell tower. Built on the only raised ground in the town, the castle controlled the crossing of the town bridge. There is documentary evidence describing the castle as having "outer and inner bailies and that the buildings included the constable’s house (on the high ground of King Square), a chapel (St Marks), hall (Mortemere’s Hall) and chamber, stables, kitchens, horse mill and gatehouse as well as a bell tower and dovecote. A 12 feet (4 m) thick portion of the castle wall and water gate, which are grade II* listed can still be seen on West Quay, and the remains of a wall of a building that was probably built within the castle can be viewed in Queen Street, and the garden of Lions House. The foundations of the tower forming the north-east corner of the castle are buried beneath Homecastle House. William Brewer died in 1226 and his son, also called William, died in 1232; after his death, the castle passed to the king the following year, after which it was used as a store and prison. In 1242 repairs were ordered to its keep and some turrets and in 1246 to the towers. In 1248 ownership passed to Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, and the castle was involved in the Second Barons' War. In the Despenser War of 1321, Edward II undertook a campaign against the Mortimers, by then a potentially rebellious Marcher Lord family. After the short war, the crown again occupied Bridgwater until 1326 to prevent Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March using it as a base for operations if he should escape from custody or return from exile in France. Roger Mortimer did return from France with Edward's wife, Isabella; once they had seized the throne, the castle was returned to the Mortimer family but its upkeep was neglected and part of the moat was filled in. Only St Mark's Chapel and a barn were repaired, until the 1380s and 1390s when the towers, gatehouse and barbican were reinforced. By 1450 private houses had been built within the walls, Fore Street had been extended over the moat and its military value was reducing. It the 1540s John Leland described the castle as "all going to mere ruin" and part collapsed in 1548, with a house being built on the site. Civil war and the Monmouth Rebellion Some of the external walls of Bridgwater Castle were demolished in the early 1630s by the then owner Henry Harvey, an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas, to built his new house.[17][16][9] Harvey had purchased it from George Whitmore who had been granted the ownership by Charles I in 1626. Harvey leased the house to Colonel Wyndham in 1643. The new house was in the shape of a Roman B and is shown on the map drawn by John Strachey in 1735 and another in 1777 by John Locke. In 1642, however, the English Civil War broke out between supporters of Charles I and Parliament: the town and the castle were still seen as having value and a garrison was established by the Royalists under Edmund Wyndham. Wyndham's wife, Lady Crystabella Wyndham, fired a musket shot at Cromwell, from the castle wall, but missed and killed his aide-de-camp. Eventually, with many buildings having been destroyed in the town, the castle and its valuable contents were surrendered to the Parliamentarians on 21 July 1645. In 1651 Colonel Wyndham made arrangements for Charles II to flee to France following the Battle of Worcester. The 18th century historian John Collinson suggested that the castle itself was deliberately destroyed the following year, when parliament ordered that the garrison was disbanded. The extent of the order was debated and clarified again in 1647 and still debated in 1656. More recent studies argue, based on eye witness descriptions, that much of the castle had already been destroyed and it was just some of the remaining walls and sconces which had been added for its defence which were destroyed. Although Robert Blake was born in Bridgwater and became one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century, he is not thought to have been involved in the fighting in the town, although he was involved in the sieges of Taunton. During the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 rebel troops were hemmed in at Bridgwater on 3 July, and were ordered to refortify the town, prior to the Battle of Sedgemoor. Rebuilding of the site During the later part of the 17th century John Harvey continued the development of the site. In 1721 the remains of the castle, the house and the land was sold to James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos who developed an industrial centre in the town and demolished the last of the buildings. Much of the site was built on in the 1720s to create the Georgian Castle Street. In 1734 Chandos sold the whole of the redevelopment area to Thomas Watts, who sold it the following year to John Anderton, whose descendents continued to clear old buildings and construct new ones. King's Square was built between 1807 and 1814, with many of the buildings incorporating stone from the old castle, although further study would be needed to say how much of their cellars and foundations are in situ castle walls. In 2008, during sewer renovation work, a section of the curtain wall of the castle and a tunnel used to transport goods from the port were discovered. Parts of the castle wall, water gate and undercroft still survive.[
  7. Title: sharehistory: Wigmore Abbey
    Publication: Name: http://www.sharehistory.org/projects/60-wigmore-abbey#;
  8. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for William de Mortuo Mari
    Author: 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 79', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 3, Edward I, ed. J.E.E.S. Sharp and A.E. Stamp (London, 1912), pp. 265-278. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol3/pp265-278 [accessed 23 January 2020].
    Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol3/pp265-278;
    Note: 407. WILLIAM DE MORTUO MARI. Writ, 30 June, 25 Edw. I [1297]. (and duplicate.) [BUCKINGHAM.] Inq. made at Crendon on Thursday, the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula, 25 Edw. I. Crendon. A third part of the manor (extent given), excepting a third part of the advowson of the abbey of Notley, held of Maud de Mortuo Mari, of her gift to the said William and the heirs of his body, by service of a pair of gilt spurs at the feast of St. Michael. The said tenements ought to revert to the said Maud by the form of her gift aforesaid, because he died without heir of his body. [BUCKINGHAM.] Inq. made at Ayllesbury on Wednesday before SS. Simon and Jude, 25 Edw. I. Crendon. A third part of the manor &c. to the same effect as above. BERKS. Inq. 3 Aug. 25 Edw. I. Neubur(y). 9l. 5s. 6d. yearly rent, 13s. toll of the market, 10s. from a tanning mill, and 60s. pleas &c. of court. Spenhamlonde and Wodespene. 32s. yearly rent. All held of Maud de Mortuo Mari by service of rendering a pair of gilt spurs price 6d. yearly at the feast of St. Michael, of the enfeoffment of the said Maud to him and the heirs of his body with reversion to herself and her heirs. He died without heir of his body. Neubur[y]. 48s. toll of the market, and 6s. toll of a mill held, by the enfeoffment of Roger Bigot, earl Marshal, to the said William, his heirs and assigns, of the said earl by service of 1d.; 2s. rent of a mill held jointly with Hawis his wife of Denis de Crofte, of his enfeoffment to them and their heirs or assigns, by service of 1d.; and a messuage and 4 marks yearly rent similarly held of William Trivet, of his enfeoffment, by service of 1d. yearly rent. Edmund de Mortuo Mari, his brother, aged 30 and more, is his next heir. BERKS. Inq. Tuesday the morrow of St. Martin, 25 Edw. I. Neubury. 9l. 3s. 3 1/2d. yearly rent, 13s. toll of the market, 10s. toll of a tanning mill and 40s. pleas &c. of court. Spenehamlunde. 32s. yearly rent. All held of Maud de Mortuo Mari of her enfeoffment as abovesaid. [Newbury.] 48s. toll of the market and 6s. toll of a water-mill, held of Roger Bygoht as abovesaid; 2s. rent of a water-mill held jointly with Hawis his wife as abovesaid of Denis de Crofte; and a messuage and 30s. yearly rent held jointly as abovesaid of William Trivet. Heir as above. GLOUCESTER. Inq. Friday before St. Mary Magdalen, 25 Edw. I. Botyndon. Part of the manor (extent given), including a preserve, held of the abbot of Westminster, service unknown; and part (extent given), held of the countess of Gloucester in chief by service of doing suit at (sequendi) her court of Theok(esbury) every three weeks; and there are paid yearly 7s. 4d. to the prior of Derhurste, 10s. 10 1/2d. to Nicholas le Archer of Stok, and 1lb. cummin, price 1 1/2d., to the lord of Harsfeld. Kenemerton within the manor of Theok(esbury). A part of the manor (extent given) held of the countess of Gloucester by service of doing suit at her court of Theok(esbury) every three weeks. Edmund de Mortuo Mari, aged 33, is his next heir. Endorsed: Sum total of this extent in co. Gloucester of the inheritance of Hawis, deducting service, 27l. 6s. 2 1/2d. SOMERSET. Inq. Wednesday after St. Mary Magdalen, 25 Edw. I. Cherleton Muscegros. The manor (extent given) held of the honour of King’s Camel, of the inheritance of Hawis his wife heir of Robert de Muscegros, for 1/2 knight’s fee. Norton. Two parts of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief for 1/2 knight’s fee of the inheritance aforesaid. Stawelle. The manor (extent given) held of Hugh le Poinz for 1 knight’s fee of the same inheritance. Edmund de Mortuo Mari, his elder brother, aged 30 and more, is his next heir. SOMERSET. Inq. Tuesday after St. Mary Magdalen, 25 Edw. I. Bridgewater (Bruges Walteri). The castle and a third part of the manor (extent given), including rents in the borough, rents of stalls and the oven, toll of the sea (?) (aque marine), of the market (fori) and fair (nundinarum), and the land of ‘la Holelond.’ Milverton. Two parts of the manor (extent given), including rents of the borough. Odecumbe. Two parts of the manor. All held of the king in chief for 1/4 knight’s fee, of the enfeoffment of Maud de Mortuo Mari his mother, with reversion to herself and her heirs if he should die without heir of his body. All the tenements aforesaid ought to revert to the said Maud. Heir as last above. SOMERSET. Inq. Monday after All Saints, 25 Edw. I. Brugeswauter, Milvertone and Odecombe. The castle &c. to the same effect as abovesaid. All which ought to revert to the said Maud because the said William died without heir of himself. Edmund de Mortuo Mari, aged 30 and more, is his next heir. C. Edw. I. File 79. (7.)
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  9. Title: Historic England: Wigmore Abbey
    Publication: Name: https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/94191;
    Note: Eastern half of the Outer Gatehouse to Wigmore Abbey, Adforton - Herefordshire, County of (UA) Associated with the remains of a late C12 and C14 abbey. The Outer Gatehouse comprises two buildings, of which this is the eastern building. It is without a roof and in very poor condition. Survey work to inform conservation is required. Structural assessment by Historic England in 2011 indicated that elements of collapse were likely; some collapse of the outer skin of stonework has since taken place. Site Details Designated Site Name: Outbuilding about 95 yards West-North-West of the Grange Heritage Category: Listed Building grade I List Entry Number: 1082061 Local Planning Authority: Herefordshire, County of (UA) Site Type: Gatehouse Location Building Name: Eastern half of the Outer Gatehouse to Wigmore Abbey Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of (UA) Parish: Adforton Parliamentary Constituency: North Herefordshire Region: West Midlands Assessment Information Assessment Type: Building or structure Condition: Very bad Occupancy / Use: Not applicable Priority: A - Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed Ownership: Private
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