549. Edmund De Mortimer 3rd Earl o March
Edmund de Mortimer, erd Earl of March, Baron Mortimer, Baron Wigmore, born
1352. This nobleman at the time of his father's death, was in minority,
yet by reason of his singular knowledge and parts, he was employed at eighteen
years of age, to treat with the commissioners of the King of France, touching
a peace betwixt both realms. In the 1st Richard II, he was sworn to the
privy council, and two years afterwards, constituted lord lieutenant of
Ireland, in which government he died in 1381. His lordship married the
Lady Philippa Plantagenet, daughter and heir of Lionel, Duke of Clarence
(by his wife, daughter & heir of William, son and heir of John de Burgh, Earl
of Ulster), by whom he had three sons and two daughters.
555. Roger De Mortimer 4th Earl March
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, who being but seven years old, at the
decease of his father, was committed in ward, by the king, to Richard, Earl
of Arundel; and when he came of age, found, by care of those who had the
management of his estate, all his castles and houses in good repair, and
amply stored with rich furniture, while his lands were completely stocked
with cattle, and in his treasury, no less than 40,000 marks. This Roger
being a hopeful youth, and every way accomplished, was, soon after his father's
death, made lieutenant of Ireland; and in parliment, held 9th Richard II, was
declared, by reason of his descent from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, heir
presumptive to the crown. His lordship married Alianore, daughter of ThomasHolland, Earl of Kent, sister of Thomas, Duke of Surrey, and sister and co-heir
of Edmund, Earl of Kent, by whom (who married 2ndly, Edward, Lort Powis; and
3rdly, John, Lord Dudley), he had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
607. Edmund De Mortimer 5th Earl o March
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. This nobleman being but six years of
age, at his father's death, was committed by King Henry IV, to Henry, Prince
of Wales, his son; out of whose custody he was shortly after stolen away
by the Lady de Spencer; but being discovered in Chittham Woods, they kept
him afterwards, under stricter guard, for he was the rightful heir to the
crown of England, by his descent from Lionel, Duke of Clarence. This nobleman
was frequently engaged in the wars of France, temp Henry V, and in the lst
Henry VI he was constituted lord lieutenant of Ireland. His lordship married
Anne, daughter of Edmund, Earl of Stafford, but dies without issue in 1424,
when the Earldom of March became EXTINCT, but the Baronies of Mortimer, created
by the writs of Edward I, and Edward III,devolved upon his lordship's nephew,
Richard Plantagenet,Duke of York, son of his sister Anne, Countess of Cambridge;
and upon the accession of the son and heir of the said Duke of York to the
throne, as Edward IV, these baronies, with his other dignities, became merged
in the crown.
Sir Edmund de Mortimer, married the daughter of Owen Glendour, and his issue
is said to have settled in Scotland.