Roger Mortimer

1158 - 1214  (56 years)

• Name	Roger Mortimer
  Birth	1158	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Findagrave.com	See Notes
  Death	08 Jun 1214	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  Burial	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  	Wigmore Abbey
  Person ID	I1678	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Hugh Mortimer,   b. 1117   d. 26 Feb 1180, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Maud Meschin   d. 19 Aug 1214, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1148
  Family ID	F545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel De Ferrieres   d. Bef 29 Apr 1252
  Marriage	Bef 1198
  Children	1. Ralph Mortimer,   b. 1198, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 06 Aug 1246, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1158 - Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Death - 08 Jun 1214 - Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Burial - - Wigmore, Herefordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com Roger Mortimer Birth: 1158 Wigmore Herefordshire, England Death: Jun. 8, 1214 Wigmore Herefordshire, England Roger Mortimer, eldest surviving son and heir of Hugh and Maud. In his father's lifetime he appears on the Pipe Roll as holding terrae datae in Worcestershire and Salop. He was a benefactor of Gloucester Abbey, of Kington, St. Michael, Wilts, of Cwmhir, of Jumièges, and Saint-Victor-en-Caux. Between 1182 and 1189 he attested at Rouen a charter of Henry II to the monks of Barbey (diocese of Bayeux). In 1191, upon a charge of conspiring with the Welsh against the King, he was forced to surrender his castles and to leave the country for three years. In April 1194 he was in England again, and witnessed a charter of Richard I, after his second Coronation at Winchester. In 1210 some of his knights served in the King's invasion of Ireland. Roger married Isabel, daughter of Walkelin de Ferrières, seigneur of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire and lord of Oakham. Roger died before 19 August 1214, having, with the King's permission, resigned his lands to his son Hugh when he was taken ill, and was at buried at Wigmore. His widow Isabel married, 2ndly, Piers Fitz Herbert, of Blaen Llyfni, who died 1 June 1235. She retained her father's English lands till her death. She died before 29 April 1252, and was buried in the chapel, which she had built in the court of the Hospital of St. John of Lechlade. Roger and Isabel are also the parents of Ralph and Isabel. Family links: Parents: Hugh Mortimer (1117 - 1180) Maud Meschin (____ - 1214) Children: Ralph Mortimer (1198 - 1246)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Wigmore Abbey Wigmore Herefordshire, England Maintained by: A.D.L Originally Created by: L. C. B. Record added: Aug 23, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57512523 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------