Roger the 2nd Earl was the son of Edmund Mortimer, who was the son of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. … King Richard had first made Mortimer his Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on 24 January 1382 when he was a child of seven, with his uncle, Sir Thomas Mortimer,[8] acting as his deputy. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 96. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. [6], King Richard had no issue, thus Mortimer, a lineal descendant of Edward III, was next in line to the throne and married to his half-niece. Mortimer's young son, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, succeeded him in the title and claim to the throne. [https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikisource.org%2Fwiki%2FMortimer%2C_Roger_de_%281374-1398%29_%28DNB00%29 "Mortimer, Roger de (1374-1398)" ], Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, Catherine Montacute, Countess of Salisbury, Philippa of Clarence, 5th Countess of Ulster, William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Roger_Mortimer,_4th_Earl_of_March&oldid=719824858, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, English military personnel killed in action, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, 22. During his lifetime, Mortimer spent much time in Ireland; he served several tenures as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and died during a skirmish at Kellistown, Co. Carlow. For three years thereafter he was virtual king of England during the minority of Edward III. III, p. 433. Media in category "Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March" The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. G. E. Cokayne states that in October 1385 Mortimer was proclaimed by the king as heir presumptive to the crown. When Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March was born on 11 April 1374, in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March, was 22 and his mother, Philippa of Clarence 5th Countess of Ulster, was 18. [7], After he came of age, Mortimer spent much of his time in Ireland. He was interred at Wigmore Abbey. [5] He was knighted by the King on 23 April 1390. Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 – 20 July 1398)[1] was a 14th-century English nobleman. English nobleman. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. Joan, who married John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, brother of Sir Thomas Grey, executed for his part in the Southampton Plot which aimed to replace King Henry V with Eleanor's son, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. They had 3 children: Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl of March, Anne De Mortimer and Edward De Courtenay 3rd Earl of Devon. English noblewoman, heiress, and the second-eldest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and his wife Joan of Acre, making her a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. Edmund and Phillipa's son, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 - 20 July 1398) was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II. 469; Gilbert's Viceroys of Ireland, pp. The guardianship of Mortimer's person was initially granted to Arundel, but at the behest of King Richard's mother Joan of Kent, Mortimer's wardship and marriage were granted, for 6000 marks,[4] to Joan's son (and Richard's half-brother) Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, in August 1384. 354-5; Rymer's Fœdera, vol. He was the eldest son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa of Clarence, who as the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and granddaughter of King Edward III. ROGER MORTIMER, EARL OF MARCH, was a ward of Piers Gaveston, and held many important offices in the reign of Edward II, being appointed Lieutenant of Ireland in 1317. ), lover of the English king Edward II’s queen, Isabella of France, with whom he contrived Edward’s deposition and murder (1327). [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 526. He sided with Lancaster in his opposition to the king, was taken prisoner in 1322, and condemned to perpetual captivity. V, p. 448. 27 Dec 1390, d. bt 21 Sep 1411 - 30 Sep 1411, Sir Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster, Lord Mortimer18,5,10 b. Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March was born on 11 April 1374 at Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales G. 2 He was the son of Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster. Early life; Political advancement; Sent to govern Ireland; Children; Ancestry; … [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 246. Philippa passed on a strong claim to the English crown to her children. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 494. Sir Thomas would act as ‘caretaker’ for the Mortimer estates. Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. II, p. 142-143. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 527. By Philippa, his wife (daughter of William Montacute, the 1st Earl of Salisbury), who died in 1381, he left an only son, Edmund, who became the 3rd Earl of March, and intermarried with the Lady Philippa Plantagenet, daughter and sole heiress of Prince Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence. The descendant of Norman knights who had accompanied William the Conqueror, he inherited wealthy … I, p. 547. Mortimer led a march against London, his men wearing the … [7] However, according to R. R. Davies, the story that Richard publicly proclaimed Mortimer as heir presumptive in Parliament in October 1385 is baseless, although contemporary records indicate that his claim was openly discussed at the time. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. [6], Mortimer's young son, Edmund, succeeded him in the title and claim to the throne. [6], King Richard had no issue, thus Mortimer, a lineal descendant of Edward III, was next in line to the throne and married to his half-niece. 27 Dec 1388, d. Sep 1411, Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March3 b. Roger de Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful Marcher lord who had gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville.In November 1316, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.He was imprisoned in the … Roger passed away on July 20 1398, at age 24. In April 1397, the king reappointed him lieutenant for a further three years. During his lifetime, Mortimer spent much time in Ireland; he served several tenures as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and died during a skirmish in Kells. Escaping in 1324 he fled to France. The three ringleaders of the plot were Edmund Mortimer's brother-in-law, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge; Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of … They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. Edmund was son of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March by Eleanor de Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice Fitzalan.Alice was herself daughter to Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster.. On his father's side, he was a direct descendant of Edward III of England through Edward's second surviving son, Lionel of Antwerp.Because the senior line of … Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374–1398) Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1391–1425) Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March (1411–1460) Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York, 7th Earl of March (1442–1483) (became King in 1461) English Earls of March, second Creation (1479) Edward, Duke of Cornwall (1470–1483?) Elizabeth MORTIMER (b. [12], On 20 July 1398, at the age of 24, Mortimer was slain in a skirmish at either Kells, County Meath or Kellistown, County Carlow. [7], After he came of age, Mortimer spent much of his time in Ireland. Roger Mortimer's father, the 3rd Earl of March, died in 1381, leaving the six-year-old Roger to succeed to his father's title. [5], As Davies points out, Mortimer's 'wealth and lineage meant that, sooner or later, he would be caught up in the political turmoil of Richard II's last years'. [S4678] Unknown author, Burke's Peerage (1963), p. lxi; Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists by F. L. Weis, p. 182. [12], On 20 July 1398, at the age of 24, Mortimer was slain in a skirmish with 'O'Brien's men' at Kells. Even more inauspiciously, when summoned to a Parliament at Shrewsbury in January 1398, he was 'rapturously received', according to Adam Usk and the Wigmore chronicler, by a vast crowd of supporters wearing his colours. After he came of age, Mortimer spent much of his time in Ireland where King Richard appointed him his Lord … [13] The King went to Ireland in the following year to avenge Mortimer's death. Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March was born 11 April 1374 in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom to Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (c1352-1381) and Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355-1382) and died 20 July 1398 inKells, County Meath, Ireland of unspecified causes. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 421-422. [5] He was knighted by the King on 23 April 1390. No known copyright issues. IV, p. 400. Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March. Some sources give the date of his death as 15 August. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. Elizabeth de Mortimer Camoys (1371 - 1417)*, Phillipe de Mortimer Poynings (1375 - 1401)*, Born: 16 Aug 1355, Eltham Palace, Kent, England, Father: Lionel PLANTAGENET of Antwerp (1º D. Clarence), Married: Edmund MORTIMER (3º E. March) (son of Roger Mortimer, 2º E. March, and Phillippa Montague) AFT 15 Feb 1359, Queen's Chapel, Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England, 1. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. In 1325 Queen Isabella being sent over to the French court, Mortimer formed … [12], Mortimer's residence in Ireland ensured that his political role in England was a minor one. Edmund was the great-grandson of Lionel, duke of Clarence, the second surviving son of Edward III, and was considered by some to be the heir presumptive of the … Roger married Alianore Holland, Countess of March on October 7 1388, at age 14. On 25 April 1396,[11] the king appointed him lieutenant in Ulster, Connacht, and Meath, and Mortimer was in Ireland for most of the following three years. ROGER DE MORTIMER, 4TH EARL OF OF MARCH AND ULSTER (1374-1398), son of Edmund Mortimer, the 3rd Earl, succeeded to the titles and estates of his family when a child of seven, and a month afterwards he was appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland, his uncle Sir Thomas Mortimer acting as his deputy.Being a ward of the Crown, his guardian was the Earl of Kent, half-brother to Richard II; and in … Roger Mortimer, the second child and first son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd earl of March and his wife Philippa Plantagenet, countess of March and was born on April 11th 1374 at Usk, Monmouthshire. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. [3], According to R. R. Davies, the wardship of such an important heir was an 'issue of political moment in the years 1382–4'. MORTIMER, ROGER de (1374 - 1398), sixth of that name, 4th earl of March and 4th earl of Ulster . In 1352, Roger was again employed in France and obtained, in two years later, a reversal, in parliament, of the judgment against his grandfather, upon the ground of the illegality of that sentence, which had been given without oyer of his defence; and he thereupon assumed the style of Earl of March. Roger Mortimer was born 11 April 1374 at Usk in Monmouthshire. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. [3], According to R. R. Davies, the wardship of such an important heir was an 'issue of political moment in the years 1382–4'. He displays the arms of Mortimer on his tabard. Phillipa MORTIMER (C. Pembroke / C. Arundel) (d. 24 Sep 1401) (m. John Hastings, 3° E. Pembroke - m.2 Richard Fitzalan, 6º E. Arundel - m.3 Thomas De Poynings, 1º B. St. John of Basing), 2. His closest relationships in England appear to have been with family members, including his brother, Edmund, to whom he granted lands and annuities; the Percy family, into which his elder sister, Elizabeth had married; and the Earl of Arundel, who had married his younger sister, Philippa. He was succeeded by his young son, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. Geni requires JavaScript! (proclaimed King in 1483) English Earls of March, third … Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG (11 November 1328 – 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. 6 Nov 1391, d. 18 Jan 1425, Roger de Mortimer b. IV, p. 173-174. [5], As Davies points out, Mortimer's 'wealth and lineage meant that, sooner or later, he would be caught up in the political turmoil of Richard II's last years'. 23 Apr 1393, d. c 1409. II, p. 498. 24 Mar 1393, d. c 1409, Lady Eleanor de Mortimer b. c 1395, d. a Jan 1414. On or about 7 October 1388,[2] Mortimer married the Earl of Kent's daughter Eleanor Holland, who was Richard's half-niece. - died 29 November 1330, Tyburn, near London, England) lover of Isabella, the wife of Edward II of England: they invaded England in 1326 and compelled the king to abdicate in favour of his son, Edward III; executed.. comments. III, p. 194. Lady Anne de Mortimer+4 b. When … Four or more generations of descendants of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287-1330) if they are properly linked: 1. In April 1397, the king reappointed him lieutenant for a further three years. 224-6. 150-1; Dugdale's Monasticon, vi. 1 Inheritance 2 Military career 3 Earldom 4 Other honours 5 Ancestry 6 Footnotes 7 … By Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York, the Earl of March is an ancestor to King Henry VIIIand to all subsequent monarchs of England. Had he continued to be the ward … Born at … II, p. 332. Mortimer was son of the powerful Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, and Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster, Countess of March and Ulster. [2] He was the eldest son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa Plantagenet, who as the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and granddaughter of King Edward III. Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 – 20 July 1398)[1] was a 14th-century English nobleman. ); Monk of Evesham, ed. He was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II between the death in 1382 of his mother Philippa of Clarence (a granddaughter of King Edward III of England) until his own death in 1398. [12], Mortimer's residence in Ireland ensured that his political role in England was a minor one. Tenure: 1348-1360: Other titles: 4th Baron … Brother of Elizabeth Mortimer, Baroness Camoys; Philippa Poynings; Sir Edmund Mortimer, Jr.; Lady Joan Mortimer; Anne Mortimer and 2 others; Sir John Mortimer and George Mortimer « less. 248-51, 273-8; Wallon's Richard II; Sandford's Genealogical History of the Kings of England, pp. He died on 20 July 1398, in Kells, County Meath, … His paternal grandparents were Roger Mortimer 2nd earl of March and Philippa Montacute, his maternal grandparents being Lionel Plantagenet, duke of Clarence, the second … William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Mann was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III. On 4 September 1397, he was ordered to arrest his uncle, Sir Thomas Mortimer for treason regarding his actions at the Battle of Radcot Bridge, but made no real attempt to do so. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. Notable ancestors … Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 – 20 July 1398) [1] was the heir presumptive to Richard II of England between 1385 and 1398. Son of Edmund "The Good" de Mortimer, Sr., 3rd Earl of March and Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster [14], By his wife Eleanor he had two sons and two daughters:[15], In June 1399 Roger Mortimer's widow, Eleanor, married Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton, by whom she had two daughters:[17], From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. His closest relationships in England appear to have been with family members, including his brother, Edmund, to whom he granted lands and annuities; the Percy family, into which his elder sister, Elizabeth had married; and the Earl of Arundel, who had married his younger sister, Philippa. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (c1352-1381) 5. [13] The Wigmore chronicler says that he was riding in front of his army, unattended and wearing Irish garb, and that those who slew him did not know who he was. Thompson; Annales Ricardi II apud Trokelowe (Rolls Ser. Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) (more) 5. Roger had a younger brother, Edmund Mortimer and two sisters, Elizabeth, who married Harry 'Hotspur' Percy, and Philippa (1375-1401). Contents. Roger Mortimer was born 11 April 1374 at Usk in Monmouthshire. 1370) (m.1 Henry Percy - m.2 Thomas Camoys, 1º B. Camoys). [9] The king reappointed Roger Mortimer as his lieutenant in Ireland on 23 July 1392, and in September 1394,[10] Mortimer accompanied the king on an Irish expedition. This page was last modified on 11 May 2016, at 22:50. Roger Mortimer's father, the 3rd Earl of March, died in 1381, leaving the six-year-old Roger to succeed to his father's title. The pretensions of his descendants to the English throne were eventually asserted by his great-grandson, Edward Plantagenet, as King Edward IV. While Roger was descended from the “second son,” his claim was weakened by having been passed through a woman, while Gaunt was frequently out of royal favor and the “third son.” In 1398 … Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (c. 1351 – 28 March 1421), KG, of Trotton in Sussex, was an English peer who commanded the left wing … He was succeeded by his young son, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. [5] Mortimer did homage and was granted livery of his lands in Ireland on 18 June 1393, and of those in England and Wales on 25 February 1394. Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 – 27 December 1381) was son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison. 16 Aug 1355, d. c 7 Jan 1378, Eleanor Mortimer17,18,3,5,8,10 d. a Jan 1414, Anne Mortimer+18,19,5,20,10,11 b. Roger, the 4 th Earl of March, and Eleanor Holland had four or five children – Edmund, the 5 th Earl who died without an heir in 1425; Roger who died sometime around 1410 without an heir; Eleanor who did get married but when widowed became a nun – died without an heir; Alice, who according to Alison Weir might not even have existed and finally the eldest child of the family – Anne Mortimer. Philippa passed on a strong claim to the English crown to her children. Margaret de Clare. [7] However, according to R. R. Davies, the story that Richard publicly proclaimed Mortimer as heir presumptive in Parliament in October 1385 is baseless, although contemporary records indicate that his claim was openly discussed at the time. The Wigmore chronicler, while criticising Mortimer for lust and remissness in his duty to God, extols him as 'of approved honesty, active in knightly exercises, glorious in pleasantry, affable and merry in conversation, excelling his contemporaries in beauty of appearance, sumptuous in his feasting, and liberal in his gifts'. [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. Roger had a younger brother, Edmund Mortimer, and two sisters, Elizabeth, who married Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, and Philippa, who first married John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, secondly Richard de Arundel, 11th Earl of Arundel, and thirdly Sir Thomas Poynings. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. Wikipedia. Roger de Mortimer, 8th Baron of Wigmore, 3rd Baron Mortimer and 1st Earl of March (born 1287? Roger was placed under the wardship of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and eventually married Holland's daughter Alianore. Even more inauspiciously, when summoned to a Parliament at Shrewsbury in January 1398, he was 'rapturously received', according to Adam Usk and the Wigmore chronicler, by a vast crowd of supporters wearing his colours. King Richard had first made Mortimer his Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on 24 January 1382 when he was a child of seven, with his uncle, Sir Thomas Mortimer,[8] acting as his deputy. Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG (11 November 1328 - 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. These events excited the king's suspicions, and on Mortimer's return to Ireland after the Parliament in January 1398, 'his enemy, the Duke of Surrey, his brother-in-law, was ordered to follow and capture him'. Family. 2nd Earl of March: Conte de la Marsche, Roger, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book, c.1450. After the younger Despenser was granted lands belonging to him, he and the Marchers began conducting devastating raids against Despenser property in Wales. III, p. 195. In 1355, he was appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, and then attended the King on his expedition into France; and, again, in that of 1359 which terminated in a peace. On 4 September 1397, he was ordered to arrest his uncle, Sir Thomas Mortimer for treason regarding his actions at the Battle of Radcot Bridge, but made no real attempt to do so. These events excited the king's suspicions, and on Mortimer's return to Ireland after the Parliament in January 1398, 'his enemy, the Duke of Surrey, his brother-in-law, was ordered to follow and capture him'. [9] The king reappointed Roger Mortimer as his lieutenant in Ireland on 23 July 1392, and in September 1394,[10] Mortimer accompanied the king on an Irish expedition. The Mortimer family lands and titles were lost after the first earl's revolt and death in November 1330. Edmund Mortimer, the eldest, died in 1331, leaving, by Elizabeth, his wife (one of the daughters of Bartholomew "Le Riche," and sister and co-heiress of Giles, successively Lords Badlesmere), Roger Mortimer, his only surviving son, then in his third year. Mortimer became disaffected with his king and joined the growing opposition to Edward II and the Despensers. [Adam of Usk, ed. Roger was placed under the wardship of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and eventually married Holland's daughter Alianore. It may be presumed that our knight justified, at the Battle of Crécy, the high opinion which had been formed of him. The grandfather of this knight, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, remarkable in history for his ambitious and guilty career, and for his ignominious end in November 1330, had several sons. Davies dates the appointment to 28 April 1396. ], Father Sir Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, Lord Mortimer & Connaught, Earl of Ulster, Marshal of England, Chief Governor of Ireland, Ambassador to France12,13,14 b. Edmund Mortimer (1302-1331) 3. Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March, (born November 6, 1391, New Forest, Hampshire, England—died January 19, 1425, Ulster, Ireland), friend of the Lancastrian king Henry V and an unwilling royal claimant advanced by rebel barons. viii. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287-1330) 2. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. [14] The King went to Ireland in the following year to avenge Mortimer's death.[6]. Davies dates the expedition to the summer of 1394. Joyce, who married John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft. Moreover, Edmund Mortimer's father, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, had been widely considered heir presumptive to King Richard II, who had no issue, and Edmund Mortimer himself had been heir presumptive to Richard II while a young child. Roger Mortimer was born 11 April 1374 at Usk in Monmouthshire. Roger had a younger brother, Edmund Mortimer, and two sisters, Elizabeth, who married Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, and Philippa, who first married John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke… Having, two years afterwards, in 1346, attended King Edward III and the Prince of Wales on their brilliant expedition into France, he is said to have received knighthood upon their landing at La Hogue, either from the hands of the sovereign, or those of the young prince immediately after his own investiture with that dignity. The family estates having been forfeited by the attainder of the first Earl, Roger Junior obtained, during his minority and through the influence of his step-father, William De Bohun, Earl of Northampton, grants from the crown of a part of the inheritance of his ancestors, and particularly the Castle of Wigmore, the most ancient of their possessions.