Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore

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Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore

Also Known As: "Sheriff of Shropshire & Staffordshire"
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Birthplace: Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Death: before August 10, 1274
Hereford, County of Herefordshire
Immediate Family:

Son of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer and Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer
Husband of wife of Ralph de Mortimer
Brother of Isabella de Mortimer, Countess of Arundel; Edmund de Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore; Sir Geoffrey de Mortimer; Roger de Mortimer, of Chirke; Sir William Mortimer and 1 other

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About Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore

Page 281 of The Complete Peerage (2nd edition, vol.9) states:

"[RALPH DE MORTIMER, s. and h. ap., accompanied his father to the "Parl." of 1271. He succeeded his uncle, Hugh de Mortimer of Chelmarsh, as sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire, 23 Jan. 1272/3, being appointed while his father, as co-trustee of the absent King, was practically co-Regent. He d. v.p., and apparently unm., before 10 Aug. 1274.]"



”RALPH (-before 10 Aug 1274). A manuscript narrating the foundation of Wigmore Abbey names “Radulphum primogenitum militem” as son of “domina Matilda…[et] Rogero de Mortuomari”, adding that he predeceased his father. He succeeded his uncle Hugh de Mortimer of Chelmarsh 23 Jan 1273 as sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire.“[1] [https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm...]

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Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore's Timeline

1250
1250
Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
1274
August 10, 1274
Age 24
Hereford, County of Herefordshire
1912
September 24, 1912
Age 24
1933
July 1, 1933
Age 24
July 1, 1933
Age 24
1934
January 30, 1934
Age 24
January 30, 1934
Age 24
January 30, 1934
Age 24
1959
June 10, 1959
Age 24