Sir Hugh de Mortimer, of Chelmarsh

Hugh de Mortimer of Chelmarsh was born 1 Aug 1286, and died 11 Jul 1372. He was the son of Henry de Mortimer (d 1317) and Constance.

family

He married

1. Elizabeth "occurs 1331"
2. Margaret "occurs 1341"

Note: Eyton does not name his 2nd wife beyond "Margaret" although "Hugh Mortimer married Margaret de Ros, widow of Henry le Scrope" in some sources. She is not to be confused with Margaret de Ros

Children

1. Henry de Mortimer d 1361 married 1) ? Son William dsp 2) Elizabeth ap Rhys son Hugh dsp 1403; last of male line
2. Hugh de Mortimer dsp
3. James de Mortimer dsp
4. Thomas de Mortimer dsp
5. Edmund de Mortimer dsp
6. Roger de Mortimer dsp
7. Joan de Mortimer m ? Daughter Matilda married de Cressi
8. Margaret de Mortimer m John de Beysin

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biography

From page 42 of Antiquities of Shropshire, Volume 3 By Robert William Eyton

Various Inquisitions, in pursuance of the King Writ of Diem clausit extremum, dated October 25, 1317, were held after the death of Sir Henry de Mortimer. He had held in capite a sixth of the Manor of Luton, Bedfordshire, by service of a sixth part of half a knight s-fee. He had held the Manor of Cheylmersh of Roger de Mortimer 0f Wigmore, by service of half a fee: also the hamlet of Aston (juxta Cans) of Peter Corbet by one sixth of a fee. Conjointly with his wife Custancia he had held certain tenements at the Lyehalle, which had been settled by fine on him and his said wife conjointly, with remainder to their heirs, of their bodies, and with further remainder to the right heirs of Henry This tenure was under Hugh de Dudemaston, in free soc-age and by a penny rent. His Son and Heir, Hugh de Mortimer, was on all hands stated to have attained his full age of 21 years on August 1 previous.27
All that I shall further say of this Sir Hugh de Mortimer is, that having adhered to the Earl of Lancaster and the rebellious Barons, he submitted in 1322 to a fine of 200. in ransom of his life and lands, the latter being situate in the Counties of Bedford, Berks, Salop, and Worcester, and in Ireland.28
The male line of Mortimer of Chelmarsh expired with William and Hugh, Grandsons of this Sir Hugh, one of whom was imbecile, while the other (Hugh) fell at the Battle of Shrewsbury on July 21, 1403.

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supporting data

From page 62 of Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 2

• 3 Inq. 15 Ric. II, No. 46. As William le Mortimer was over 26 years old at the death of his grandfather Sir Hugh Mortimer in 1372, and Elizabeth ap Rees is described as only " 30 and more" at the death of her father in 1369 (Inq. 46 Ed. III, No. 41, and Inq. 43 Ed. III, 1st part, No. 4), it is presumable that he was not her own son. Her own son Hugh Mortimer is described as 24 years old and more at the death of his brother William in 1391.

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant Author: Editor: G.E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden Publication: St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959 Page: IV, 199