C.P. Addition: Roger de Mortimer, K.G., 2nd Earl of March, Marshal of England (died 1360)

Dear Newsgroup ~

Recently I was going through the volume, Suppliques d’Innocent VI
(1352–1362) (1911), by Berlière. On page 577, there is the record of
a Papal indult for a portable altar granted on 10 March 1360 to Roger
de Mortimer, Earl of March, Marshal of England. This record may be
viewed at the following weblink:

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?u=1&num=577&seq=13&view=image&size=100&id=njp.32101014965964

Earl Roger de Mortimer died suddenly at Rouvray (near Avalon), France
26 Feb. 1359/60, As such, he appears to have died just before the
above mentioned papal indult was granted to him.

Since I didn't recall that Earl Roger de Mortimer was ever Marshal of
England, I checked both Complete Peerage, 8 (1932): 442–445 (sub
March) and Doyle, Official Baronage of England 2 (1886): 467–468 (sub
March) to see if either source mentions that Earl Roger was Marshal of
England. Surprisingly neither source mentions anything about him
being Marshal of England. As for Wikipedia, it alleges that Thomas de
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (died 1369) was Marshal of England from
1343/4 until 1369. No mention is made of Roger de Mortimer.

So was Earl Roger de Mortimer ever Marshal of England? Checking
various sources, I finally found a helpful account of the Marshals of
England in the book, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, or
Complete Dictionary of Heraldry 1 (1828), unpaginated. The Marshal
account in this book may be viewed at the following weblink:

http://books.google.com/books?id=w_5BAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR401

In the Marshal account, Mr. Berry states that Thomas Beauchamp, Earl
of Warwick, was constituted Marshal of England in 1344. So far, so
good. Then the following information is given:

"In 1350, but on what account is not mentioned by historians, he
resigned the office of Marshal of England in favour of Roger Mortimer,
Earl of March, who was appointed Marshal by patent durante bene
placito, and dying in the same year, the before-mentioned Thomas
Beauchamp, was again constituted Marshal of England during pleasure,
in the 40th year of Edward III [i.e., 1366-1367] and dying three years
afterwards, Edmund Mortimer, Earl of Marsh and ulster, was constituted
Marshal of England." END OF QUOTE.

While Mr. Berry is wrong that Earl Roger de Mortimer died in 1350, he
seems to have seen some contemporary record which granted the office
of Marshal of England to him in 1350. Does anyone have a better
reference for the 1350 record or of the later regranting of the office
of Marshal to Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick?

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

P.S. For interest's sake, the following is a list of the 17th Century
New World immigrants that descend from Earl Roger de Mortimer (died
1360):

William Bladen, George & Nehemiah Blakiston, St. Leger Codd, Humphrey
Davie, Edward Digges, William Farrer, Elizabeth & John Harleston,
Warham Horsmanden, Hannah, Samuel & Sarah Levis, Agnes Mackworth, Anne
Mauleverer, Richard More, Joseph & Mary Need, John and Margaret
Nelson, Philip & Thomas Nelson, Robert Peyton, George Reade, William
Rodney, Katherine Saint Leger, Richard Saltonstall, William Skepper,
Mary Johanna Somerset, Samuel & William Torrey.







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