'Mortimer02'
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Families covered: Mortimer of Attleborough, Mortimer of Harlaxton, Mortimer of Richard's Castle, Zouche of Mortimer

BE1883 (Mortimer of Richard's Castle) suggests that the Robert who married Margery de Say was "the presumed son or brother of the 1st Hugh de Mortimer, of Wigmore" whilst BE1883 (Mortimer of Wigmore) shows that Robert as brother of Hugh, son of Ralph (by Milicent). However, there is no mention of such a direct connection within TCP which indicates merely that heraldic designs suggest a connection between the Mortimers of Richard's Castle and the Mortimers of Attleborough (see below) whilst, regarding the Mortimers of Attleborough, "No blood relationship has been proved between them and the Mortimers of Wigmore" although they both shared a (feudal) association with the house of Warrenne. That BE1883 is not correct in its suggested link is further supported by the claim in TCP that the father of the first Mortimer of Richard's Castle was ...
Robert de Mortimer of Essex
1. Robert de Mortimer of Richard's Castle (d before 05.07.1219)
  m. (1210) Margery de Say (d c1242, dau of Hugh de Say of Richard's Castle)
  A. Hugh de Mortimer of Richard's Castle (d 18.11.1274)
  i. Robert de Mortimer of Richard's Castle (d 07.04.1287)
 

m. Joyce la Zouche (bur 13.03.1289/90, dau of William la Zouche)

a. Hugh de Mortimer, Lord of Richard's Castle (d 20.07.1304)
  m. (by 1290) Maud (d by 15.02.1307/8, niece of William le Marshal)
  (1) Joane Mortimer (b 24.11.1291, d before 12.01.1341)
  m1. Thomas de Bykenore (dsp c1316)
  m2. Sir Richard Talbot of Richard's Castle
  (2) Margaret Mortimer (b 14.09.1295, d c12.1345)
  m1. (by 1309) Geoffery de Cornwall (d before 06.1335)
  m2. William de Evereys (d before 06.03.1337)
b. William Mortimer, later Zouche of Ashby, 1st Lord Zouche of Mortimer (d 28.02.1336/7)
  m1. (1316) Alice de Toeni (b c1283, d before 08.01.1325, dau of Ralph de Toeni of Flamsted)
  (1) Alan la Zouche, 2nd Lord of Mortimer (b 15.09.1317, d 12.11.1346)
  m. (before 1338) Eleanor (d 06.03.1359/60)
  (A) Hugh la Zouche, 3rd Lord of Mortimer (b 29.09.1338, dsp 11.07.1399)
  m1. Philippe (a 02.01.1374/5)
  m2. (by 09.1391) Joan Bramshott (d c06.1439, dau of John Bramshott of Gatcombe)
  m2. (c01.1328/9) Alianore de Clare (b 1292, d 30.06.1337, dau of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester)
  (2) Robert la Zouche, 4th Lord of Mortimer (b c1318, dsp)
  BE1883 identifies this Robert as 4th Lord of Mortimer but TCP suggests that he died before 05.1375.
  Uncertain whether by first or second marriage was ...
  (3) Joyce la Zouche (a 04.05.1372)
  m. (before 31.05.1347) John de Botetourt, 2nd Lord (b 1318, d 1385)

 

 

Robert de Mortimer in Norfolk
1. William de Mortimer (d before 1180)
  A. Robert de Mortimer of Harlaxton (d before 21.09.1217)
  m. Alice (possibly dau of Warin de Munchensy)
  i. William de Mortimer of Harlaxton and Attleborough
  a. Robert de Mortimer (d by 1265)
  (1) William de Mortimer of Attleborough (d 12.11.1297)
  m. Alice
  (A) Constantin de Mortimer of Attleborough (d before 09.08.1359)
  m1. Sibyl (d 09.11.1334)
  (i) Constantin de Mortimer (dvpsp 25.12.1355)
  m. Agnes
  (ii) Sir Robert de Mortimer of Attleborough (d 25.09.1387)
Visitation (Norfolk, Chamberlayn) identifies this generation as a Sir Thomas who married Margery Peake, relict of Nicolas Biron, but TCP names him Robert and, whilst reporting that another source suggests that he married twice (Margery Fastolf (d 1341) and Catherine, probably dau of Stephen de Brockdish) identifies his wife/widow simply as ...
  m. Margery
  (a) Thomas de Mortimer (dvp before 1387)
 

m. Mary Park (d 02.05.1406, dau of Nicholas Park)

((1)) Sibyl Mortimer
  m1. Sir Ralph Bigod of Stockton
  ((A)) Elizabeth Bigod or Bigot probably of this generation
  m. William Garneys of Gelberton (d 1424)
  m2. Henry Pakenham
  m3. Thomas Manning
  ((2)) Cicely Mortimer
  m1. Sir John Harling (d before 01.07.1403)
  m2. (1411) Sir John Radcliff of Attleborough (b 1380, d 1440)
  ((3)) Margery Mortimer
  m. (1403) Sir John FitzRalph of Great Ellingham
  (b) Constantine de Mortimer
  (iii) William de Mortimer (canon of Lincoln)
  m2. (by 1342) Catherine
  (B)+ other issue - Maud, Cassandra
  ii. Robert de Mortimer

Main sources:
(1) TCP (Mortimer of Richard's Castle), TCP (Zouche of Richard's Castle or Mortimer or Ashby), BE1883 (Mortimer of Richard's Castle), BE1883 (Zouche of Mortimer)
(2) TCP (Mortimer of Attleborough) with some support/contradiction from Visitation (Norfolk, 1563+1589+1613, Chamberlayn)
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