Edward Charlton
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A forgotten Mortimer
Alianore Countess of March, Anne Mortimer, Azincourt, earls of devon, Edward Charlton, France, Henry IV, Henry V, Lords of Powys, Mortimers, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, Sir Edmund Mortimer, sir edward courtenay, sir john cornwall, sir john harpenden, Southampton plot, usurpationTwo of the children of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, are relatively famous. Edmund the 5th Earl, who was involved in the Southampton Plot, and Anne Mortimer who is the ancestress of anyone who is anybody in England – and many others besides. The younger son, Roger, who died at some point after 1405…
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The Lordship of Powys (Part 2)
abeyance, Adam of Usk, Alice Fitzalan, Alionore Holland, Anne Mortimer, Caerleon, Earls of Arundel, Edmund Earl of March, Edward Charlton, Edward I, Edward II, Glyn Dwr rebellion, Hawise Gadarn, Isabelle de Valois, John Charlton, Lady Despencer, Lords of Powys, Marcher Lords, Owain de la Pole, Philippa de Coucy, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, Shropshire, Sir John Berkeley, sir john grey of seton, Sir John Oldcastle, Thomas Lord Berkeley, Usk, widowsOwain de la Pole‘s daughter, Hawise (1290-1349), eventually inherited the Lordship, her brother having died. She was known as Hawise Gadarn, which means in English ‘the Hardy’. Hawise married John Charlton (or Cherleton) a knight from a relatively minor Shropshire family who had acquired the favour of Edward I. In 1313 Edward II sent John…
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