Lib._, 3 Edward the Third.) When her husband was seized in October, 1330, the King sent down John de Melbourne to superintend the affairs of the Countess, with the ladies and children in her company, dwelling at Ludlow Castle, with express instructions that their wardrobes, gods, and jewels, were not to be touched. (_Rot. Pat._ and _Claus._, 4 Edward the Third.) The lands of her own inheritance were restored to her in the December and January following, with especial mention of Ludlow Castle, (_Rot. Claus., ibidem_). Edward the Third always speaks of her with great respect. In August, 1347, there were suits against her in the Irish Courts (the Mortimers held large estates in Ireland), and it is noted that she was not able to plead in person on account of her great age, which made travelling perilous to her. (_Rot. Claus._, 21 Edward the Third.) She was then 63. On the 19th of October, 1356, she died (_Inq. Post Mortem_, 30 Edward the Third 30)--the very day of her husband's capture, 26 years before--and was _buried_ in the Church of the Friars Minors, Shrewsbury. (Cott. Ms. Cleop., C, 3.) 2. Edmund, Rector of Hodnet. 3. Hugh, Rector of Old Radnor. 4. Walter, Rector of Kingston (Dugdale) Kingsland (Cott. Ms. Cleop. C, 3). 5. Maud, _married_ at Wigmore, July 28, 1302, Theobald de Verdon; _died_ at Alveton Castle, and _buried_ at Croxden, October 8, 1312. Left issue. 6. Joan, _nun_ at Lyngbroke; living September 17, 1332. 7. Elizabeth, _nun_ at Lyngbroke. 8. John, _born_ 1300, _killed_ in tilting, at Worcester, January 3, 1318, S.P.; _buried_ at Worcester. _Issue of Roger, first Earl of March, and Jeanne de Geneville_:--1. Edmund, _born_ 1304, _died_ at Stanton Lacy, December 28, 1331; _buried_ at Wigmore. He is always reckoned as second Earl, but was never formally restored to the title, for which he vainly petitioned, and the refusal is said to have broken his heart. He _married_ Elizabeth, third daughter, and eventually co-heir, of Bartholomew Lord Badlesmere, and Margaret de Clare: _born_ 1313, _married_ in or before 1327; (_remarried_ William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton;) _died_ June 17, 1355. 2. Roger, _died_ 1357. _Married_ Joan, daughter of Edmund de Boteler, Earl of Carrick, and Joan Fitzgerald; contract of _marriage_ February 11, 1321. 3. Geoffrey, Lord of Cowith. He was one of the King's Bannerets in 1328 (_Rot. Magne Gard._, 33/10), was taken with his father and his brother Edmund in 1330, and was kept prisoner in the Tower till January 25, 1331 (Issue Roll, _Michs._, 5 Edward the Third). On the following March 16, he obtained leave to travel abroad. (_Rot. Pat._, 5 Edward the Third, Part 1.) He was living in 1337, but no more is known of him. 4. John, _killed_ in tilting at Shrewsbury, and _buried_ there in the Hospital of Saint John. He _married_ (and left one son). Alianora (family unknown), _buried_ with husband.