Under One Sceptre, or Mortimer's Mission: The Story of the Lord of the MarchesHolt, Emily Sarah
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Under One Sceptre, or Mortimer's Mission: The Story of the Lord of the Marches
Holt, Emily Sarah
Historical fiction; Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1328-1360 -- Fiction
ALIANORA, eldest daughter of Thomas de Holand, Earl of Kent, and Alesia
de Arundel: born 1370-2, married after Oct. 7th, 1388, when Earl Roger’s
marriage was granted to her father (re-married, licence dat. June 19th,
1399, Edward de Charlton, Lord Powys): died Oct. 23rd, 1405; buried at
Wigmore.
3. Philippa, born at Ludlow, Nov. 21st, 1375: married (1) John Hastings,
3rd and last Earl of Pembroke, after Sept. 24th, 1383 (2) pardon dat.
Nov. 10, 1391, for fine of 500 marks, Richard, 12th Earl of Arundel, (3)
after Sept. 1397, John, Lord St. John of Basing: died Sept. 24th, 1401
(Inq. P. Mort.), Sept. 26th, 1400 (Registry of Lewes): buried at
Boxgrove. Left issue by last marriage only.
Edmund, born at Ludlow, Nov. 1377: fled into Wales after battle of
Shrewsbury, 1403; Inq. 16 Hen. VI. 24. Married
Katherine, daughter of Owain Glyndwr and Margaret Hanmer, married 1402;
died prisoner, London, about Nov. 1413; buried there in St. Swithin’s
Church. Issue doubtful, but comprising a son and two daughters at
least.
Issue of Roger 5th Earl:—ANNE, born Dec. 27th, 1388 (Dugdale, doubtless
a mistake for 1389): married after Jan. 9th, 1407, Richard of York, Earl
of Cambridge; died about Sept. 1410; buried probably in Abbey Church,
King’s Langley.
2. Edmund, 6th and last Earl, born in New Forest, Nov. 6th, 1391; died
at Trim Castle, Jan. 19th, 1425; buried at Stoke Clare. Married (but
left no issue),
Anne, daughter of Edmund Earl of Stafford and Princess Anne of
Gloucester: married about 1413-1415; (remarried, 1429, John de Holand,
Duke of Exeter); died Sept. 20th or 24th, 1432; buried in Church of St.
Katherine, Tower, with second husband.
3. Roger, born at Nethewode, Mar. 24th, 1393; died prisoner in Windsor
Castle, after Aug. 26th, 1404, and probably after 1405; buried at Stoke
Priory.
* * * * * * * *
*Stories of English Life.*
*BY EMILY S. HOLT.*
A.D. 597
I. Imogen:
A TALE OF THE EARLY BRITISH CHURCH.
A.D. 1066
II. Behind the Veil:
A STORY OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
A.D. 1159
III. One Snowy Night;
OR, LONG AGO AT OXFORD.
A.D. 1189
IV. Lady Sybil's Choice:
A TALE OF THE CRUSADES.
A.D. 1214
V. Earl Hubert's Daughter;
OR, THE POLISHING OF THE PEARL.
A.D. 1325
VI. In all Time of our Tribulation:
THE STORY OF PIERS GAVESTONE.
A.D. 1350
VII. The White Lady of Hazelwood:
THE WARRIOR COUNTESS OF MONTFORT.
A.D. 1352
VIII. Countess Maud;
OR, THE CHANGES OF THE WORLD.
A.D. 1360
IX. In Convent Walls:
THE STORY OF THE DESPENSERS.
A.D. 1377
X. John De Wycliffe,
AND WHAT HE DID FOR ENGLAND.
A.D. 1384
XI. The Lord Mayor:
A TALK OF LONDON IN 1384.
A.D. 1390
XII. Under One Sceptre:
THE STORY OF THE LORD OF THE MARCHES
A.D. 1400
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