Another C.P. Correction: Sir Hugh Mortimer, of Kyre Wyard, W

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Another C.P. Correction: Sir Hugh Mortimer, of Kyre Wyard, W

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 04 sep 2007 22:33:29

Dear Newsgroup ~

Compete Peerage, 3 (1913): 316-317 (sub Clinton); 4 (1916): 155-156
(sub De La Warr) has a good account of the life of Thomas West, K.G.,
8th Lord La Warre, 5th Lord West, who died in 1525. Regarding his
first marriage to Elizabeth Mortimer, the following information is
provided:

"He married, 1stly, Elizabeth, sister and h. of Sir John Mortimer, and
daughter of Hugh Mortimer, of Mortimer's Hall, Hants, by Eleanor,
daughter of John Cornwall." END OF QUOTE.

It has been noted already in the past in earlier threads that
Elizabeth Mortimer, wife of Sir Thomas West, was not the heiress of
her brother, Sir John Mortimer. Rather, Sir John Mortimer is known to
have died in 1504, whereas Elizabeth Mortimer, wife of Sir Thomas
West, died 29 June 1502. As such, Sir John Mortimer's heir in 1504
was Elizabeth Mortimer's eldest son, Thomas West the younger.

As far as I can tell, earlier discussions here on the newsgroup were
unable to identify Mortimer's Hall in Hampshire, where Elizabeth
(Mortimer) West's father, Hugh Mortimer, allegedly resided.

Actually, Elizabeth (Mortimer) West's father was Sir Hugh Mortimer,
and he resided at Kyre Wyard, Worcestershire and Sapey, Shropshire,
not in Hampshire. He died in 1460, and was survived by his widow,
Eleanor Cornwall, who married (2nd) Sir Richard Croft.

For further particulars regarding Sir Hugh Mortimer, see Notes &
Queries, 4th ser. 10 (1872): 226. This source can be found at the
following weblink:

http://books.google.com/books?id=FGICAA ... r%27s+Hall

Additional information can be found on Sir Hugh Mortimer in VCH
Worcester, 4 (1924): 279-285, 289-297. This material can be found at
the following weblinks:

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report ... ortimer%22

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report ... ortimer%22

Lastly, I note that the online Stirnet database identifies Eleanor
Cornwall, wife of Sir Hugh Mortimer and Sir Richard Croft, as the
daughter of Edmund Cornwall, of Burford, Shropshire, not John
Cornwall. I believe that Stirnet is correct. If so, this would be
yet another correction for Complete Peerage. For the chart of the
Cornwall family on stirnet, see the following weblink:

http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/briti ... ewall1.htm

Comments are invited.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

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