Misc. Notes
Pg 106, 32. Ralph de Mortimer, who succeeded his father bef 1086 when he appears in Domesday as tenant in chief in 12 counties, but mainly in Hereford and Salop, with Wigmore in the former county being his principal seat (Wigmore Is from Welsh gwig mawr (big wood)). In 1089 he was one of the Norman barons who sided with William Rufus against Robert Curthose and in 1104 he adhered to Henry I against Duke Robert.
17289Image3 Pg 62 Mortimer, Ralph de, tenant-in-chief at the Domesday survey in twelve counties, was the son of Roger de Mortemer, seigneur of Mortemer-sur-Eaulne, near Neuchatel-en-Brai, the caput of his honour in England being Wigmore, co. Hereford (Complete Peerage, ix, 266, s.n.)
119154Pg 270 Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore, Shropshire
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