Richard’s Castle, on the border of Shropshire and Herefordshire, was founded by a Norman knight called Richard Scrob or FitzScrob. This is how it received its name. The manor eventually passed from Richard’s line and was owned by a junior branch of the Mortimers, the Mortimers of Attleborough. In 1264, Hugh Mortimer was forced to… Continue reading The last Hugh Mortimer of Richard’s Castle.
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The Daughters of Edward I
Kathryn Warner‘s latest tome has arrived and soon raised memories of Ashdown-Hill’s Eleanor, as two of the daughters in question – Joan of Acre (twice) and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan – are among the ancestors of Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lucy Walter, “Mrs. Fitzherbert” (Maria Smythe) and Laura Culme-Seymour, as shown in Royal Marriage Secrets and replicated here.… Continue reading The Daughters of Edward I
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