Worcestershire, Martley
Hugh Mortimer executed after the Battle of Wakefield 1460. He wears the yorkist collar. He was the son of John Mortimer d1415 Lord of the Manor of Kyre & Martley: and grandson of Roger Mortimer. The manors passed to his elder brother John who died a minor in 1420. Hugh inherited aged 7 and was under the guardianship of Roland Lenthall until his majority. He is thought to have been the builder of the church tower c1450.
Aged 41 he m Eleanor d1520 daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall of Burford d1435 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8544972201/ by Elizabeth Barre,
Children
1 John dsp 1505 m Margaret daughter of John Nevile, Marquess of Montagu,
2. Elizabeth m Sir Thomas West 3rd Lord De la Warr (son Thomas sold the Kyre estates in 1520 to the half-brother of his mother John Croft) (daughter Dorothy m Harry son of David Owen son of Owen Tudor www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/685123040/ )
The alabaster side of the table tomb, with angels holding shields, on which the effigy rested is now over the fireplace of the rectory great hall !
His widow Eleanor m2 Sir John Croft d1509 of Croft www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8980286632/ having 6 more children
Eleanor outlived both her children by Hugh. She died aged nearly 90 in 1520 and is buried in Croft church in a double effigy with her second husband, who died in 1509.
Worcestershire, Martley
Hugh Mortimer executed after the Battle of Wakefield 1460. He wears the yorkist collar. He was the son of John Mortimer d1415 Lord of the Manor of Kyre & Martley: and grandson of Roger Mortimer. The manors passed to his elder brother John who died a minor in 1420. Hugh inherited aged 7 and was under the guardianship of Roland Lenthall until his majority. He is thought to have been the builder of the church tower c1450.
Aged 41 he m Eleanor d1520 daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall of Burford d1435 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8544972201/ by Elizabeth Barre,
Children
1 John dsp 1505 m Margaret daughter of John Nevile, Marquess of Montagu,
2. Elizabeth m Sir Thomas West 3rd Lord De la Warr (son Thomas sold the Kyre estates in 1520 to the half-brother of his mother John Croft) (daughter Dorothy m Harry son of David Owen son of Owen Tudor www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/685123040/ )
The alabaster side of the table tomb, with angels holding shields, on which the effigy rested is now over the fireplace of the rectory great hall !
His widow Eleanor m2 Sir John Croft d1509 of Croft www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8980286632/ having 6 more children
Eleanor outlived both her children by Hugh. She died aged nearly 90 in 1520 and is buried in Croft church in a double effigy with her second husband, who died in 1509.