Roger Mortimer (First Baron)killed Simon Montfort @Evesham in Worcestershire
It was Roger Mortimer who killed Montfort by stabbing him in the neck with a lance.[11]
Later they mutilated him and spread body parts throughout the land....nice touch I must say
His grandson.....the first Marcher lord....Roger Mortimer1st Earl of March is of whom you speak
There were many Mortimer earls and lords and barons
This first notable one who helped Henry III got beacoup land and estates in kind most notably in the low area between Wales and England called The Marches
And so it goes....its who you know and who you impale and dismember for that counts
Thanks, learn something every day!
I was aware the Mortimers were around for a lot of the drama of English history. Powerful Welsh Marcher lords and therefore considerably more independent than “average” barons.
But I was thinking of the Earls of March, not the earlier Barons.