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Hugh de Mortimer
d. 1181
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Died
26 Feb 1181
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About
Hugh de Mortimer fought a private war against the King's new castle at Bridgnorth and founded Wigmore Abbey in penance.
Research notes
✓ HUGH DE MORTIMER of Wigmore (d. 26 Feb 1181); m. Matilda le Meschin (note-only); father of Roger (our line). DOCUMENTED FLOOR of the wired Mortimer spine: the earlier Mortimers up to Ralph the Domesday lord of Wigmore are real but the connecting generations are debated, so they stay note-only. Source: standard Mortimer-of-Wigmore genealogy (CP/Mortimer History Society), web-confirmed 6 Aug 2026; contested rungs note-only, not hardened.