Hugh de Mortimer (d. c.1148 50)

✓ Hugh [I] de Mortimer of Wigmore, s. and h. of Ralph the Domesday lord ('Hugh son of Ralph', Brut y Tywysogion). Attested a charter of Gerold, Abbot of St Lucien at Beauvais [1100-28]; c.1140 King Stephen excepted his fees when granting Hereford to the Earl of Leicester. In 1144 he began the reconquest of the Marches after the Welsh revolt on Henry I's death, reoccupying Maelienydd and Elfael and repairing the castles of Cymaron and Colwyn; in 1145 he captured and imprisoned Rhys ap Hywel; in 1146 he killed Meredith son of Madog ap Idnerth, late chieftain of Elfael and Maelienydd; in 1148 he blinded his prisoner Rhys ap Hywel. 'The name of his wife is unknown.' He seems to have d. in the period 1148-50. Sons: Roger (witness before 1137; commanding the King's forces at Malmesbury 1139; with King Stephen at Winchester 1150; d. s.p. by 1153 - collateral) and Hugh [II] (I100195, our line), who succeeded his brother. His mother - Ralph's 1st wife Melisende or 2nd wife Mabel - is not known (CP p.268 n.(g): 'There is no evidence as to which wife was the mother of Hugh'). GENERATION INSERTED 28 Oct 2026: CP p.269 n.(i)-p.270 shows from the charters (Kington St Michael, Saint-Victor-en-Caux) that the Hugh who d. 1180/1 was a grandson, not a son, of Ralph: 'The usual version of the pedigree makes Hugh de Mortimer, son of Ralph, live till 1180/1 and be the father of the Roger who died in 1214; independently of the specific evidence here adduced, since Ralph was already married to a second wife in 1088, this would seem a chronological impossibility.' Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. IX (1936), 'Mortimer of Wigmore' pp.266-277 (article by L.C. Loyd and Ethel Stokes), page images supplied by Aynsley 28 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 28 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]