The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (63 page)

Athboy, Ireland: 97, 309

Athlone, Ireland: 68, 96, 98, 233, 309

Atholl, Earl of:
see
Strathbogie, John de

Athy, John de, naval commander: 83

Audley, Hugh (d. 1326), Lord Audley of Stratton (1321): 79, 110, 122, 161

Audley, Hugh (d. 1347), Lord Audley (1317): 33, 75, 90–92, 94–95, 97, 99–102, 104, 105, 110, 161, 220

Audley, James (1313–1386), Lord Audley of Heleigh (1329): 172, 206, 321–322

Audley, Joan (fl. 1324–1327), Lady Audley of Heleigh (1329): 136, 206, 294 (n. 22), 321–322

Audley, Nicholas (1328–1391), Lord Audley of Heleigh (1386):

Avignon, France: 42, 94, 192, 225, 227, 252

Avon, River: 7–8

Ayrmin, William (d. 1336), Bishop of Norwich (1325), Chancellor (1326–27): 153, 161, 171

Ayr Castle, Scotland: 31

Ayte, William de: 201

Badlesmere, de, family: 78

Badlesmere, Bartholomew de, ‘the Rich’ (1275?–1322), Lord Badlesmere (1301): 23, 33, 36, 74, 77–80, 91–92, 94, 108, 110–113, 115, 125–126, 266, 277 (n. 9), 319

Badlesmere, Elizabeth de, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere:
see
Mortimer, Elizabeth

Badlesmere, Margaret de (1287–1333), Lady Badlesmere (1308?): 111–113, 121

Baily, Walter le: 228

Baker, Geoffrey le, chronicler: 173, 187, 191–194, 244, 254

Baldock, Hertfordshire: 154, 310

Baldock, Robert (d. 1327), Chancellor (1323–26): 143, 155, 157, 159–160, 162–163, 251

Balliol, John (c. 1240–1314?), King of Scotland (1292–1296): 24

Balscot, Nicholas de: 87, 90

Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland: 47

Bann, River, Ireland: 68–69

Bannockburn, Battle of (1314): 58–65, 67, 69, 72–73, 82, 275 (n. 11), 305

Barbour, John (1316?–1395), author of
The Bruce
: 63, 70, 175, 181–182, 289 (n. 28)

Bardi of Florence (banking house): 78, 82, 297 (n. 21)

Baret, Lady: 161

Barlings Abbey, Lincolnshire: 211–213

Barnwell Priory, Cambridgeshire: 310

Barre, Thomas atte: 281 (n. 6)

Basset, Ralph (d. 1322), lord of Sapcote: 92

Basset, Ralph (d. 1343), Lord Basset of Drayton (1299): 134

Bath and Wells, Bishop of:
see
Droxford, John

Bayeux, Bogo de: 229–230

Bayonne, France: 249

Beaukaire, William: 185–187, 193, 197, 245, 249

Beauchamp, Catherine de (d. 1369), Countess of Warwick (1328): 206, 280 (n. 12), 294 (n. 20–22), 322–323

Beauchamp, Guy de (d. 1315), Earl of Warwick (1298): 38–39, 43–44, 50, 56, 64, 94, 109–110

Beauchamp, Thomas de (1314–1369), Earl of Warwick (1315): 94, 172, 206, 294 (n. 20), 322

Beaumont, Henry de (d. 1340), Lord Beaumont: 142, 158, 218, 220, 225, 231–232

Beaumont, Louis de (d. 1333), Bishop of Durham (1318): 153, 161

Beauvois, France: 140

Becket, Thomas (1118?–1170), Archbishop of Canterbury: 24

Bedford: 218, 294 (n. 22), 297 (n. 20)

Bedfordshire: 21

Bek, Anthony (d. 1311), Bishop of Durham (1283): 35

Bel, Jean le (fl. 1327), chronicler: 150, 175–180, 183

Benedetti, Anna, Italian professor of English: 253

Bengeworth, Worcestershire: 7–8

Benstead, John (fl. 1304–5), Controller of the Household: 18

Bereford, Simon (d. 1330): 197, 234, 237, 239, 247, 249, 251

Berengar, Ingelram de: 73, 231

Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire: 174, 176, 185–194, 196–197, 203, 237, 239, 243–245, 249–250, 255–256, 260–261–262

Berkeley, James de (d. 1327), Bishop of Exeter (1327): 188

Berkeley, Margaret (1304–1337), Lady Berkeley (1326): 20, 95, 136, 173, 319–320

Berkeley, Maurice (1271?–1326), Lord Berkeley (1308): 23, 79, 104–105, 110, 122, 128–129, 189, 280 (n. 13)

Berkeley, Thomas (1293?–1361), Lord Berkeley (1326): 95, 104, 110, 136, 161, 197, 288 (n. 26), 290 (n. 8)

– relationship with Roger: 173

– custody of Edward II at Berkeley: 173, 177, 184, 185

– role in the Berkeley Castle plot: 186, 188–189, 191, 193, 198, 245, 247–252, 254, 257, 260, 262

– receives extates forfeited by Kent: 234

– trial for murder of Edward II: 248–251, 260

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: 33, 299 (n. 53)

Berkshire: 21, 34, 100, 107, 150, 177

Bermingham, Edmund de: 96

Bermingham, John de (d. 1329), Earl of Louth (1319): 88–89, 92–93, 96, 113, 132

Bernard, Raymond: 134

Berwick, Northumberland: 28, 44, 54–57, 128, 210–211, 217, 276 (n. 15), 313

Bethune, Richard de, alderman and Mayor of London: 130, 166–168, 213, 282 (n. 16)

Betton Strange, Shropshire: 115, 310

Bicknor, Alexander (d. 1349), Archbishop of Dublin (1317): 91, 94, 130, 153

Binnock, William: 56

Bishop, William: 173, 192, 194, 254

Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham: 178, 180

Bisley, Gloucestershire: 79

Blackhow, Yorkshire: 128

Blacklow Hill, Warwickshire: 52

Blackwater, River, Ireland: 70

Blaenllyfori Castle, Wales: 48

Blanchland Abbey, Northumberland: 180

Blount, Thomas le: 169

Blount, Walter le: 86

Boarhunt, Alice de: 131, 134

Boarhunt, William de: 134

Boccanegra, Simon (c. 1301–1363), Doge of Genoa: 255

Bockton, Ralph de: 131, 134

Bohun family, Earls of Hereford: 12, 296 (n. 11)

Bohun, Edward de (d. 1334): 234, 237

Bohun, Gilbert de: 82

Bohun, Henry de (d. 1314), nephew of Earl of Hereford: 59, 79

Bohun, Humphrey de (
c
. 1276–1322), Earl of Hereford (1298): 23, 26, 34–35, 38, 44, 56, 58, 65, 75, 82, 87, 110, 276 (n. 12)

– rebellion against Hugh Despenser: 87, 100, 102–109, 126, 281 (n. 11)

– defence of Badlesmere: 112–113

– events leading to Boroughbridge: 114, 122–125

– incarceration of his children: 121, 161, 319

– death: 124, 161

Bohun, Joan de, widow of Henry de Bohun: 79

Bohun, William de (
c
. 1312–1360), Earl of Northampton (1337): 319

Boltesham, John de: 39

Books: 15, 76, 116, 120, 155, 164, 211, 271 (n. 1)

Bordeaux, France: 111

Bore, Robert le: 302 (n. 40)

Boroughbridge, Battle of (1322): 123–124, 126, 220

Botetourt, John (d. 1324), Lord Botetourt (1305): 92

Botetourt, Thomas (d. 1322), heir to lordship of Botetourt: 79

Bothwell Castle, Scotland: 57

Boulogne, France: 35, 139–140

Boulogne, Count of: 134

Bourne, Lincs:

Boyne, River, Ireland: 41

Brabant, Belgium: 252

Brabant, Duke of:
see
John III

Bradley, Gloucestershire: 248

Braose, Maud/Matilda de (d. 1210), Lady Braose: 279 (n. 37)

Braose, Maud de, daughter of William:
see
Mortimer, Maud

Braose, Thomas de (1301–1361), Lord Braose: 323

Braose, William de (d. 1230), Lord Braose: 12

Braose, William de (d. 1326), Lord Braose of Bramber and Gower: 100, 104, 127

Braose, William de (d. 1211), Lord

Braose: 279 (n. 37) Brecon, Wales: 76, 103

Breton, Adam le: 96

Bridgewater Castle, Somerset: 14, 21, 78

Bridgnorth, Shropshire: 114–115, 126, 310

Bridlington Priory, chronicle of: 190, 194

Brill, Hainault: 149

Brimpsfield:
see
Giffard, John, of Brimpsfield

Bristol: 77–81, 83, 116, 125, 156–157, 159, 162, 191, 280 (n. 5), 306, 311, 320

Brittany, France: 57

Brittany, John de (1266–1344), Earl of Richmond (1306): 39, 109, 112, 115, 147

Bromyard, Herefordshire: 105, 209

Brotherton, Thomas of: see Thomas of Brotherton

Bruce, Alexander (d. 1307): 30–31

Bruce, Christina, sister of Robert Bruce:
see
Seton, Christina

Bruce, David (1324–1371), King of Scotland as David II (1329): 199, 209–210, 217

Bruce, Edward (d.1318), King of Ireland (1316): 54–55, 61–62, 66–71, 80–81, 85–90, 93, 96, 209, 278 (n. 26)

Bruce, Elizabeth (d. 1327), Queen of Scotland (1302): 28, 64, 276 (n. 15)

Bruce, Joan, ‘Joan of the Tower’ (1321–1362), Queen of Scotland (1329): 199, 209–210, 212, 217

Bruce, Mary: 27–28

Bruce, Neil (d. 1306): 27–28

Bruce, Robert (1210–1295), Lord of Annandale (1245): 24

Bruce, Robert (1274–1329), Earl of Carrick (1292), King of Scotland as Robert I (1306): 24–27, 30, 46, 54–67, 69, 83, 86, 121, 128, 175, 199–200, 204, 278 (n. 26)

Bruce, The
:
see
Barbour, John

Bruce, Thomas (d. 1307): 30–31

Brut, The
: 189–191, 193–194, 210, 220, 229, 236, 246

Buchan, Countess of:
see
Comyn, Isabel

Buckinghamshire: 21, 107, 150

Buildwas Abbey, Herefordshire: 202

Builth, Wales: 10, 16, 44, 225

Bullesdon, John de: 121

Burgh by Sands, Cumberland: 31

Burgh, Bernard de: 186

Burgh, Elizabeth de, daughter of Richard de Burgh:
see
Bruce, Elizabeth (d. 1327)

Burgh, Gilbert de: 85

Burgh, Hubert de: 85

Burgh, Richard de (c. 1259–1326), Earl of Ulster (1271): 64, 67–70, 83–86, 276 (n. 15), 278 (n. 26)

Burgh, Richard de (Mortimer family retainer): 120

Burgh, William de: 69

Burghersh, Bartholomew de (d. 1355), Lord Burghersh (1310): 79, 113, 227, 234

Burghersh, Henry de (1292–1340), Bishop of Lincoln (1320), Treasurer, 1327–28), Chancellor (1328–30): 130, 153, 161, 227

– attends Mortimer–Badlesmere wedding 1316: 79

– appointment as Bishop of Lincoln: 94

– threatened with loss of office by Edward II: 122

– accused of complicity in Roger’s escape: 134

– attends coronation: 171

– appointments as Treasurer and Chancellor: 202–203

– travels to Berwick for royal wedding: 209–210

– part of embassy to the Londoners 1328: 212

– included in Leintwardine chantry beneficiaries: 216, 222

– with Edward III in France: 221

– with Roger at his arrest: 237–239

Burgos, Spain: 249

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: 14, 152, 213, 310

Bury St Edmunds, Abbot of: 213

Bury, Richard de (1281–1345), Keeper of the Privy Seal (1329), Bishop of Durham (1333): 227

Butler, Edmund (d. 1321), Justiciar of Ireland (1315–16): 68, 81, 84–85, 88, 214, 280 (n. 5), 320

Butler, James (
c
. 1305–1338), Earl of Ormond (1328): 214

Caerlaverock Castle, Scotland: 14, 54

Caerphilly Castle, Wales: 74–75, 146, 157, 159–160, 186

Callan, Ireland: 97, 308

Cambridge: 213, 310

Cambridgeshire: 21, 107, 150

cannon, early forerunners of: 181

Canterbury, Kent: 111, 125, 221, 315

Canterbury, Archbishop of: see Winchelsey, Robert de; Reynolds, Walter