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bed and a gold ring, with a piece of the true cross with this legend 

 — In nomine Patris et Filio et Spiritus Sancti : Amen ; and " which 

 I charge him, on my blessing, to keep." Likewise, a cup of silver 

 with an escutcheon of the arms of Mortimer.* 



Roger left a son, Edmond, who became fourth Earl of IMarch, 

 and, having married Philippa, the only daughter and heiress of 

 Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third son of king Edward III., became, 

 in her right. Earl of Ulster. He was born on Candlemas eve, 

 February 1st, 1351, and was much distinguished in his time. In 

 the third year of Richard II., A. D. 1380, he was appointed the 

 king's lieutenant in Ireland, but died, at Cork, on Friday, the feast 

 of St. John the Evangelist, on the 27th of December, in the fol- 

 lowing year.t The introduction of some portion of his will may be 

 allowed, on account of its historical tendency. 



" Edmond, Earl of March and Ulster, Lord of Wigmore, at 

 Denbigh, May 1, 1380. My body to be buried with the body of 

 my wife, — on whom God have mercy ! — in the church of the abbey 

 of Wigmore, on the left of the high altar ; and we charge our exe- 

 cutors that they allow no excessive expense at our funeral, but only 

 five tapers of wax, which, after our funeral, we will, be distributed 

 to the parish churches in the neighbourhood of the said abbey, for 

 the use of the Holy Sacrament. We will, after the payment of our 

 debts, first, that Roger, son of John de Mortimer, be paid £500, for 

 which we are bound by Statute Merchant. To the church of the 

 abbey of Wigmore c€1000, to be employed according to the direc- 

 tions of my most honoured lady and mother, and of my executors, 

 and under the superintendence of the Bishop of Hereford for the 

 time being, and of Sir John de Byshopeston, Mens. Peter de la 

 Mars, Sir William Ford, Sir Walter de Colmpton, and Hugh de 

 Boraston. To the said abbey of Wigmore, a large cross of gold set 

 with stones, with a relique of the cross of our Lord, a bone of St. 

 Richard the Confessor, bishop of Chichester, J and the finger of St. 

 Thomas de Cantelowe,§ bishop of Hereford, and the reliques of 

 St. Thomas, bishop of Canterbury. II To our most honoured lady 



and mother . To Roger, our son and heir, the cup of gold, 



with a cover called benesonne, and our sword garnished with gold, 



• Testamenta Vetusta, vol. i. 

 + Dugdale, vol. i., p. 149. 



$ Richard de la Wich, bishop of Chichester from 1245 to 1253, and was 

 canonized. 

 § Cantelupe, bishop of Hereford from 1275 to 1282, afterwards canonized. 

 Il St. Thomas i Becket ; murdered in the time of Henry II. 



