281 HISTORICAL MEMORANDA OF 



of the civil wars,* as he resided at the castle of Brampton Brian. 

 Gough, in his Additions to Camdeji, and Collins, in his Historical 

 Collections of the noble families of Cavendish, Sfc, say that Bramp- 

 ton was destroyed by the parliamentarians in 1643, and the latter, 

 that Wigmore was burnt by them at the same time.t 



Since this event it has been merely a ruin, and in possession of 

 the descendants. Earls of Oxford. 



If, then, Wigmore Castle be not renowned for the sieges it has 

 undergone, its owners have played so conspicuous a part in the his- 

 tory of this country as to give to it a high degree of interest ; and, 

 calling to mind the facts detailed in these pages, it is impossible to 

 contemplate the now deserted ruins without reflecting on its former 

 splendour and importance. 



Annexed are pedigrees of the IMortimer family, and that of the 

 Duke of York. The first is from that in the College of Arms ; the 

 second from a ]MS. by Edward Lhuyd, entitled The British Gene- 

 alogist, in the library of Goodrich Court ; and the third from An- 

 derson's Royal Genealogies. 



William 'Warren= 



William Comes de Warren=Gundreda, fil. Hadulphus de: 

 et Surry Willmi.Conq. Mortuomari 

 Ang^ 



Hugo de Mortuomari = Matilda, fil. Will, de M. dom. de 



1st baro. de Wigmore I Wm. Longes- Netherley exdono 



I patfaa fratris sui 



|1 2 I 2 J 3 I 



Miliscenta=Rogerus de=Isab. f. Hen. Hugo D. de= — f. de Radulp. Will, de 

 f. Com. I M. D. de I de Norbury Chelmarsh S. Sy- o. s. p. M. miles 

 Darbe ye { W. J o. s. p. donis s. p. 



I n R [3 



Huffo de M. Radulph D.s=Gwladusa.f. Ilobertus= Philippus 



de Wigmore de Wigm. j Leoline P. | 



o. s. p. 1227. et Chelmarsh | Walliae Robertus=Margarita 



I I j de M. sor. Hehas de Say 



Roger de M.=Matild. Petrus Johannes Hugo 

 D. deW. If.W. de D. de 



{ Breos Chelmsh. 



|1 |2 |2 14 |5 I 



Rad.ob. Edmun.=Marg. £ Eogerus Will, de Galfr. Marguretta=E,ob. de 

 anti Pe- D. deW. | W d. M M. o. anti P. Ver, 



trus 1 Fendles Com. Ox. 



• My friend, the highly erudite Rev. John Webb, of Tretire, Hereford- 

 shire, gives me this information on the authority of his notes : and adds, 

 ** upon this fact you may rely." 



t Loudon, 1762, fol., p. 199. 



