* 1287 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ( d. 1330 )

* 1327 – Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

Edward's downfall came in 1326 when his Queen Isabella travelled to her native France and then, along with her lover Roger Mortimer, invaded England.

Edmund held many tournaments at Kenilworth in the late 13th century, including a huge event in 1279, presided over by the royal favourite Roger de Mortimer, in which a hundred knights competed for three days in the tiltyard in an event called " the Round Table ", in imitation of the popular Arthurian legends.

In 1326, however, Edward was deposed by an alliance of Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer.

He captured a number of castles, including Carmarthen, Colwyn, Radnor and Painscastle, and defeated an army led by Roger de Mortimer and Hugh de Say near Radnor, with forty knights among the dead.

* Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ( 1287 – 1330 ) an English nobleman, was for three years de facto ruler of England, after leading a successful rebellion against Edward II.

* Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore

* Battle of Ros-mic-Triuin: The Kingdom of Leinster, led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from England, led by King Richard II of England and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March.

* February 26 – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader ( b. 1328 )

* July 20 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England ( b. 1374 )

* April 11 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England ( d. 1398 )

** Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March ( d. 1360 )

* October 19 – King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, executing his regent Roger Mortimer.

* March 19 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I and brother of Edward II, ( executed by Roger Mortimer ) ( b. 1301 )

* November 29 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England ( b. 1287 )

* Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore ( d. 1282 )

* April 25 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England ( d. 1330 )

When Isabella's retinue — loyal to Edward, and ordered back to England by Isabella — returned to the English Court on 23 December, they brought further shocking news for the king: Isabella had formed a liaison with Roger Mortimer in Paris and they were now plotting an invasion of England.

The Earl of Arundel, Sir Edmund Fitz Alan, an old enemy of Roger Mortimer, was beheaded on 17 November, together with two of the earl's retainers, John Daniel and Thomas de Micheldever.

They then dragged him into the city, presenting him ( in the market square ) to Queen Isabella, Roger Mortimer, and the Lancastrians.

The Archbishop of York, William Melton and others declared themselves fearful of the London mob, loyal to Roger Mortimer.

He was then offered a choice: he might abdicate in favour of his son ; or he might resist, and relinquish the throne to one not of royal blood, but experienced in government — this, presumably, being Roger Mortimer.

Armed conflicts nevertheless continued, in particular with certain dissatisfied Marcher Lords, such as the earl of Gloucester, Roger Mortimer and Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.

King Edward II was briefly imprisoned at Monmouth Castle in 1326 after being overthrown by his wife Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, the Earl of March.

* 1621 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier, statesman, and dramatist ( d. 1679 )

* Hirshfeld, Alan and Sinnott, Roger W. ( 1982 ) Sky Catalogue 2000. 0, Cambridge University Press and Sky Publishing Corporation, 1st Edition, 2 volumes.

* December 26 – Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, British admiral ( b. 1872 )

* October 4 – Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, British admiral ( d. 1945 )

* April 25 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist ( d. 1679 )

* Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk

* October 26 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist ( b. 1621 )

* March 6 – Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Samuel Pepys saw a Henry V in 1664 — but it was written by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, not by Shakespeare.

By Barbara née Villiers ( 1641 – 1709 ), wife of Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine ; created Duchess of Cleveland in her own right

14th-century manuscript illustration that depicts Isabella and allegedly Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March at Hereford ; the execution of Hugh Despenser the younger can be seen in the background.

Philippa married Edward at York Minster, on 24 January 1328, eleven months after his accession to the English throne ; although, the de facto rulers of the kingdom were his mother, Queen Dowager Isabella and her avaricious lover Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, who jointly acted as his regents.

His head was sent to Wigmore Castle by Roger de Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore as a gift to his wife, Maud.

* Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery ( 1621 – 1679 )

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery devoted his 1667 play The Black Prince to Edward.

In 1306 it passed through marriage to the ambitious Earl of March, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.

# REDIRECT Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

His daughter Elizabeth de Badlesmere ( 1313 – 8 June 1356 ), was married firstly ( 27 June 1316 ) to Sir Edmund Mortimer ( 1302 – 17 December 1331 ), eldest son of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville.