Ironically, many years later, in order that he could command Henry VI's forces at Mortimer's Cross, Owen was made a Knight Banneret.

During the investigation, a document was discovered in which Mortimer's widow Joan petitioned Edward III for the return of her husband's body so she could bury it at Wigmore Abbey.

Other examples are Joan's confession of where she got her sword ( 1. 2. 100 – 101 ); the Mayor's last two lines at the Tower ( 1. 3. 89 – 90 ); Talbot's " My thoughts are whirl'd like a potter's wheel ./ I know not where I am nor what I do ./ A witch, by fear, not force, like Hannibal ,/ Drives back our troops and conquers as she lists " ( 1. 6. 19 – 22 ); some of Mortimer's monologue prior to the arrival of Richard ( 2. 5. 22 – 32 ); Richard's " Plantagenet, I see, must hold his tongue ,/ Lest it be said, ' Speak, sirrah, when you should :/ Must your bold verdict enter talk with lords?

Thomas Grose, who conducted the school's examinations, echoed Mortimer's earlier criticisms of the study of Latin and repeated his suggestion that French ought to be taught instead.

The bank manager is encouraged by Mortimer's presence, giving the indication Mortimer has a large amount of money elsewhere which the bank of Tucumcari would be glad to accept.

He was also allowed to buy the wardship of Roger Mortimer's son Roger for 1000 marks, a deal that turned out to be very lucrative for Montagu.

Also confirmed were the return of Reeves, Mortimer and Matt Lucas ( as George Dawes ), and that the special would be produced by Pett Productions, Reeves and Mortimer's own production company.

Brian Oulton lived latterly in Stratford-upon-Avon and was married to the actress Peggy Thorpe-Bates ( 1914 – 1989 ), best known for her portrayal of the wife of Horace Rumpole (" she who must be obeyed ") in the first television series of John Mortimer's novels.

Moving clockwise around the outer bailey from Mortimer's Tower, the defences include a west-facing watergate, which would originally have led onto the Great Mere ; the King's gate, a late 17th century agricultural addition ; the Swan Tower, a late 13th century tower with 16th century additions named after the swans that lived on the Great Mere ; the early 13th century Lunn's Tower ; and the 14th century Water Tower, so named because it overlooked the Lower Pool.

A child of Mortimer's with royal blood would have proved both politically inconvenient for Isabella, and challenging to Edward's own position.

She remained, however, a gregarious member of the court, receiving constant visitors ; amongst her particular friends appear to have been Roger Mortimer's daughter Agnes Mortimer, Countess of Pembroke, and Roger Mortimer's grandson, also called Roger Mortimer, whom Edward III restored to the Earldom of March.

The prelude to the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in Herefordshire, England in 1461 is supposed to have involved the appearance of a complete parhelion with three " suns ".

Modern historians have called William Montague Edward's " most intimate personal friend " and " the chief influence behind the throne from Mortimer's downfall in 1330 until his own death in 1344.

But without Mortimer's songwriting influence, the group's initial success soon wavered, and after disappointing sales of the next single " Betcha Can't Wait " reaching number 12 in the charts, and their album Resurrection failing to make the UK Top 40 and not selling as much as the record company would have liked.

Edmund Fitzalan, a key supporter of Edward II and who had received many of Mortimer's confiscated lands in 1322, was executed on 17 November.

Meanwhile, Richard of York's eldest son Edward, Earl of March, had defeated the Welsh Lancastrians at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross.

He was also a close friend of John Mortimer, whom he had accompanied on many occasions during Mortimer's performances of " Mortimer Miscellany ".

He has also had a role in Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's Catterick as a helpful man with a chronically cold wife.

Elizabeth and William were granted some of the property of Elizabeth's first husband, who had also been Mortimer's son and heir.

Mortimer's lover Isabella had buried his body at Greyfriars in Coventry following his hanging.

The rebellion had failed after the re-capture of Harlech, and release of Mortimer's family.

Edmund Mortimer's son Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March would become heir presumptive to the English crown during the reign of Richard II.

Edward III then orders Mortimer's death and his mother's imprisonment, and the play ends with him taking the throne.

After the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461, during the Wars of the Roses, the defeated Lancastrian leader Owen Tudor ( grandfather of the future Henry VII of England ) was taken to Hereford by Sir Roger Vaughan and executed in High Town.

Sir Henry extended the castle by building family apartments between the Great Hall and Mortimer's Tower and used the former royal apartments as a guest wing.

Henry refuses, berates Mortimer's loyalty, and treats the Percys with threats and rudeness.

Mortimer's next plan was to destroy the entire universe, but as the trilogy called The Universe is Toast was never created, his plans were left on indefinite hiatus.

At the same time, he was well known for his clemency ; Mortimer's grandson was not only absolved, but came to play an important part in the French wars, and was eventually made a Knight of the Garter.

He lived until 1461, when he was executed by the Yorkists following the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in Herefordshire.

This was then confirmed at the Parliament of England, dominated by Isabella and Mortimer's followers.

By 1327 Lancaster was irritated by Mortimer's behaviour and Isabella responded by beginning to sideline him from her government.

By mid-1330, Isabella and Mortimer's regime was increasingly insecure, and Isabella's son, Edward III, was growing frustrated at Mortimer's grip on power.

" Author John Mortimer's original chronology was incorrect, as the Penge bungalows were prefabricated houses which replaced homes destroyed during World War II, long after the date of Rumpole's claimed triumph.

Horace Rumpole, the barrister in John Mortimer's books, was a law graduate of Keble College after World War II.

The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought on 2 February 1461 near Wigmore, Herefordshire ( between Leominster and Leintwardine, by the River Lugg ).

He fought with Edward at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross and was present at the proclamation of Edward as king in London on 4 March 1461 and then when the new king secured his crown at the Battle of Towton shortly thereafter.

In June 2006, the 12th regatta was held at Mortimer's Cross.

Mortimer's interest in archaeology was aroused as the result of visiting the Great Exhibition and the British Museum during a visit to London in 1851.

In 1860 Mortimer's curiosity was excited by the discovery of human remains during the quarrying of a barrow on Painsthorpe Wold.

De Sykes returned to the UK Top 20 a year later as a solo artist with the song " We'll Find Our Day " from Crossroads, which was featured at Meg Mortimer's wedding in the UK TV soap opera in 1975.

* 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.

Edward defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross.

The outer bailey of Kenilworth Castle is usually entered through Mortimer's Tower, today a modest ruin but originally a Norman stone gatehouse, extended in the late 13th and 16th centuries.

The rest of Kenilworth Castle's interior is divided into three areas: the base court, stretching between Mortimer's Tower and Leicester's gatehouse ; the left-hand court, stretching south-west around the outside of the inner court ; and the right-hand court, to the north-west of the inner court.

John spent £ 1, 115 on Kenilworth Castle between 1210 and 1216, building the outer bailey wall in stone and improving the other defences, including creating Mortimer's and Lunn's Towers.

Edmund Mortimer died in the final battle and Owain ’ s wife Margaret along with two of his daughters ( including Catrin ) and three of Mortimer's grand-daughters were taken prisoner and incarcerated in the Tower of London.

* February 2 – Battle of Mortimer's Cross: Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales.

After travelling to Fribbulus Xax, Keen explores the alien planet and saves Molly from being eaten, and also finds out that Molly is Mortimer's sister.

Mortimer's older sister, Molly, is Keen's babysitter.

Mortimer's main goal is to destroy all beings of lesser intelligence ( i. e. the entire galaxy ).

Edward's half-brother, the Earl of Kent, married Mortimer's cousin, Margaret Wake ; other nobles, such as John de Cromwell and the Earl of Richmond, also chose to remain with Mortimer.

Isabella and Mortimer's regime began to crumble, partly because of her lavish spending, but also because the Queen successfully, but unpopularly, resolved long-running problems such as the wars with Scotland.

Mortimer's uncle, Roger Mortimer de Chirk finally died in prison, but Mortimer managed to escape the Tower in August 1323, making a hole in the stone wall of his cell and then escaping onto the roof, before using rope ladders provided by an accomplice to get down to the River Thames, across the river and then on eventually to safety in France.

In January 1329 Isabella's forces under Mortimer's command took Lancaster's stronghold of Leicester, followed by Bedford ; Isabella – wearing armour, and mounted on a warhorse – and Edward III marched rapidly north, resulting in Lancaster's surrender.