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Mortimer and used
The logo for the Mud Hens has undergone several updates, " Mortimer " Mud Hen was used in the 1940s and 1950s.
Mortimer Mouse is a cartoon character created by Walt Disney and used in Walt Disney films and stories.
Excavations by archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler in this area revealed several houses, storage pits, an area used for iron working, and a cemetery.
Material used from 1 Henry VI includes the Temple Garden scene, the Mortimer scene and the introduction of Margaret.
In 1849 Dr. F. W. Mortimer, Headmaster of the City of London School, criticised some of the textbooks used and the teaching of Latin, which he thought would be better replaced by French.
ITN used to be based at 48 Wells Street during the 1980s, with its Factual Department still housed on Mortimer Street, and Channel 4 was briefly situated on Charlotte Street, and talkbackTHAMES is currently based on Newman Street, with additional offices at 1 Stephen Street.
Paper flashcards have been used since at least the 19th century, with Reading Disentangled ( 1834 ), a set of phonics flashcards by American educator Favell Lee Mortimer being credited by some as the first flashcards.
The charcoal was used to fuel iron forges at Cleobury Mortimer, and at Wilden and elsewhere in the Stour valley.
The concept of paideia was also used by Mortimer Adler in his criticism of contemporary Western educational systems, and Lawrence A. Cremin in his histories of American education.
The castle was used as a setting for the medieval segment of a famous Franco-Belgian graphic novel on time travel: Le Piège diabolique ( The Diabolical Trap ) of the Blake and Mortimer series by Edgar Pierre Jacobs.
The castle and gardens were used by comedians Reeves and Mortimer for one of their Mulligan and O ' Hare sketches.
In 2003, the station was used in a scene in the BBC TV comedy series Catterick, starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
As Stratfield Mortimer used to be a cross-county parish, the Hampshire part was known as Mortimer West End.
Later, the segments were taken over by Bill Cosby and the lessons were used with his marker named " Mortimer Ichabod Marker " ( or " MI ", for short ).
It was also used in the 1998 games Star Wars: Droid Works, Mysteries of the Sith, and Mortimer and The Riddles of the Medallion, and its compression technology was incorporated into Star Wars: Behind the Magic, Star Wars Episode I-Insider's Guide, and Jar Jar's Journey Adventure Book.
That he was still mentally able at this period, and had leisure time to think and design, is clear from his payment for the metal used in the construction of a cannon made to his own design in 1409 ( see Mortimer, Fears of Henry IV, pp. 319 20 ).
An English Heritage visitor site just outside the village of Forcett contains a section of the defences rebuilt by Sir Mortimer Wheeler showing how the ditch was at this point actually cut down into the native sandstone and this used for a wall on the inner side.

Mortimer and power
In the view of Richard Mortimer, the return of the Godwins from exile in 1052 " meant the effective end of his exercise of power ".
Henry quickly gained enough power and support to have himself declared King Henry IV, imprison King Richard ( who died in prison under mysterious circumstances ) and bypass Richard's seven-year-old heir-presumptive, Edmund de Mortimer.
The Despensers were bitter enemies of Lancaster, and with Edward's support began to increase their power base in the Welsh Marches, in the process making enemies of Roger Mortimer de Chirk and his nephew, Roger Mortimer of Wigmore, their rival Marcher lords.
Isabella fell from power when her son, Edward III deposed Mortimer in a coup, taking back royal authority for himself.
Unlike Mortimer, Isabella survived the transition of power, however, remaining a wealthy and influential member of the English court, albeit never returning directly to active politics.
Isabella's reign as regent lasted only four years, before the fragile political alliance that had brought her and Mortimer to power disintegrated.
Berkhamsted Castle, where Isabella was initially held after Mortimer and her fall from power in 1330.
Under Edward III de Stratford became a member of the royal council, but his high political importance dates from the autumn of 1330, the time when Roger Mortimer lost his power.
Mortimer exploited his position of power to acquire the Earl of Arundel's property in Shropshire and was named the Earl of March.
William de Bohun assisted at the arrest of Roger Mortimer in 1330, so that Edward III could take power for real.
Arundel's son and heir Richard only recovered the title and lands in 1331, after Edward III had taken power from the regency of Isabella and Mortimer.
On the Queen ’ s return to England in September 1326 with Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Henry joined her party against King Edward II, which led to a general desertion of the king ’ s cause and overturned the power of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his namesake son Hugh the younger Despenser.
Accused of assuming royal power and other crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn.
Rich estates and offices of profit and power were now heaped on Mortimer.
On 19 October 1356 his grandmother, Joan de Geneville, widow of the first earl, died, and Roger inherited her vast estates, including Ludlow Castle, which was thereafter the Mortimer family seat and power base.
Warenne and his brother-in-law Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel were the last two earls to remain loyal to Edward II after the rise to power of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer.
He founded the Mortimer dynasty of Marcher Lords who held power in the Welsh Marches throughout the Middle Ages and were closely involved with power struggles with successive English monarchs and other powerful Lords.
His brother Edmund, Earl of Kent, after having initially renounced his cause, now tries to help him but realizes too late the power the young Mortimer now has.
The wife of Edward II of England ( 1284 1327 ), Isabelle ( c. 1295 1358 ) overthrew her husband in favour of her son ( Edward III, 1312 1377 ) and her lover ( Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, 1287 1330 ), only for Edward III to execute Mortimer and have Isabelle removed from power.
The arrest and subsequent execution of Mortimer cleared the way for the adolescent Edward III to assume power.

Mortimer and noble
In the autumn, Mortimer was investigating another plot against him, when he challenged a young noble, Montague, during an interrogation.
Richard of York already had the Mortimer and Cambridge claims to the English throne ; once he inherited the March, he also became the wealthiest and most powerful noble in England, second only to the King himself.
The queen stormed into the chamber shouting " Good son, have pity on noble Mortimer ".
Reginald married Joan Berkeley by whom he could claim to be related to the noble families of Sutton, Dudley, Beauchamp, De Despencer and Mortimer.
Members of the noble Mortimer family included:

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