The Mortimers and the Marches
∇   The Land between Wye and Severn: a Mortimer obsession ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn Fawr, The Mortimers and Cwmhir Abbey: The Politics of Monastic Rebuilding ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 1: the Conquest of Maelienydd ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 2: Radnor and Elfael ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.4 of the MHS Journal
∇   Usk and the Mortimers ☛☛
Connor Williams – an online lecture
The Marcher lordship of Narberth ☛☛
John Fleming – in Mortimer Matters 50
The Mortimers in Maelienydd: Cefnllys Castle and Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 35
An early Mortimer Charter and Seal for Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 38
Presteigne and the Mortimers ☛☛
Philip Hume and Hugh Wood – in Mortimer Matters 24
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Other Lectures and Articles about Wales
∇  Edward I’s Castles in Wales  ☛☛
Dr Andy King – an online lecture
∇  The royal castles of Edward I & the English control of North Wales, 1283-1400  ☛☛
Dr Jeremy Ashbee, FSA – an online lecture
∇  Competition and conquest: native Welsh society and the early Norman inroads  ☛☛
Dr Euryn Williams – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn ab Iorwerth: Ideology, Castle Building and Landscape in Gwynneth 1194-1283  ☛☛
Dr Craig Owen Jones – an online lecture
∇   Welsh sections in Women and the Law in the Age of Magna Carta ☛☛
The full text of a talk by Dr Matthew Stevens
∇   Far More Things Forbidden: Women & their Rights in Medieval Welsh Law ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – an online lecture
∇   Nest ferch Rhys: Princess, Mistress, Lover ☛☛
John Fleming – an online lecture
∇   Joan, Lady of Wales: A Model Welsh Queenship or an Exception to the Norm? ☛☛
Dr Danna Messer – an online lecture
∇   Fishing in Troubled Waters: Scottish Intrigue and Interference in Wales 1315-1327 ☛☛
Ethan Gould – this article is only available in Vol.2 of the MHS Journal
Women in Welsh Law: It’s a Man’s World ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – in Mortimer Matters 44
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Watch Complete Lectures

We record as many of our talks as we can for people who live away from ‘Mortimer Country’. To see these go to Online Lectures ☛☛

The Mortimers and the Marches
∇   The Land between Wye and Severn: a Mortimer obsession ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn Fawr, The Mortimers and Cwmhir Abbey: The Politics of Monastic Rebuilding ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 1: the Conquest of Maelienydd ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 2: Radnor and Elfael ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.4 of the MHS Journal
∇   Usk and the Mortimers ☛☛
Connor Williams – an online lecture
The Marcher lordship of Narberth ☛☛
John Fleming – in Mortimer Matters 50
The Mortimers in Maelienydd: Cefnllys Castle and Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 35
An early Mortimer Charter and Seal for Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 38
Presteigne and the Mortimers ☛☛
Philip Hume and Hugh Wood – in Mortimer Matters 24
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Other Lectures and Articles about Wales
∇  Edward I’s Castles in Wales  ☛☛
Dr Andy King – an online lecture
∇  The royal castles of Edward I & the English control of North Wales, 1283-1400  ☛☛
Dr Jeremy Ashbee, FSA – an online lecture
∇  Competition and conquest: native Welsh society and the early Norman inroads  ☛☛
Dr Euryn Williams – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn ab Iorwerth: Ideology, Castle Building and Landscape in Gwynneth 1194-1283  ☛☛
Dr Craig Owen Jones – an online lecture
∇   Welsh sections in Women and the Law in the Age of Magna Carta ☛☛
The full text of a talk by Dr Matthew Stevens
∇   Far More Things Forbidden: Women & their Rights in Medieval Welsh Law ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – an online lecture
∇   Nest ferch Rhys: Princess, Mistress, Lover ☛☛
John Fleming – an online lecture
∇   Joan, Lady of Wales: A Model Welsh Queenship or an Exception to the Norm? ☛☛
Dr Danna Messer – an online lecture
∇   Fishing in Troubled Waters: Scottish Intrigue and Interference in Wales 1315-1327 ☛☛
Ethan Gould – this article is only available in Vol.2 of the MHS Journal
Women in Welsh Law: It’s a Man’s World ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – in Mortimer Matters 44
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Lectures and Articles
about the
Marcher Lordships

The Mortimers and the Marches
∇   The Land between Wye and Severn: a Mortimer obsession ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn Fawr, The Mortimers and Cwmhir Abbey: The Politics of Monastic Rebuilding ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 1: the Conquest of Maelienydd ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 2: Radnor and Elfael ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.4 of the MHS Journal
∇   Usk and the Mortimers ☛☛
Connor Williams – an online lecture
The Marcher lordship of Narberth ☛☛
John Fleming – in Mortimer Matters 50
The Mortimers in Maelienydd: Cefnllys Castle and Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 35
An early Mortimer Charter and Seal for Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 38
Presteigne and the Mortimers ☛☛
Philip Hume and Hugh Wood – in Mortimer Matters 24
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Other Lectures and Articles about Wales
∇  Edward I’s Castles in Wales  ☛☛
Dr Andy King – an online lecture
∇  The royal castles of Edward I & the English control of North Wales, 1283-1400  ☛☛
Dr Jeremy Ashbee, FSA – an online lecture
∇  Competition and conquest: native Welsh society and the early Norman inroads  ☛☛
Dr Euryn Williams – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn ab Iorwerth: Ideology, Castle Building and Landscape in Gwynneth 1194-1283  ☛☛
Dr Craig Owen Jones – an online lecture
∇   Welsh sections in Women and the Law in the Age of Magna Carta ☛☛
The full text of a talk by Dr Matthew Stevens
∇   Far More Things Forbidden: Women & their Rights in Medieval Welsh Law ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – an online lecture
∇   Nest ferch Rhys: Princess, Mistress, Lover ☛☛
John Fleming – an online lecture
∇   Joan, Lady of Wales: A Model Welsh Queenship or an Exception to the Norm? ☛☛
Dr Danna Messer – an online lecture
∇   Fishing in Troubled Waters: Scottish Intrigue and Interference in Wales 1315-1327 ☛☛
Ethan Gould – this article is only available in Vol.2 of the MHS Journal
Women in Welsh Law: It’s a Man’s World ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – in Mortimer Matters 44
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Articles in the
MHS Journal

Our annual MHS Journal
contains articles not available
on this website.
See MHS Journal ☛☛

The Mortimers and the Marches
∇   The Land between Wye and Severn: a Mortimer obsession ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn Fawr, The Mortimers and Cwmhir Abbey: The Politics of Monastic Rebuilding ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 1: the Conquest of Maelienydd ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 2: Radnor and Elfael ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.4 of the MHS Journal
∇   Usk and the Mortimers ☛☛
Connor Williams – an online lecture
The Marcher lordship of Narberth ☛☛
John Fleming – in Mortimer Matters 50
The Mortimers in Maelienydd: Cefnllys Castle and Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 35
An early Mortimer Charter and Seal for Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 38
Presteigne and the Mortimers ☛☛
Philip Hume and Hugh Wood – in Mortimer Matters 24
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Other Lectures and Articles about Wales
∇  Edward I’s Castles in Wales  ☛☛
Dr Andy King – an online lecture
∇  The royal castles of Edward I & the English control of North Wales, 1283-1400  ☛☛
Dr Jeremy Ashbee, FSA – an online lecture
∇  Competition and conquest: native Welsh society and the early Norman inroads  ☛☛
Dr Euryn Williams – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn ab Iorwerth: Ideology, Castle Building and Landscape in Gwynneth 1194-1283  ☛☛
Dr Craig Owen Jones – an online lecture
∇   Welsh sections in Women and the Law in the Age of Magna Carta ☛☛
The full text of a talk by Dr Matthew Stevens
∇   Far More Things Forbidden: Women & their Rights in Medieval Welsh Law ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – an online lecture
∇   Nest ferch Rhys: Princess, Mistress, Lover ☛☛
John Fleming – an online lecture
∇   Joan, Lady of Wales: A Model Welsh Queenship or an Exception to the Norm? ☛☛
Dr Danna Messer – an online lecture
∇   Fishing in Troubled Waters: Scottish Intrigue and Interference in Wales 1315-1327 ☛☛
Ethan Gould – this article is only available in Vol.2 of the MHS Journal
Women in Welsh Law: It’s a Man’s World ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – in Mortimer Matters 44
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The lectures and articles in the collection below are split into the following categories
∇   this symbol indicates longer or more-significant articles

GENERAL   ☛☛      MORTIMER-RELATED   ☛☛      OTHERS ABOUT WALES  ☛☛
The Mortimers and the Marches
∇   The Land between Wye and Severn: a Mortimer obsession ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn Fawr, The Mortimers and Cwmhir Abbey: The Politics of Monastic Rebuilding ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 1: the Conquest of Maelienydd ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 2: Radnor and Elfael ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.4 of the MHS Journal
∇   Usk and the Mortimers ☛☛
Connor Williams – an online lecture
The Marcher lordship of Narberth ☛☛
John Fleming – in Mortimer Matters 50
The Mortimers in Maelienydd: Cefnllys Castle and Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 35
An early Mortimer Charter and Seal for Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 38
Presteigne and the Mortimers ☛☛
Philip Hume and Hugh Wood – in Mortimer Matters 24
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Other Lectures and Articles about Wales
∇  Edward I’s Castles in Wales  ☛☛
Dr Andy King – an online lecture
∇  The royal castles of Edward I & the English control of North Wales, 1283-1400  ☛☛
Dr Jeremy Ashbee, FSA – an online lecture
∇  Competition and conquest: native Welsh society and the early Norman inroads  ☛☛
Dr Euryn Williams – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn ab Iorwerth: Ideology, Castle Building and Landscape in Gwynneth 1194-1283  ☛☛
Dr Craig Owen Jones – an online lecture
∇   Welsh sections in Women and the Law in the Age of Magna Carta ☛☛
The full text of a talk by Dr Matthew Stevens
∇   Far More Things Forbidden: Women & their Rights in Medieval Welsh Law ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – an online lecture
∇   Nest ferch Rhys: Princess, Mistress, Lover ☛☛
John Fleming – an online lecture
∇   Joan, Lady of Wales: A Model Welsh Queenship or an Exception to the Norm? ☛☛
Dr Danna Messer – an online lecture
∇   Fishing in Troubled Waters: Scottish Intrigue and Interference in Wales 1315-1327 ☛☛
Ethan Gould – this article is only available in Vol.2 of the MHS Journal
Women in Welsh Law: It’s a Man’s World ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – in Mortimer Matters 44
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General Lectures and Articles
∇  Raglan Castle ☛☛

The Mortimers and the Marches
∇   The Land between Wye and Severn: a Mortimer obsession ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn Fawr, The Mortimers and Cwmhir Abbey: The Politics of Monastic Rebuilding ☛☛
Dr David Stephenson – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 1: the Conquest of Maelienydd ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.3 of the MHS Journal
∇   The Mortimers and Radnorshire 2: Radnor and Elfael ☛☛
Philip Hume – this article is only available in Vol.4 of the MHS Journal
∇   Usk and the Mortimers ☛☛
Connor Williams – an online lecture
The Marcher lordship of Narberth ☛☛
John Fleming – in Mortimer Matters 50
The Mortimers in Maelienydd: Cefnllys Castle and Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 35
An early Mortimer Charter and Seal for Abbey Cwm Hir ☛☛
Philip Hume – in Mortimer Matters 38
Presteigne and the Mortimers ☛☛
Philip Hume and Hugh Wood – in Mortimer Matters 24
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Other Lectures and Articles about Wales
∇  Edward I’s Castles in Wales  ☛☛
Dr Andy King – an online lecture
∇  The royal castles of Edward I & the English control of North Wales, 1283-1400  ☛☛
Dr Jeremy Ashbee, FSA – an online lecture
∇  Competition and conquest: native Welsh society and the early Norman inroads  ☛☛
Dr Euryn Williams – an online lecture
∇   Llywelyn ab Iorwerth: Ideology, Castle Building and Landscape in Gwynneth 1194-1283  ☛☛
Dr Craig Owen Jones – an online lecture
∇   Welsh sections in Women and the Law in the Age of Magna Carta ☛☛
The full text of a talk by Dr Matthew Stevens
∇   Far More Things Forbidden: Women & their Rights in Medieval Welsh Law ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – an online lecture
∇   Nest ferch Rhys: Princess, Mistress, Lover ☛☛
John Fleming – an online lecture
∇   Joan, Lady of Wales: A Model Welsh Queenship or an Exception to the Norm? ☛☛
Dr Danna Messer – an online lecture
∇   Fishing in Troubled Waters: Scottish Intrigue and Interference in Wales 1315-1327 ☛☛
Ethan Gould – this article is only available in Vol.2 of the MHS Journal
Women in Welsh Law: It’s a Man’s World ☛☛
Dr Sara Elin Roberts – in Mortimer Matters 44
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A contemporary painting of Princess Nest in bed with Henry I

Cearnarfon castle built by Edward I from around 1284

In 1093, Rhys ap Tewdwr, King of Deheubarth died fighting against the Normans near Brecon. His death paved the way for the Norman conquest of South-West Wales

Pembroke Castle was fortified following the Norman conquest of Deheubarth in 1093 but it owes its impressive appearance to William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (c1246-1219)

The arms of Valence. William and Aymer de Valence were successively Earls of Pembroke between 1247 and 1324.

Cilgerran castle near Cardigan