3 August 1265
Battle of Evesham
Mortimer himself kills Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester in crushing Montforts army.
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Mortimer himself kills Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester in crushing Montforts army.
Mortimer is awarded Montforts severed head and other parts of his anatomy, which he sent home to Wigmore Castle as a gift for his wife, Lady Mortimer.
Sent by Prince Edward to head off Simon de Montforts route over the Bengeworth Bridge.
de Montforts army is surrounded by the River Avon on three sides, and Prince Edward's army on the fourth, Mortimer had sent his men to block the only possible escape route, at the Bengeworth bridge. Commands the rear guard
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