# MORTIMER HISTORY SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1171392
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 31, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1171392


## Contact

- **Address:** Cwm Ivy Court Farm, Llanmadoc, SWANSEA
- **Postcode:** SA3 1DJ
- **Phone:** 01584 831654
- **Email:** secretary@mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk
- **Website:** www.mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE MHS ARE:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE MEDIEVAL MORTIMER FAMILY, BEING THE MORTIMER FAMILY OF WIGMORE AND THE CADET BRANCHES OF THAT FAMILY, TOGETHER WITH THE WIDER CULTURAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE WELSH MARCHES AND THE MARCHER LORDS FROM 1066 TO 1500 BY: 1. FOSTERING AN ACADEMIC AND PRACTICAL APPRECIATION OF THE LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORTIMER FAMILY, AND SIMILAR MEDIEVAL MARCHER FAMILIES. 2. STUDYING THE ARCHAEOLOGY, STRUCTURAL FABRIC, HERALDRY, ARTEFACTS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE MORTIMER FAMILY, AND SIMILAR MEDIEVAL MARCHER FAMILIES. 3. WORKING WITH SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PROMOTE, SUSTAIN AND INCREASE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MEDIEVAL MORTIMER FAMILY TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE BRITISH ISLES, AND ALSO OF THE HISTORY, ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE OF THE MEDIEVAL MARCHES OF WALES. 4. DEVELOPING GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF THE MORTIMER FAMILY AND MEDIEVAL LIFE IN THE MARCHES OF WALES THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL RESEARCH AND ITS DISSEMINATION THROUGH CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS.5. PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF OBJECTS, BUILDINGS AND PLACES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL MORTIMER FAMILY.

**Activities:** Organises an annual programme of talks, conferences, study days, and field trips on aspects of medieval history, the Mortimers and the Welsh Marches; organises an annual essay prize for scholars; publishes an annual Journal; organises an annual programme of work with primary schools; involves and informs members through the website and quarterly newsletter.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Australia
- Austria
- Canada
- China
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Rosalie Deane Iliff |  | Sept. 8, 2021 |
| Annie Elizabeth Garthwaite |  | Sept. 8, 2021 |
| CLIVE JUPP |  | March 15, 2016 |
| Dr Alastair Iain Ayton |  | March 23, 2024 |
| Dr Ian Luke Bass |  | April 4, 2025 |
| JOHN FLEMING |  | March 15, 2016 |
| Katherine Margery Cowell |  | March 26, 2022 |
| MARY ELIZABETH HOLLEY |  | Sept. 22, 2016 |
| Mike Beazley |  | March 10, 2018 |
| Pamela Thom-Rowe |  | March 23, 2024 |
| Philip Hume |  | March 15, 2016 |
| YVE ANNE JAMES |  | March 15, 2016 |




