Mortimer History Society

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.