Ranulf de Mortimer

Ranulf de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore is a major landholder in Shropshire and Herefordshire, as well as holding lands in eleven other counties throughout England placing him among the Great Barons of the kingdom.

His father, Ranulf the Elder, won these lands - once held by Roger, Earl of Hereford - after that lord's unsuccessful rebellion against the king. The younger Ranulf was an adventurer in Ireland until his father death and his subsequent elevation to Lord of Wigmore.