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Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent 1385–1441 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1385

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 29 November 1441

Death Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Northants

Mother: Isabel Goddard

Spouse(s): Joan Bittelsgate

Children(s): Richard Rivers

The story of Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent began in 1385 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent married Joan Bittelsgate, and had children including Richard Wydeville Woodville 1St Earl Rivers. Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent passed away in 1441 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent began in 1385 in Maidstone, Kent, England.
  • Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent married Joan Bittelsgate, and had children including Richard Wydeville Woodville 1St Earl Rivers.
  • Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent passed away in 1441 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Northants
1385–1441
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Isabel Goddard
1355–1401
Birth Location: Winslow, Swinburne, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Joan Bittelsgate
1390–1448
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Richard Kent's Ancestors

Self
Richard Kent
1385–1441
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Sir John de Wydeville, Sheriff of Northants
1385–1441
Maidstone, Kent, England
Isabel Goddard
1355–1401
Winslow, Swinburne, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Richard (de) Wydeville
1310–1387
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Goddard (Gobion)
1290–
Goddard (Gobion)
1290–
Great-Grandparents
John Wydeville
1285–1329
Margery Oakley
1290–1323
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wydeville
1241–1327
Alice Passenham
1265–1349

Richard Kent's Descendants

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Richard (Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of) Kent (1385–29 November 1441) m. Joan Bittelsgate (1390–17 July 1448)
  1. 1. Richard (Wydeville (Woodville) , 1st Earl) Rivers 1405–1469 m. Jacquetta Luxembourg 1416–1472
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Wydeville) (Woodville) 1437–1492 m. King (Richard III (Plantagenet) , King of) England 1452–1483 m. Sir (John 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby) Grey 1432–1461
      1. 1. Anne (Plantagenet (of) York) 1475–1511 m. Thomas Howard 1473–1554
        1. 1. Henry Howard 1510–1546 m. Frances (de) Vere 1516–1577
      2. 2. Elizabeth (of York,Queen Consort of) England 1464–1503 m. Henry (VII) Tudor 1457–1509
        1. 1. King (Henry VIII "King of England, Ireland, Scotland") Tudor 1491–1547 m. ** (Catherine (Cathryn) Howard Tudor (5th wife), Queen Consort of England) QUEEN 1521–1542 m. Anne (of Cleves (4th) wife) 1515–1557 m. Jane (Seymour (3rd) wife) 1509–1537 m. Anne (Boleyn, Queen of) England 1501–1536 m. Catherine (of Aragon (1st) wife) 1485–1536 m. Catherine ((6th Wife)) Parr 1512–1548 m. Elizabeth Blount 1498–1540
        2. 2. Mary (Rose Tudor Queen consort of) France 1496–1533 m. Louis (de Valois, XII , King of) France 1462–1515 m. Charles Brandon 1484–1545
        3. 3. Arthur (Tudor Prince of) Wales 1486–1502
        4. 4. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Henry (Stewart, 1st Lord) Methven 1495–1551 m. James (IV King of) Scots 1473–1513 m. Archibald Douglas 1489–1556
        5. 5. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
        6. 6. Edmund Tudor 1499–1500
        7. 7. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
        8. 8. Roland (de) Vielleville 1474–1535
        9. 9. Princess (Margaret Elizabeth Tudor Styles) "R" 1473–1519
      3. 3. Thomas (Grey , 1st Marquess of) Dorset 1455–1501 m. Anne (House of) Holland 1461–1474 m. Cecily (Bonville 7th Baroness Harington of Aldingham and 2nd Baroness) Bonville 1460–1529
        1. 1. Margery Grey 1474–
        2. 2. Margaret (Ann) Grey 1476–1540
        3. 3. Sir (Edward Burgess de Grey I, 1st Baron of) Chillingham 1476–1517
        4. 4. Lady (Cecily) Grey 1476–1483
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Grey - Fitz Gerald, Countess of) Kildare 1475–1540
        6. 6. Anthony Grey 1476–1501
        7. 7. Sir (Edward Burgess de Grey I, 1st Baron of) Chillingham 1475–1542
        8. 8. Sir (Lord Roger) Grey 1475–1542
        9. 9. Lady (Mary Grey of) Dorset 1472–
        10. 10. Lady (Jane Grenville of Stowe,) Cornwall 1474–1551
        11. 11. Sir (Knight Edmund Edward Burgess De Grey I of) Chillingham 1475–1542
      4. 4. Richard Grey 1459–1483
      5. 5. Mary (of York) (Plantagenet) 1467–1482
      6. 6. Viscountess (Cecily (of York)) (Plantagenet) 1469–1507
      7. 7. King (Edward V) (Plantagenet) 1470–1483
      8. 8. Richard (of York) (Plantagenet) 1473–1483
      9. 9. Margaret (of York) (Plantagenet) 1472–1472
      10. 10. George (of York) (Plantagenet) 1477–1479
      11. 11. Katherine (of York (Plantagenet) Countess of) Devon 1479–1527
      12. 12. Bridget Plantegenet 1480–1517
      13. 13. Catherine (Plantagenet of York Countess of) Devon 1479–1527 m. William (Courtenay 1st Earl of) Devon 1475–1511
        1. 1. Henry (Courtenay 1st Marquess of) Exeter 1496–1539
        2. 2. Edward Courtenay 1497–1502
        3. 3. Margaret Courtenay 1499–1526
    2. 2. Catherine Woodville 1458–1525 m. Sir (Lord Henry I Stafford, Knight of the Garter, Knight of Bath, 1st Earl Consort of) Pembroke, 1454–1483 m. Sir (Jasper Tudor, (KG, 1st Duke of Bedford, Earl of Pembroke, (Uncle of King Henry VII of England and architect of) his)) 1429–1495
      1. 1. Edward (Stafford , 3rd Duke of) Buckingham 1477–1521 m. Lady (Eleanor ( Percy ) Duchess of) Buckingham 1480–1530
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Stafford Duchess Of Norfolk (12th) GGM) 1497–1558 m. Thomas Howard 1473–1554
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Countess of Sussex Stafford) (Radcliffe) 1480–1532
      3. 3. Humphrey Stafford 1475–1477
      4. 4. Margaret Stafford 1483–1530 m. John (Archer) III 1475–1521
        1. 1. Richard (Archer\) 15-1 1506–1544
        2. 2. Edward Archer 1510–1592
      5. 5. Anne (Stafford Hastings\ Countess Huntingdon) Stafford 1483–1544
      6. 6. Anne STAFFORD 1472–
    3. 3. Sir (Knight Anthony Wydeville Woodville, 1435, 1440, 1442, 2nd Earl of Rivers of Grafton,) Northamptonshire 1442–1483
    4. 4. Anne (Woodville \ Wydeville, Countess of) Kent 1440–1489
    5. 5. Martha Woodville 1442–1500
    6. 6. Margaret Woodville 1435–1490 m. Thomas (Fitz-Alan Lord Stuart van Maltravers Earl van) Arundel 1450–1524
      1. 1. Margaretha Stuart 1472–1529
      2. 2. Willem (Fitz-Alan Lord Stuart van Maltravers Earl van) Arundel 1475–1544
      3. 3. Johanna (Fitz-Alan) Stuart 1480–1508
      4. 4. Joan (FitzAlan FitzAlan of Arundel Neville Baroness) Abergavenny 1473–1505
      5. 5. Edward FitzAlan 1480–1508
    7. 7. Edward Wydeville 1442–1483
    8. 8. Sir (John Wydeville) Woodville 1445–1469
    9. 9. Lionel (Bishop of Salisbury) Wydeville 1445–1469
    10. 10. Joan Wydeville 1447–1475
    11. 11. Agnes (Wydeville) Woodville 1448–1506
    12. 12. Lady (Eleanor) Woodville 1446–1546
    13. 13. Louis (Lewis) Wydeville 1438–1484
    14. 14. Jacquetta (Woodville Wydeville Strange Baroness) Strange 1437–1497
    15. 15. Mary (WYDEVILLE Woodville Herbert Countess of) Pembroke 1443–1481
    16. 16. Thomas Woodville 1450–1469
    17. 17. Sir (Richard Woodruff Woodrove High Sheriff of) Yorkshire 1447–1522
    18. 18. Lionel Wydeville, 1446–1484

Richard Kent's Timeline

2 Records

1385
1385
Birth of Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1441
29 November 1441
Age 56
Death of Richard Wydeville, Esq. - Sherrif of Kent in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1385
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 November 1441
    Event Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
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