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Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers 1385–1441 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1385

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 29 Nov 1441

Death Location: 1672158, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Wydeville

Mother: Isabel Godard

Spouse(s): Joan Bedlisgate

Children(s): Elizabeth Wydeville, Margaret Wydeville, Joan Wydeville, Elizabeth 1, Joan Wydville, Richard Rivers, Edward Wydeville, Richard Wydeville

Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers was born in 1385 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of Sir John Wydeville And Isabel Godard. Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers married Joan Elizabeth Bedlisgate, and had children including Edward De Wydeville, Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Wydeville 1, Joan Maud Wydville, Joan Wydeville, Margaret Wydeville, Richard Wydeville, Richard Wydeville Rivers. Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers passed away in 1441 in 1672158, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers was born in 1385 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of Sir John Wydeville And Isabel Godard.
  • Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers married Joan Elizabeth Bedlisgate, and had children including Edward De Wydeville, Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Wydeville 1, Joan Maud Wydville, Joan Wydeville, Margaret Wydeville, Richard Wydeville, Richard Wydeville Rivers.
  • Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers passed away in 1441 in 1672158, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wydeville
1341–1403
Birth Location: Grafton Northamptonshire England
SW
Isabel Godard
1345–1401
Birth Location: Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Joan Bedlisgate
1390–1488
Birth Location: Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England
JB

Children(s)

Elizabeth Wydeville
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, , England
EW
Margaret Wydeville
1420–1470
Birth Location: Mitley, Shropshire, England
MW
Joan Wydeville
1428–1438
Birth Location: Grafton, Northamptonshire, England
JW
Elizabeth 1
1410–1453
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
E1
Joan Wydville
1410–1462
Birth Location: Grafton, Northamptonshire, England
JW
Richard Rivers
1408–1469
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Edward Wydeville
1414–1488
Birth Location: 1672158, Northamptonshire, England
EW
Richard Wydeville
1412–1469
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, , England
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Richard Rivers's Ancestors

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Richard Rivers
1385–1441
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Sir John Wydeville
1341–1403
Grafton Northamptonshire England
Isabel Godard
1345–1401
Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Richard (de) Wydeville
1310–1378
Northamptonshire, England
Elizabeth Lyons
1324–1371
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
John DeLyons
1289–1346
Warkworth, Northumberland, , England
Alice (De St) Elizabeth
1300–1374
Warkworth, Northumberland, , England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Rivers's Descendants

1.
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Richard (Wydeville Earl) Rivers (1385–29 Nov 1441) m. Joan (Elizabeth) Bedlisgate (1390–17 Jul 1488)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Wydeville 1437–1492 m. John Grey 1432–1461 m. Edward (Plantagenet) IV 1442–1483
    1. 1. Anne ("Of York") Plantagenet 1475–1511 m. Thomas (HOWARD 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey,Knight of the) Garter 1474–1554
      1. 1. Thomas ("Lord High Admiral") Howard 1496–1508
      2. 2. William Howard 1498–1571
    2. 2. Thomas Grey 1455–1501 m. Cecily Bonville 1461–1530 m. Anne Holland 1455–1474
      1. 1. Thomas (Grey 2nd Marquis of) Dorset 1477–1530 m. Margaret (Marchioness Dorset) Wotton 1486–1535 m. Eleanor (St) John 1480–1516
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Grey Lady) Audley 1505–1561 m. Thomas (Audley 1st Baron Audley of) Walden 1503–1544
        2. 2. John ("Lord of Pirgo") Grey 1507–1564
        3. 3. Catherine (Countess) Grey 1509–1542
        4. 4. Henry ("1st Duke of Suffolk" Marquess of Dorset, KG) Grey 1517–1554 m. Frances (Brandon Lady Grey, Duchess of) Suffolk 1517–1559
        5. 5. Anne Grey 1520–1548
        6. 6. Mary Grey 1502–1537
      2. 2. Mary Grey 1479–1534
      3. 3. Eleanor Grey 1478–1519
      4. 4. Lady (Cecily Grey) + 1476–1483
      5. 5. Dorothy Grey 1480–1552
      6. 6. Anthony Grey 1478–1479
      7. 7. Richard Grey 1486–1545
      8. 8. Edward Grey 1476–1477
      9. 9. John Grey 1485–1486
      10. 10. Leonard Grey 1479–1530
      11. 11. Mary Grey 1494–1537
      12. 12. Elizabeth Grey 1481–1540
      13. 13. Cicely Grey 1495–1554
      14. 14. George GREY 1495–1496
      15. 15. Edward Grey 1477–1533
      16. 16. Roger Grey 1475–1542
    3. 3. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1466–1503 m. Henry (Tudor) VII 1457–1509
      1. 1. HM (Henry Tudor) VIII 1491–1547 m. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Katherine Howard 1512–1548 m. Elizabeth Blount 1502–1539 m. Agnes Blewitt 1509–1575 m. Jane Seymour 1508–1537 m. Anne (of) Cleves 1515–1557 m. Katherine (of) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Catherine (Parr 6th Queen Consort Henry) VIII 1512–1548
        1. 1. HM (Elizabeth Tudor I Queen of) England 1533–1603
        2. 2. Henry Fitzroy 1519–1536
        3. 3. Richard Edwards 1525–1566
        4. 4. Edward Tudor 1537–1553
        5. 5. Mary (I England) Tudor 1516–1558
      2. 2. Mary (Rose Tudor Queen of) France 1495–1533 m. Charles Brandon 1484–1545
        1. 1. Frances (Brandon Lady Grey, Duchess of) Suffolk 1517–1559 m. Henry ("1st Duke of Suffolk" Marquess of Dorset, KG) Grey 1517–1554
        2. 2. Eleanor Brandon 1519–1547
      3. 3. Arthur Tudor 1486–1502
      4. 4. Princess (Elizabeth) Tudor 1492–1495
      5. 5. Edward (Tudor of) England 1497–1498
      6. 6. Edmund (Duke of Somerset) Tudor 1499–1500
      7. 7. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1460–1503
      8. 8. James Tudor 1473–1513
      9. 9. Margaret (Plantagenet England) Tudor 1489–1541
      10. 10. Edward 1480–1486
      11. 11. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
    4. 4. Richard Grey 1459–1483
    5. 5. Edward (V "King of England" (Tower Prince)) Plantagenet 1470–1483
    6. 6. Margaret Plantagenet 1457–1500
    7. 7. George Bedford 1477–1479
    8. 8. Cecily (of York) Plantagenet 1469–1507
    9. 9. Katherine (of York) Plantagenet 1479–1527
    10. 10. Mary Plantagenet 1467–1482
    11. 11. Richard (Duke of Norfolk) PLANTAGENET 1473–1483
  2. 2. Margaret Wydeville 1420–1470
  3. 3. Joan Wydeville 1428–1438
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Wydeville) 1 1410–1453
  5. 5. Joan (Maud) Wydville 1410–1462
  6. 6. Richard (Wydeville) Rivers 1408–1469
  7. 7. Edward (De) Wydeville 1414–1488
  8. 8. Richard Wydeville 1412–1469 m. Elizabeth Lyons 1324– m. Jacquetta Luxembourg 1416–1472
    1. 1. Richard (III 2nd Earl Rivers) Woodville 1452–1491
    2. 2. Mary (Wydeville Countess of) Pembroke 1456–1481
    3. 3. Jacquetta Woodville 1444–1479 m. John (LeStrange IX Lord) Strange 1444–1479
      1. 1. Joan (Le Strange Baroness) Knockyn 1463–1514
      2. 2. Lady (Joan Le Strange) Stanley 1463–1514
    4. 4. Anthony Wydeville 1440–1483
    5. 5. Anne Wydeville 1440–1489 m. George (Grey 2nd Earl of) Kent 1454–1505 m. William Bourchier 1430–1483
      1. 1. Isabel Bourchier 1470–
      2. 2. Henry Bourchier 1472–1540
      3. 3. Cecily Bourchier 1464–1493
    6. 6. Lionel Woodville 1446–1484
    7. 7. Edward Woodville 1455–1500
    8. 8. Margaret Woodville 1439–1490
    9. 9. Lewis Woodville 1438–1450
    10. 10. Catherine (Woodville) Duchess 1458–1497 m. Henry Stafford 1455–1483 m. Jasper Tudor 1406–1495 m. Richard Wingfield 1441–1475
      1. 1. Pansy, (Anne, of Buckingham, Countess Huntingdon, de) Stafford 1483–1518
        1. 1. Thomas Hastings –1558
      2. 2. Joan TUDOR 1453–1495
      3. 3. Robert Tudor 1486–1525
      4. 4. Helen Tudor 1455–1535
      5. 5. Henry Stafford 1478–1522
      6. 6. Humphrey deStafford 1483–1477
      7. 7. Edward (D eStafford 3rd Duke of) Buckingham 1478–1521 m. Eleanor (Percy Duchess) Buckingham 1474–1530 m. Eleanor (DePercy 1 Duchess of) Buckingham 1474–1530 m. Eleanor (Percy Duchess Of) Buckingham 1474–1530
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Stafford 3rd Duchess) Norfolk 1497–1558 m. Thomas (HOWARD 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey,Knight of the) Garter 1474–1554
        2. 2. LADY (MARY ABERGAVENNY) STAFFORD 1495–1545
        3. 3. Anne Stafford 1493–
        4. 4. Henry (Baron De Stafford) I 1501–1563 m. Ursula (Pole Baroness of Stafford, Of the House) Plantagenet 1504–1570
        5. 5. Mary (De) Stafford 1495–
        6. 6. Elizabeth, (Duchess of Norfolk) DeStafford 1497–1558
        7. 7. Margaret Stafford 1511–1537
        8. 8. Anne Stafford 1493–
        9. 9. Elizabeth, (Duchess-Norfolk) Stafford 1497–1558 m. Thomas (3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey,Knight of the Garter) Howard 1474–1554
        10. 10. Mary (Stafford Lady) Abergavenny 1495–1552
        11. 11. Henry Stafford 1501–1563
        12. 12. Margaret Stafford 1511–1537
        13. 13. Catherine (Stafford Countess) Westmorland 1499–1555
      8. 8. Elizabeth Stafford 1490–1558 m. Robert (FitzWalter Radclyffe, 1st Earl of) Sussex 1483–1542
        1. 1. Sir (Henry Radcliffe 2nd Earl of Sussex and Viscount) Fitzwalter 1506–1557 m. Anne (Calthorpe Countess of) Sussex 1505–1595 m. Lady (Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire &) Sussex 1506–1534
        2. 2. Sir (Humphrey) Radcliffe 1505–1566
        3. 3. Thomas Radcliffe 1511–1539
        4. 4. George Radclyffe 1515–1542
        5. 5. Jane Radcliffe 1532–1552
        6. 6. Anne Radcliffe 1533–1561
    11. 11. Anthony (Woodville Lord) Scales 1442–1483
    12. 12. Countess (Anne `) Wydeville 1439–1489
    13. 13. John Woodville 1445–1469
    14. 14. Margaret Wydeville 1454–1490
    15. 15. Edward Woodville\Wydeville 1438–1488
    16. 16. Richard (III 2nd Earl Rivers) Woodville 1452–1491
    17. 17. Martha Woodville 1447–1500
    18. 18. Eleanor Woodville\Wydeville 1452–1512
    19. 19. Mary Woodville 1443–1481
    20. 20. Joan (Eleanor) Wydeville 1447–1475
    21. 21. Richard (3rd Earl Rivers Lancaster Woodville) Wydeville 1435–1469
    22. 22. Lady (Eleanor) Woodville 1446–1546
    23. 23. Margaret Woodville 1443–1543
    24. 24. Eleanor Woodville 1437–
    25. 25. Countess (Wydeville) Anne 1440–1489
    26. 26. Thomas Wydeville 1450–
    27. 27. Mary Wydeville 1337–1368
    28. 28. Richard WYDEVILLE 1405–1469
    29. 29. * (Anthony Sir Woodville\) Wydeville 1430–1469
    30. 30. Lewis Wydeville 1446–1484
    31. 31. Sir (Edward `) Wydeville 1455–1488
    32. 32. Richard (Wydeville) Rivers 1447–1491

Richard Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1385
1385
Birth of Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1441
29 Nov 1441
Age 56
Death of Richard Wydeville Earl Rivers in 1672158, Northamptonshire, England
1672158, 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 Nov 1441
    Event Place: 1672158, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
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