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Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers 1405–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1405

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 1469

Death Location: All Saints Churchyard, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Woodville

Mother: Elizabeth Bedisgate

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Rivers

Children(s): Elizabeth England, John Woodville, Katherine Wydville, Eleanor Woodville, Anne Woodville, Lewis Woodville, Anthony Rivers, Mary Huntington, Jacquetta Woodville, Lionel Salisbury, Edward Scales, Richard Woodville, Margaret Arundel

In 1405, Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers entered the world in Maidstone, Kent, England, born to Richard Woodville And Elizabeth Bedisgate. Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Of Luxembourg Duchess Of Bedford And Countess Rivers, and had children including Anne Woodville, Anthony Woodville 2Nd Earl Rivers, Edward Woodville Lord Scales, Eleanor Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort Of England, Jacquetta Woodville, John Woodville, Katherine Wydville, Lewis Woodville, Lionel Woodville Bishop Of Salisbury, Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel, Mary Woodville Countess Of Huntington, Richard Woodville. Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in All Saints Churchyard, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1405, Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers entered the world in Maidstone, Kent, England, born to Richard Woodville And Elizabeth Bedisgate.
  • Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Of Luxembourg Duchess Of Bedford And Countess Rivers, and had children including Anne Woodville, Anthony Woodville 2Nd Earl Rivers, Edward Woodville Lord Scales, Eleanor Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort Of England, Jacquetta Woodville, John Woodville, Katherine Wydville, Lewis Woodville, Lionel Woodville Bishop Of Salisbury, Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel, Mary Woodville Countess Of Huntington, Richard Woodville.
  • Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in All Saints Churchyard, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Woodville
1385–1442
Birth Location: La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
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Elizabeth Bedisgate
1385–1448
Birth Location: Maidencombe, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Jacquetta Rivers
1415–1472
Birth Location: Saint Pol, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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Children(s)

Elizabeth England
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
EE
John Woodville
1445–1469
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
JW
Katherine Wydville
1458–1497
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
KW
Eleanor Woodville
1446–1512
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
EW
Anne Woodville
1439–1489
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
AW
Lewis Woodville
1438–1450
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
LW
Anthony Rivers
1442–1483
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
AR
Mary Huntington
1443–1481
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
MH
Jacquetta Woodville
1445–1509
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northhamptonshire, England
JW
Lionel Salisbury
1447–1484
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
LS
Edward Scales
1447–1488
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
ES
Richard Woodville
1453–1491
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
RW
Margaret Arundel
1454–1490
Birth Location: Arundel
MA

Richard Rivers's Ancestors

Self
Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Woodville
1385–1442
La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
Elizabeth Bedisgate
1385–1448
Maidencombe, Devon, England
Grandparents
Sir (John De) Wydeville
1341–1401
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Isabel (de) Lyons
1345–1401
Swanbourne, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England
John (Bedlisgate) II
1314–1391
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England
Mary Beauchamp
1365–1394
Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Rivers's Descendants

1.
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Richard (Woodeville, 1st Earl) Rivers (12 Aug 1405–1469) m. Jacquetta (of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford and Countess) Rivers (5 Jul 1415–1472)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Woodville Queen consort of) England 1437–1492 m. Edward (IV King of) England 1442–1483 m. John Grey 1433–1461
    1. 1. Thomas (Grey 1st Marquess of) Dorset 1455–1501 m. Anne (de) Holland 1455–1474 m. Cecily (Bonville 7th Baroness) Harington 1460–1529
      1. 1. Dorothy Grey 1480–1553 m. Robert Willoughby 1473–1521 m. William (Blount, 4th Baron) Mountjoy 1478–1534
        1. 1. Lady (Leanne) Willoughby 1501–1581 m. Edward (Woodward,) I 1500–1550
        2. 2. Henry Willoughby 1510–1549
        3. 3. Elizabeth Willoughby 1510–1562 m. John Paulet 1515–1576
        4. 4. Anne (Bonham Willoughby "Baroness of) Mountjoy" 1516–1582 m. Lord (Charles Blount 5th Baron) Mountjoy 1516–1544 m. Richard Broke 1512–1549 m. John (Bonham) II 1516–1555
        5. 5. William Willoughby 1520–
      2. 2. Edward Grey 1476–1501 m. Anne Jerningham 1484–1558
      3. 3. Thomas (Grey Marquess of) Dorset 1477–1530 m. Eleanor (St) John 1477–1509 m. Margaret (Wotton Marchioness of) Dorset 1490–1535
      4. 4. Leonard (Grey 1st Viscount) Grane 1477–1541 m. Eleanor Sutton 1490–1549
      5. 5. Edward Grey 1478–1477
      6. 6. Anthony Grey 1478–1501
      7. 7. Elizabeth Grey 1478–1503 m. John (Arundell) IX 1474–1545
      8. 8. Eleanor Grey 1478–1519
      9. 9. John Grey 1482–1523 m. Anne Barley 1480–1557 m. Elizabeth Catesby 1460–1509
      10. 10. Richard Grey 1486–1525 m. Florence Pudsey 1476–1558
      11. 11. Cecily Grey 1488–1554 m. John Sutton 1495–1553
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Sutton 1513–1593 m. Sir (William Robert) Goulding 1505–1600
        2. 2. Henry Dudley 1517–1545 m. Elizabeth Ashton 1519–1556
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Dudley) Sutton 1525–1527
        4. 4. George (Dudley) Sutton 1525–1560
        5. 5. Edward Sutton 1525–1586 m. Katherine Brydges 1530–1566 m. Jane Stanley 1532–1569 m. Mary Howard 1543–1600
        6. 6. Thomas Sutton 1525–
        7. 7. Robert (Dudley) Sutton 1527–1527
        8. 8. Dorothy Sutton 1530–
        9. 9. Maud Dudley 1530– m. Ralph Jocelin 1544–
      12. 12. Mary Grey 1491–1534 m. Walter Devereux 1488–1558
      13. 13. LEONARD DEGREY 1492–1541
      14. 14. George Grey 1495–1542
      15. 15. Elizabeth Grey 1496–1540 m. Gerald (FitzGerald 9th Earl Of) Kildare 1487–1534
      16. 16. Margaret Grey 1499–1537 m. Roger (WAKE) Junior 1490–1558 m. Richard (WAKE) Esq 1479–1558
    2. 2. Richard Grey 1457–1483
  2. 2. John Woodville 1445–1469 m. Katherine Neville 1400–1483
  3. 3. Katherine Wydville 1458–1497 m. Jasper Tudor 1431–1495 m. Richard Wingfield 1469–1525 m. Henry (Stafford Duke of) Buckingham 1454–1483
    1. 1. Elizabeth Stafford 1479–1532 m. Tenth (Baron Fitzwalter and First Earl of) Sussex 1483–1542
      1. 1. Henry (Radclyffe -2nd Earl of) Sussex 1507–1556 m. Elizabeth (Howard Lady of) Norfolk 1506–1534
        1. 1. Edward Rattclyffe 1551–1600
        2. 2. Robert Rattclyffe 1552–1650
        3. 3. Henry (Radclyffe II MP, Fourth Earl of) Sussex 1530–1593 m. Honora Pound –1593
        4. 4. Thomas (Radclyffe MP Third Earl of) Sussex 1525–1583 m. Elizabeth Wriothesley 1525–1554 m. Frances Sidney 1531–1589
        5. 5. Maud Radcliffe 1529–
        6. 6. Robert Radclyffe 1530–1557
        7. 7. Egremont Radcliffe 1540–1578 m. Ellen Darrell 1532–
        8. 8. Frances RADCLYFFE 1540–1582
        9. 9. Radcliffe Dykes 1545–1582
        10. 10. Lettys Rattclyffe 1554–
        11. 11. Alis (or Alice Radcliffe or) Radclyffe 1556–1590
        12. 12. Elyn (or Ellen Radcliffe or) Radclyffe 1558–
        13. 13. I (Thomas FitzWalter) Radcliffe –1583
      2. 2. Humphrey Radcliffe 1505–1566 m. Isabel Harvey 1510–1594 m. Elizabeth (Howard Countess) Wiltshire 1486–1557
    2. 2. Henry (Stafford 1st Earl of) Wiltshire 1479–1522 m. Cecily (Bonville 7th Baroness) Harington 1460–1529 m. Henry Stafford 1481– m. Margaret (Grey Countess of) Wiltshire 1476–1504
    3. 3. Edward (Stafford 3rd Duke of) Buckingham 1478–1521 m. Eleanor (Herbert) Percy 1474–1530
    4. 4. Anne Stafford 1483–1544 m. George Hastings 1489–1544 m. Walter Herbert 1449–1507
  4. 4. Eleanor Woodville 1446–1512 m. Edward Wingfield 1453–1508 m. Anthony Grey 1443–1562
  5. 5. Anne Woodville 1439–1489 m. William Bourchier 1433–1483 m. George (Grey, 2nd Earl of) Kent 1454–1503
  6. 6. Lewis Woodville 1438–1450
  7. 7. Anthony (Woodville 2nd Earl) Rivers 1442–1483 m. Elizabeth Scales 1436–1473 m. Mary (Fitz) Lewis 1465–1500 m. Gwenlina Stradling 1442–1498
  8. 8. Mary (Woodville Countess of) Huntington 1443–1481 m. William (Herbert 2nd Earl of) Pembroke 1451–1491
  9. 9. Jacquetta Woodville 1445–1509 m. John (le Strange 8th Lord Strange of) Knockin 1444–1479
  10. 10. Lionel (Woodville Bishop of) Salisbury 1447–1484
  11. 11. Edward (Woodville Lord) Scales 1447–1488
  12. 12. Richard Woodville 1453–1491
  13. 13. Margaret (Woodville Countess) Arundel 1454–1490 m. Thomas Arundel 1450–1524

Richard Rivers's Timeline

3 Records

1405
12 Aug 1405
Birth of Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1469
12 Aug 1469
Age 64
Death of Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers in Gosford Green, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
Gosford Green, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
1469
1469
Age 64
Burial of Richard Woodeville, 1st Earl Rivers in All Saints Churchyard, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
All Saints Churchyard, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1405
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Richard Woodeville, person ID LK8M-QP6.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1469
    Event Place: Gosford Green, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Richard Woodeville, person ID LK8M-QP6.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1469
    Event Place: All Saints Churchyard, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Richard Woodeville, person ID LK8M-QP6.
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