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Richard Woodville 1385–1442 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1385

Birth Location: La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 8 Dec 1442

Death Location: All Saints' Churchyard, Maidstone, Kent, England

Father: Sir Wydeville

Mother: Isabel Lyons

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Bedisgate

Children(s): Margaret Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Joan Wydville, Richard Rivers, Thomas Tremayle, Thomas Woodville, Margaret Wydeville, Edward Wydville, Sir KG, Eleanor Woodville, Anne Woodville

In 1385, Richard Woodville entered the world in La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England, born to Sir John De Wydeville And Isabel De Lyons. Richard Woodville married Elizabeth Bedisgate, and had children including Anne Woodville, Edward Wydville, Eleanor Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Joan Wydville, Margaret Woodville, Margaret Wydeville, Richard Woodeville 1St Earl Rivers, Sir Edward Woodville Kg, Thomas Tremayle, Thomas Woodville. Richard Woodville passed away in 1442 in All Saints' Churchyard, Maidstone, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1385, Richard Woodville entered the world in La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England, born to Sir John De Wydeville And Isabel De Lyons.
  • Richard Woodville married Elizabeth Bedisgate, and had children including Anne Woodville, Edward Wydville, Eleanor Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Joan Wydville, Margaret Woodville, Margaret Wydeville, Richard Woodeville 1St Earl Rivers, Sir Edward Woodville Kg, Thomas Tremayle, Thomas Woodville.
  • Richard Woodville passed away in 1442 in All Saints' Churchyard, Maidstone, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wydeville
1341–1401
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
SW
Isabel Lyons
1345–1401
Birth Location: Swanbourne, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England
IL

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Bedisgate
1385–1448
Birth Location: Maidencombe, Devon, England
EB

Children(s)

Margaret Woodville
1425–1470
Birth Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
MW
Elizabeth Woodville
1407–1453
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
EW
Joan Wydville
1404–1462
Birth Location: Grafton, Northamptonshire, England
JW
Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
RR
Thomas Tremayle
1420–1508
Birth Location: Devon, England
TT
Thomas Woodville
1404–
Birth Location: –
TW
Margaret Wydeville
1405–1470
Birth Location: Biddenden, Kent, England
MW
Edward Wydville
1412–1488
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, England
EW
Sir KG
1412–1488
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
SK
Eleanor Woodville
1420–1476
Birth Location: Sculton, Burdeleys, Norfork, England
EW
Anne Woodville
1428–
Birth Location: Essex, England
AW

Richard Woodville's Ancestors

Self
Richard Woodville
1385–1442
Birth Place: La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Sir John De Wydeville
1341–1401
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Isabel (de) Lyons
1345–1401
Swanbourne, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Woodville's Descendants

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Richard Woodville (1385–8 Dec 1442) m. Elizabeth Bedisgate (1385–17 Jul 1448)
  1. 1. Margaret Woodville 1425–1470 m. John (Barrett of) Bromley 1418–1475 m. William Stacy 1401–1431 m. Sir (John) Bromley 1418–1465
  2. 2. Elizabeth Woodville 1407–1453 m. John (Pashley) Sr 1406–1453
    1. 1. John (Pashley) Jr 1431–1468 m. Lowys Gower 1431–1458
      1. 1. Elizabeth Pashley 1457–1513 m. Reginald Pympe 1455–1530
        1. 1. Juliana Pympe 1475–1541 m. Robert Pyme 1485–1522
        2. 2. Catherine Pymm 1478–1590 m. Roger (Chapin) I 1478–1534
        3. 3. Elizabeth Pympe 1482–
        4. 4. Anne (De) Pympe 1485–1535 m. John Scott 1482–1533 m. John Scott 1482–1533
        5. 5. John (De) Pympe 1488–
      2. 2. William Pashley 1449–1480
    2. 2. Isabella Pashley 1427– m. John Pimpe 1430–
    3. 3. Alice Pashley 1435–1474 m. John Stacey 1431–1468 m. Thomas Tourney 1444–1492 m. John Stacy 1431–1468
  3. 3. Joan Wydville 1404–1462 m. William Haute 1416–1462 m. William (Haute) I 1390–1462
    1. 1. William Haute 1430–1497 m. Joan Horne 1434–1497
      1. 1. Thomas Haute 1460–1502 m. Isabel Frowyk 1464–1516 m. Mary Molyneux 1465–
        1. 1. William Haute 1485–1539 m. Susan (Marie) Guilford 1486–1539 m. Mary Guildford 1478–1525 m. Margaret Wood 1490–1567
        2. 2. Agnes Hawte 1484–1539 m. Walter Mantell 1489–1538
        3. 3. Jane Haute 1490–1536 m. Edward Haute 1470– m. Robert Wroth 1490–1535 m. Thomas Goodyere 1480–1542 m. Richard Armington 1502–1587
        4. 4. Margaret Haute 1490–1540 m. William Isaac 1483–1518 m. Thomas Wyatt 1494–1542
        5. 5. Haute 1490–
        6. 6. Agnes Haute 1492–
        7. 7. Elizabeth Haute 1493–1538
        8. 8. Elizabeth Haute 1494–
        9. 9. Alice Haute 1497–
        10. 10. Henry Haute 1501–
        11. 11. Joanne Haute 1501–
        12. 12. Robert Haute 1502– m. Margaret Acklome 1500–1577
      2. 2. Jane Haute 1457–
      3. 3. William Haute 1461–1545
      4. 4. John Haute 1467–
      5. 5. Robert Haute 1469–
      6. 6. Elizabeth Hawte 1470–1484
      7. 7. James Haute 1470–
      8. 8. Richard Haute 1472–1539
      9. 9. Ann Haute 1473–1502
      10. 10. Joan Haute 1474–
      11. 11. Cecily Haute 1476–
      12. 12. Alice Haute 1485–1539 m. William Cromer 1473–1539 m. Thomas (Henry) MERCER 1485–1558
    2. 2. Margaret Haute 1433–1474 m. Robert Baynton 1439–1472
    3. 3. Anne Haute 1434–
    4. 4. Joan Haute 1436–1473 m. George Darrell 1419–1474
    5. 5. James Haute 1436–1508 m. Katherine 1445–1510
    6. 6. Edward Haute 1440–1492
    7. 7. Richard Haute 1440–1487 m. Elizabeth Tyrell 1436–1507
    8. 8. Alice Haute 1447–1512 m. John Fogge 1417–1490
  4. 4. Richard (Woodeville, 1st Earl) Rivers 1405–1469 m. Jacquetta (of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford and Countess) Rivers 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
        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
        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
        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
  5. 5. Thomas Tremayle 1420–1508 m. Margaret Rivers 1410–1468
  6. 6. Thomas Woodville 1404–
  7. 7. Margaret Wydeville 1405–1470 m. William Stacy 1401–1431 m. John Bromley 1418–1475
  8. 8. Edward Wydville 1412–1488
  9. 9. Sir (Edward Woodville) KG 1412–1488
  10. 10. Eleanor Woodville 1420–1476
  11. 11. Anne Woodville 1428–

Richard Woodville's Timeline

3 Records

1385
1385
Birth of Richard Woodville in La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
1442
8 Dec 1442
Age 57
Death of Richard Woodville in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
1442
8 Dec 1442
Age 57
Burial of Richard Woodville in All Saints' Churchyard, Maidstone, Kent, England
All Saints' Churchyard, Maidstone, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1385
    Event Place: La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Richard Woodville, person ID LR3J-CXC.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1442
    Event Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Richard Woodville, person ID LR3J-CXC.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1442
    Event Place: All Saints' Churchyard, Maidstone, Kent, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Richard Woodville, person ID LR3J-CXC.
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