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3rd Earl Rivers: Earl Rivers; Tenure: 1483–1491: Predecessor: Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers: Successor: none ; Born: 1453 Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, Kingdom of England: Died: 6 March 1491 (aged 37–38) Father: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers: Mother: Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Richard died on March 6, 1491, without issue. He was the last of the Woodville brothers. In his will, he requested burial at the Abbey of St. James at Northampton and bequeathed his lands to his nephew Thomas, Marquis of Dorset (Elizabeth Woodville’s surviving son by her first husband). He asked that the underwood at Grafton be sold so as to ...
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Discover life events, stories and photos about Richard Woodville , 3rd Earl Rivers (1453–1491) of Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
RICHARD WOODVILLE, EARL RIVERS, (or Wydeville), was a member of a family of small importance long settled at Grafton in Northamptonshire. His father, Richard Woodville, was a squire to Henry V , and afterwards the trusted servant of John of Bedford , in whose interest he was Constable of the Tower during the troubles with Humphrey of Gloucester ...
Nov 6, 2017 · Jacquetta and Sir Richard Woodville – Yorkists. Posted on November 6, 2017. Sir Richard Woodville (Lord Rivers) and his eldest son Sir Anthony were men in trouble in the aftermath of the Battle of Towton fought at Eastertide 1461. They were Lancastrians who within six weeks of the battle found themselves attainted of treason and their lands ...
1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Richard Woodville, first of the Woodville family to step out onto the pages of history, was born in 1405 at Maidstone in Kent, the son of Richard Wydeville, a soldier and politician and Joan Bittlesgate, the daughter of Thomas Bittlesgate of Knightstone. Wydeville himself was the son of John ...
He reconciled himself to the victorious Edward IV, his future son-in-law. On 1 May 1464, Edward married Rivers' daughter Elizabeth, widow of Lancastrian knight Sir John Grey. Richard Woodville was created Earl Rivers in 1466, appointed Lord Treasurer in March 1466 and Constable of England on 24 August 1467.
