Sir Richard Woodville

1380 - 1434  (54 years)

• Name	Richard Woodville
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	1380	La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1434	Frafton, Northamptonshire, England
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woodville,_1st_Earl_Rivers Sir Richard Wydeville, 1st Earl Rivers was born at Maidstone in Kent, he was the son of Sir Richard Wydeville (Woodville), chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford, and Joan Bittlesgate (or Bedlisgate), the daughter of Thomas Bittlesgate of Knighteston, Devon. He was also grandson to John Wydeville who was Sheriff of Northamptonshire (in 1380, 1385, 1390) ----------------- Sir Richard Wydeville, or Woodville (1385-1441) was steward to the Duke of Bedford, Constable of the Tower of London, and Sheriff of Kent. He was also Captain of English Calais. Wydeville's spouse was Elizabeth Joan Bedelgate (1390-1448). Sources: Aileen Lewers Langston and J. Orton Buck, Jr., Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), 28, 133. Frederick Lewis Weis, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999). Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), 334. Gary Boyd Roberts, Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), 242.
  Person ID	I35997	Master File
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	John Woodville/de Wydeville
  Family ID	F14830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Bedelgate,   b. 1390, Knighteston, Devon ,   d. 1448  (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. Richard WOODVILLE, Earl of Rivers,   b. 1405, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. 12 Aug 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England  (Age 64 years)   2. Elizabeth Woodville,   b. ca 1410, Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F14828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart