Joan Bedelgate

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)
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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.

Joan married Sir Richard Woodville. Richard (son of John Woodville/de Wydeville) was born 1380, La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England ; died 1434, Frafton, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woodville,_1st_Earl_Rivers

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 a captain in 1429, served in France in 1433 and was a knight of the regent Duke of Bedford in 1435. He was at Gerberoy in 1435 and served under William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, in 1435?6. He then fought under Somerset and Shrewsbury in 1439 and the Duke of York in 1441?2, when he was made captain of Alençon and knight banneret. He was created Baron Rivers by Henry VI on 9 May 1448. Two years later, as Sir Richard, he was invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1450.

Following the duke's death, the younger Richard married the widowed duchess, Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1416?1472). This was initially a secret marriage, for which the couple were fined when it came to public notice. It was a socially unequal marriage that had briefly scandalized the English court. They had at least 13 children.

Their daughter, Elizabeth married Edward IV. It was a cause célèbre of the day, thanks to Elizabeth's great beauty and lack of great estates. They too were married in secret, which lead to severe problems for the country.

The marriage to the King, greatly enriched the family, but their advancement incurred the hostility of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, 'The Kingmaker', and his various alliances with the most senior figures in the increasingly divided royal family.

Edward V died at a young age, leaving the throne to Edward V, who was a child.

After the Yorkist defeat at the Battle of Edgecote Moor on 26 July 1469, Rivers and his second son John were taken prisoners at Chepstow. Following a hasty show trial, they were beheaded at Kenilworth on 12 August 1469.

Richard married Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Jacquetta (daughter of Pierre/Peter I de Luxembourg-Saint Pol and Marguerite/Margaret de Baux, Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, and of Conversano) was born 1415/1416, Luxembourg; died 30 May 1472, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mrs. Martha (Humphreys) Maltby,Genesis of the White Family: A Connected Record of the White Family, Tiernan-Dart printing Company, 1920, p. 194.

"Sir John Pashley, Knight m Elizabeth Woodville, aunt the consort of Edward IV." [Elizabeth Woodville dau. of Sir Richard Woodville, First Earl of Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg]

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.

Elizabeth married Sir John Pashley, I. John (son of Sir Robert Pashley, I and Dame Philippa Sergeaux) was born ca 1406, Cornwall, England; died 08 Jun 1453, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

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Jacquetta was the sister to Elizabeth Woodville whose marriage, to Edward IV, was a cause célèbre of the day, thanks to Elizabeth's great beauty and lack of great estates. They were married in secret. The Woodville's were not a noble family, and Edward was only the second king of England since the Norman Conquest to have married one of his subjects.

Her parents had a socially unequal marriage that had briefly scandalized the English court. Her father, Sir Richard Woodville, was merely a knight at the time of her birth. The Woodvilles, though an old and respectable family, were genteel rather than noble; a landed and wealthy family that had previously produced commissioners of the peace, sheriffs, and Members of Parliament rather than peers of the realm. Sir Richard's own father had made a good career in royal service.

Sir Richard followed his father into service with the duke, and so first met his wife Jacquetta of Luxembourg. The daughter of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, and Margaret de Baux. She had been married to the Duke of Bedford in 1433 at the age of 17. The duke was significantly older than Jacquetta of Luxembourg, his second wife, and he was in ill health. He died in 1435, leaving Jacquetta of Luxembourg a childless, wealthy widow.

She was required to seek permission from King Henry VI before she could remarry. But in March 1437, it was revealed that she had secretly married Sir Richard Woodville, who was far below her in rank and not considered a suitable husband for the lady. The couple was fined £1000,

The marriage of her sister, Elizabeth to the King, greatly enriched her siblings and children, but their advancement incurred the hostility of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, 'The Kingmaker', and his various alliances with the most senior figures in the increasingly divided royal family.

This hostility turned into open discord between King Edward and Warwick, leading to the Wars of the Roses, between the Houses of Lancaster and York, leading to the rise of the Tudor dynasty.

Jacquetta witnessed her sister fight for her son Edward V to become King. This nephew along with his brother Richard, Duke of York were the Princes in the Tower who mysteriously disappeared [were presumed murdered], allowing Richard, the brother to Edward IV to take the crown, as Richard II. Richard declared all Edward IV ten children with Elizabeth Woodville to be illegitimate, and the family was stripped of any titles and lands given to them by the previous king.

These were tumultuous times. Her sister, Elizabeth, and her mother, Jacquetta, were accused of witchcraft, her brother Anthony was arrested and later executed, and the family had few friends. They became allies with Lady Margaret Stanley, born Lady Beaufort, and espoused the cause of Margaret's son Henry Tudor, a great-great-great-grandson of King Edward III. To strengthen Henry's claim and unite the two feuding noble houses, Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort agreed that the latter's son should marry the former's eldest daughter, Elizabeth of York, who upon the death of her brothers became the heiress of the House of York. Henry Tudor won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth Field, and become Henry VII of England.

Her mother found rich and influential spouses for her children and helped her grandchildren achieve high posts. The Le Strange family was created as the Baron Strange de Knokyn or Baron Strange of Knokyn in 1299. Interestingly the baronies of Strange were created by writ, which means that they can pass through both male and female lines.

So Jacquetta was the aunt of the Queen of England, Elizabeth of York, the Tudor Rose. Jacquetta's daughter married into the Stanley family, an alliance made during the War of the Roses, who were stepbrothers to the future King of England, Henry VII.

While much is not known directly about her life, we can safely say she had friends in high places.

Grave inscription:
Sub hac tumba jacet nobilis Joannes Dominus Le Strange, Dominus de Knocking, Mohun, Wasset, Warnell et Lacy, et Dominus de Colham; una cum pictura Jagnettae quondam uxoris suae, quae quidem Jagnetta suit soror Elizabethae Reginae Angliae quondam uxoris Edwardi Quarti, qui quidem Joannes obiit 15 die Octobris, anno Regni Edwardi Quarti 17; quam quidem tumbam Johanna Domina Le Strange, una cum pictura Jagnettae ex sumptibus suis propriis sieri fecit, 1509.

Google Translate:

Under this lies the tomb of the famous Lord John Le Strange, Lord Knocking, Mohun, Wasset, Warnell and Lacy, and the Colham; once together with a picture Jagnettae [Jacquetta] of his wife, the sister of Elizabeth, Queen of England , which had once been, indeed, Jagnetta [Jacquetta] suit, wife to Edward IV, who died John recalls the day 15 of October, the 17 year of the reign of King Edward the Fourth; which, indeed, the tomb of John, the Le Strange, with the produce of his own, together with the Jagnettae [Jacquetta] accustomed to the painting he made, 1509.

Buried:
Grave location, historical portrait and grave inscription in Latin:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103742650&ref=acom

Jacquetta married John LE STRANGE. John (son of Lord Richard LE STRANGE and Elizabeth DE COBHAM) was born Abt 20 May 1443, Knockyn, Shropshire, England; died 15 Oct 1477, England; was buried , St John the Baptist Churchyard Hillingdon London Borough of Hillingdon Greater London, England. [Group Sheet]

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_(died_1533)

Sir John Scott married, before 22 November 1506, Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, by Elizabeth Pashley, the daughter of John Pashley, esquire.
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Mrs. Martha (Humphreys) Maltby,Genesis of the White Family: A Connected Record of the White Family, Tiernan-Dart printing Company, 1920, p. 194.

"John Pashley son and heir to Sir John Pashley and heir to his mother in respect of the manors of Mote Rigge & Frenchcourt in Sussex, m Lowys, dau and heir of Thomas Gower."

John married Lady Lowys (Lois) Gower. Lowys (daughter of Thomas Gower and Lady Alice Atwood) was born ca 1431, Surrey, England; died 1450, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

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Through Joan, the Barony of Strange of Knockin passes into the Stanley family when she marries George Stanley. Joan inherits the title of 7th Baroness Lady Strange Strange of Knockin. Her husband George become the 9th Lord Strange of Knockin.

Died:
Grave location:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103746312/Joan-Stanley

Joan married George DE STANLEY, Lord Strange. George (son of Thomas DE STANLEY, Earl of Derby and Warwick and Eleanor NEVILLE) was born 1460, Knowsley, Lancashire, England; died 4–5 Dec 1503, London, England; was buried , St. James Garlickhithe, London, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_(died_1533)

Sir John Scott married, before 22 November 1506, Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, by Elizabeth Pashley, the daughter of John Pashley, esquire.
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The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine, by Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, pp113-115

"The petition of Ann Pympe in the I of Henry VII for the reversal of said John Gower's attainder contains much information on the pedigree of that family. She describes her self as 'Ann Pympe daughter of Reginald Pympe and of Elizabeth, his late wife, cousin and heir of John Gower, late of Clapham in Surrey, Esquire, now dead. That is to say the daughter of said Elizabeth, daughter of Lowys, sister of the same John' who she states lost all of his lands and good supporting Henry VI, at Palm Sunday Field, and afterward attending the late Prince of Wales at Tewkesbury Field was taken and slain. [Note: this was during the War of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.] From her petition, which was successful, and the will of Thomas Gower in 1458, in is manifest that the said John and Thomas Gower, and William and Isabel Paselse all died without issues before 1485, and the petitioner Ann Pympe, became the heiress of Passele and Gower families of Clapham."

Elizabeth married Reynold/Reginald Pympe. Reynold/Reginald was born ca 1448, Pympe's Court, Nettlestead, Kent, England; died 21 Mar 1531, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]