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Wydevill, Richard ( - 1469)

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1469-08-12

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1437-3-23
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Rivers

Titles

  • 1st Baron Rivers
    Assumed: 1448-05-09
    Vacated: 1469-08-12
  • 1st Earl Rivers
    Assumed: 1466-05-24
    Vacated: 1469-08-12

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Kent 1433 -11 -24
JP, Northamptonshire 1446 -5 -26
JP, Northamptonshire 1448 -5 -5 1450
Privy Councillor, England 1450 -8
JP, Northamptonshire 1452 -7 -9
JP, Northamptonshire 1454 -12 -4
Keeper, Northumberland 1457 -11 1469 -08 -12 For life
JP, Kent 1458 -12 -2 1460
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 -12 -1 1460
JP, Northamptonshire 1463 -3 -1 1469
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1465/6 -3 -4

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Grafton, Northamptonshire

Lands

  • Kent
  • Northamptonshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Earl Rivers' Entertainers
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Rivers' Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Rivers' Minstrel/s Wydevill, Richard (0 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl Rivers' Entertainers Wydevill, Richard (0 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.