Wydevill, Richard ( - 1469)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: before 0
Death Date: 1469-08-12

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Luxembourg, Jacquette de (1416 - 1472)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1437-3-23
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Luxembourg, Jacquette de (1416 - 1472)

  1. Female offspring: Wydevill, Elizabeth (1437 - 1492) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Wydevill, Katherine (1458 - 1497) (patron)
  3. Male offspring: Woodville, John (d. 1469)
  4. Female offspring: Wydevill, Jacquette (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Wydevill, Anne (d. 1489)
  6. Female offspring: Wydevill, Margaret (d. 1491)

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 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1446-5-26 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1448-5-5 1450
Privy Councillor, England 1450-8 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1452-7-9 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1454-12-4 n.d.
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 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Grafton, Northamptonshire

Lands

  • Kent
  • Northamptonshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl Rivers' Entertainers
Performance 1464-1465 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord Rivers' Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

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

Bibliographic Sources

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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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)