Wydevill, Katherine (1457/8 - 1497)

Biographical Overview

Other Last Names

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Other Last Names

Stafford

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1458
Death Date: 1497-05-18

Siblings

Female

Wydevill, Elizabeth (1437 - 1492) (patron)
Wydevill, Jacquette ( - )
Wydevill, Anne ( - 1489)
Wydevill, Margaret ( - 1490/1)

Male

Woodville, John ( - 1469)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Stafford, Henry (1455 - 1483)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Stafford, Henry (1455 - 1483)

  1. Female offspring: Stafford, Anne (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Stafford, Henry (1479 - 1523) (patron)
  3. Female offspring: Stafford, Elizabeth (d. 1532)

Primary Title

Duchess of Bedford

Titles

  • Duchess of Buckingham
    Assumed 1464-05 (married 1st husband between this date and May 1465)
    Vacated By 1485-11-07 (date of 2nd marriage)
  • Duchess of Bedford
    Assumed By 1485-11-07 (date of 2nd marriage)
    Vacated 1497-05-18

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Brecon Castle, Brecknockshire
    Residence of 1st husband
    Acquired: after 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
  • Penshurst, Kent
    Residence of 1st husband
    Acquired: after 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
    Residence of 1st husband
    Acquired: After 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
  • Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire
    Residence of 1st husband
    Acquired: After 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
  • Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Residence of 2nd husband
    Acquired: after 1485-03-07

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1495-1496 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Duchess of Bedford's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duchess of Bedford's Minstrels Wydevill, Katherine (1458 - 1497) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Thornbury Castle Gloucestershire Private Residence

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)