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Paternal Family Tree: Woodville
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On 22nd April 1433 John Duke Bedford (age 43) and [his mother] Jacquetta Luxemburg (age 18) were married at Thérouanne [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol (age 43) and [his grandmother] Margherita Baux (age 39). He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
The marriage caused a rift with Philip "Good" Duke Burgundy (age 36), John's late wife's brother, who regarded the marriage, some five months after his sister's death, an insult to her memory. There was no issue from the marriage with John dying a year and a half later.
Before 1437 [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 31) and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and [his grandmother] Margherita Baux (age 42).
In 1453 Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers was born to [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 48) and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 38).
Around 1454 [his brother-in-law] John Grey (age 22) and [his sister] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 17) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 49) and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 39).
In 1459 [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 54) was appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports.
In 1460 John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 18) was appointed Esquire to the Body to [his sister] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 23).
On 20th July 1460 Thomas Scales 7th Baron Scales (age 63) was murdered by boatmen whilst travelling from the Tower of London [Map] to Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His daughter [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth succeeded 8th Baroness Scales. She was, or had been married to, Henry Bourchier (the year of his death may been 1458). She was in 1466 married to [his brother] Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 20), brother of [his future brother-in-law] King Edward IV's (age 18) wife [his sister] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 23); an example of the Woodville family marrying rich heiresses.
On 1st May 1464 [his brother-in-law] King Edward IV of England (age 22) and [his sister] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 27) were married at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire [Map]. [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 49), Elizabeth's mother, being the only witness. The date not certain. She the daughter of [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 59) and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford. He the son of Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York and Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 48). They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
After 1st May 1464 [his brother] Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Scales Countess Rivers were married. He by marriage Baron Scales. See Woodville Marriages. He the son of [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 59) and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 49).
On 26th May 1465 [his sister] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 28) was crowned Queen Consort England by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 47) at Westminster Abbey [Map].
[his brother-in-law] King Edward IV of England (age 23) attended.
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 23), [his brother] Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 25), Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 12) and William Calthorpe (age 55) were created Knight of the Bath.
Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 21) carried her train.
Richard Choke (age 45) was created Knight of the Bath.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1466 [his brother-in-law] Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 11) and [his sister] Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford (age 8) were married. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham. See Woodville Marriages. She the daughter of [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 51).
In 1466 [his brother] Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 26) was appointed 199th Knight of the Garter by [his brother-in-law] King Edward IV of England (age 23).
On 17th February 1466 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (age 16) and [his sister] Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel (age 12) were married. See Woodville Marriages. She the daughter of [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 51). He the son of William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 48) and Joan Neville Countess Arundel.
Before March 1466 [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) was created 1st Earl Rivers by [his brother-in-law] King Edward IV of England (age 23).
In March 1466 [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) was appointed Lord Treasurer.
On 24th August 1467 [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 62) was appointed Constable of England.
On 27th July 1469 William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 46) was executed following his capture at the Battle of Edgecote Moor. His son [his brother-in-law] William (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Pembroke, 2nd Baron Herbert of Raglan. [his sister] Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon (age 13) by marriage Countess Pembroke.
On 12th August 1469 Woodvilles father and son were beheaded at Kenilworth Castle [Map] by supporters of Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 40).
[his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 64) was beheaded. His son [his brother] Anthony (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Baron Rivers. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Scales Countess Rivers by marriage Countess Rivers.
[his brother] John Woodville (age 24) was beheaded.
On 30th May 1472 [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 57) died. Not known where she was buried.
In November 1478 [his brother] Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 31) was appointed Dean of Exeter which he held until 1482.
Before October 1480 [his brother] Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 40) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Fitzlewis Countess Rivers (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Rivers. The difference in their ages was 25 years. He the son of [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford.
Around 1481 [his sister] Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon (age 25) died.
On 21st April 1482 [his brother] Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 35) was consecrated as Bishop of Salisbury.
On 9th April 1483 [his brother-in-law] King Edward IV of England (age 40) died at Westminster [Map]. His son [his nephew] Edward (age 12) succeeded V King of England. Those present included [his sister] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 46), William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 52) and [his nephew] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 28).
On 17th April 1483 the coffin of [his former brother-in-law] Edward IV (deceased) was carried to Westminster Abbey [Map] by Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 21), John Savage (age 39), Thomas Wortley (age 50), Thomas Molyneux (age 38), probably John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 33) who had married Edward's daughter Cecily), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 41), Walter Hungerford (age 19), Guy Wolston (age 50), John Sapcote (age 35), Thomas Tyrrell (age 30), John Risley, Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 15), John Norreys, Louis de Bretelles and John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch.
Those in the procession included:
Thomas St Leger (age 43), widow of Edward's sister Anne.
William Parr (age 49).
William Stonor (age 33).
Henry Ferrers (age 40).
James Radclyffe (age 43).
George Browne (age 43).
Gilbert Debenham (age 51).
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 58) walked in front of the coffin with Edward's personal arms.
John Marlow Abbot Bermondsey followed by:
Bishop Thomas Kempe (age 93).
Bishop John Hales (age 83) (Bishop of Chester?).
Bishop Robert Stillington (age 63).
Bishop William Dudley (age 58).
Cardinal John Morton (age 63) (as Bishop of Ely).
Bishop Edmund Tuchet (age 40) (as Bishop of Rochester).
Bishop Peter Courtenay, and.
[his brother] Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 36).
Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (age 59) brought up the rear.
Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 65), then Archbishop of Canterbury, took no part due to infirmity.
John de la Pole Earl Lincoln (age 21); the King's nephew,.
William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 52).
[his nephew] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 28).
[his former brother-in-law] William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 32) (some sources say Earl of Huntingindon?).
William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 57).
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 48).
Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 68).
John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley (age 82).
George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny (age 43).
John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 57).
Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 51).
Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle (age 51).
Henry Lovell 9th Baron Marshal 8th Baron Morley (age 7).
Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 30).
John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham (age 35).
Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 50).
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On 13th June 1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester (age 30), [future King Richard III] held a Council meeting at the Tower of London [Map] attended by William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 52), Cardinal John Morton (age 63), Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (age 59) and [his brother-in-law] Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 28). During the course of the meeting Richard accused William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings, Cardinal John Morton and Archbishop Thomas Rotherham of treasonable conspiracy with the [his sister] Queen (age 46).
William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings was summarily beheaded at Tower Green, Tower of London [Map]. He was buried in North Aisle St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map] next to [his former brother-in-law] King Edward IV of England. His son Edward (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baron Hastings.
Cardinal John Morton and Archbishop Thomas Rotherham were arrested.
On 25th June 1483 supporters of the Woodvilles were executed at Pontefract Castle [Map]..
[his brother] Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 43) was beheaded. His brother Richard (age 30) succeeded 3rd Earl Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers.
[his nephew] Richard Grey (age 26) and Thomas Vaughan (age 73) were beheaded.
In October 1483 Buckingham's Rebellion was an attempt to replace King Richard III of England (age 30) with Henry Tudor (age 26). Richard Haute took part. He escaped execution, and was subsequently pardoned. Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 30) was attainted.
Around 23rd June 1484 [his brother] Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 37) died.
In March 1485 Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 32) was pardoned in exchange for a bond of 1,000 marks and a pledge of good behavior.
On 28th October 1485 [his future brother-in-law] Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 53) was created 1st Duke Bedford by Henry VII (age 28) for having supported Henry's claim to the throne. [his sister] Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford (age 27) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 50) was created 1st Earl Derby.
Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26) was created 1st Earl Devon. It is believed he was restored as 11th Baron Okehampton at the same time?
Reginald Bray (age 45), John Fitzwalter, Thomas Cokesge, Roger Lewknor, Henry Haydon and John Verney were appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 7th November 1485 [his brother-in-law] Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 54) and [his sister] Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of [his father] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers and [his mother] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford. He the son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 24th September 1486 Prince Arthur Tudor was christened at Winchester Cathedral [Map] by Bishop John Alcock (age 56).
Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 71) held the child. His godparents included Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 51), William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 68), John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 44), [his brother-in-law] Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (age 36), [his sister] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 49) and [his niece] Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 17). Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 33) was present.
His grandmother Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 43) has written the Ordinances as to what Preparation is to be made for the Christening of the Child of which she shall be delivered that describe the form of the Christening.
On 25th November 1487 [his niece] Elizabeth of York (age 21) was crowned Queen Consort England at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 36), Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 17), Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby (age 34), Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney, Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 34), [his former brother-in-law] William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 36) and [his brother-in-law] Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (age 37), who carried the Rod and Dove, attended as did [his niece] Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 18).
In 1488 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 70) died. He was buried at Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas (age 38) succeeded 10th or 17th Earl Arundel, 7th Baron Maltravers, 7th Baron Arundel. [his sister] Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel (age 34) by marriage Countess Arundel.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th March 1490 [his sister] Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel (age 36) died.
On 6th March 1491 Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 38) died. Earl Rivers, Baron Rivers extinct.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Woodville
GrandFather: Richard Woodville
Father: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
GrandMother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Beauchamp
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Beauchamp
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lisle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Idonea Lisle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp
Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran II of Luxemburg 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Lord of Ligby 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy of Dampierre Richebourg 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Dampierre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean Chatillon Count Saint Pol Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Fiennes 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Dampierre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
GrandFather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Count of Enghien
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Mother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria
GrandMother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Romano Orsini
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roberto Orsini Count 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anastasia Montfort Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Orsini Count 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sueva del Balzo
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Sabran