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Richard Woodville

Birth
England
Death
6 Mar 1490 (aged 36–37)
England
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Northampton, Northampton Borough, Northamptonshire, England Add to Map
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Richard, 3rd Earl Rivers, was a younger son of Richard Woodville by wife, Jacquetta of Luxembourg. He was brother of Elizabeth Woodville, wife and queen of King Edward IV.

He succeeded his elder brother Anthony who, after Edward's death, was arrested and executed by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, on 25 June 1483.

Just before his brother's execution, Richard's own manor of Wymington in Bedfordshire was seized, despite his not having been accused any crime. Beyond that, however, he was not persecuted.

He was attained in the Parliament of 1484 for his part in Buckingham's Rebellion against Richard III, but was spared and pardoned in 1485. However, his brother-in-law, Thomas St. Leger, who was also attained, was executed.

After Henry Tudor's victory, his estates were restored to him. Richard never held any major office, and never married. Upon his death in 1491 (1490, old date), the Earldom became extinct and the lands attached to it reverted to the crown. His personal estates were bequeathed to his nephew, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset.

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The Abbey of St. James, Northampton

"In 1485 Sir John Catesby of Arthingworth, jusitce of the common pleas, willed his body to be buried here. In 1490 RICHARD WOODVILLE, EARL RIVERS, bequeathed his body to be buried in the abby church of St. James, Northampton, 'in a place made ready for the same.' --The Victoria History of the County of Northampton, Vol. 2; R.M. Serjeantson & W R.D. Adkins, eds. Constable & Co.: London, 1906; pg. 128
Richard, 3rd Earl Rivers, was a younger son of Richard Woodville by wife, Jacquetta of Luxembourg. He was brother of Elizabeth Woodville, wife and queen of King Edward IV.

He succeeded his elder brother Anthony who, after Edward's death, was arrested and executed by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, on 25 June 1483.

Just before his brother's execution, Richard's own manor of Wymington in Bedfordshire was seized, despite his not having been accused any crime. Beyond that, however, he was not persecuted.

He was attained in the Parliament of 1484 for his part in Buckingham's Rebellion against Richard III, but was spared and pardoned in 1485. However, his brother-in-law, Thomas St. Leger, who was also attained, was executed.

After Henry Tudor's victory, his estates were restored to him. Richard never held any major office, and never married. Upon his death in 1491 (1490, old date), the Earldom became extinct and the lands attached to it reverted to the crown. His personal estates were bequeathed to his nephew, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset.

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The Abbey of St. James, Northampton

"In 1485 Sir John Catesby of Arthingworth, jusitce of the common pleas, willed his body to be buried here. In 1490 RICHARD WOODVILLE, EARL RIVERS, bequeathed his body to be buried in the abby church of St. James, Northampton, 'in a place made ready for the same.' --The Victoria History of the County of Northampton, Vol. 2; R.M. Serjeantson & W R.D. Adkins, eds. Constable & Co.: London, 1906; pg. 128

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