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Paternal Family Tree: Woodville
Richard Woodville was appointed High Sheriff of Kent and Captain of Calais.
Richard Woodville was appointed Chamberlain to John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford.
In 1385 Richard Woodville was born to John Woodville (age 44) at Maidstone, Kent [Map].
After 8th September 1403 [his father] John Woodville (deceased) died at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire [Map].
Before 1405 Richard Woodville (age 19) and Joan Bittelsgate (age 14) were married.
In 1405 [his son] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers was born to Richard Woodville (age 20) and [his wife] Joan Bittelsgate (age 15) at Maidstone, Kent [Map].
In 1409 [his daughter] Joan Woodville was born to Richard Woodville (age 24) and [his wife] Joan Bittelsgate (age 19).
In or before 1430 [his son-in-law] William Haute (age 39) and [his daughter] Joan Woodville (age 20) were married.
In 1433 Richard Woodville (age 48) was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.
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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.
Before 1437 [his son] Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Margherita Baux (age 42).
Chronicle of Gregory. 1439. And the same year the Erle of Huntyngdone (age 43) wente unto Gyenne whythe a grete navy. And the same year went Syr Richard Woodevyle (age 54) in to Normandy and Syr Wylliam Peytowe, and many moo othyr, whythe a fayre mayne.
Chronicle of Gregory. 1440. Ande that same year werre the barrys in Smethefylde [Map] newe made, for Syr Rycharde Woodevyle (age 55), knyght, was chalengyd of a knyght of Spayne for to donne certayne poyntys of armys in the felde.
Chronicle of Gregory. 16th May 1441. Ande the xvj day of May the Duke of Yorke (age 29), the Erle of Oxynforde (age 33), the Erle of Ewe (age 37), the Erle of Ormounde (age 47), and Syr Richard Woodevyle (age 56), whythe many othyr knyghtys and squyers, toke the way towarde Fraunce, and they schippyd at Portysmouthe [Map].
On 29th November 1441 Richard Woodville (age 56) died at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 17th July 1448 [his former wife] Joan Bittelsgate (age 58) died.