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Earl Rivers is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Earl Rivers:
1st. March 1466. Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers 1405-1469. Extinct. 6th March 1491.
2nd. 4th November 1626. Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers 1565-1640. Extinct. 9th May 1737.
3rd. 1641. Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers 1581-1650. Extinct. 9th March 1650.
Earl Rivers is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
March 1466. Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers created.
12th August 1469. Son Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers succeeded. See Execution of the Woodvilles.
25th June 1483. Brother Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers succeeded. See Execution of the Yorkists and their Affinity.
6th March 1491. Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers extinct.
Before March 1466 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) was created 1st Earl Rivers by King Edward IV of England (age 23).
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).
Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 64) was beheaded. His son Anthony (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Baron Rivers. Elizabeth Scales Countess Rivers by marriage Countess Rivers.
John Woodville (age 24) was beheaded.
On 25th June 1483 supporters of the Woodvilles were executed at Pontefract Castle [Map] ...
Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 43) was beheaded. His brother Richard (age 30) succeeded 3rd Earl Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers.
Richard Grey (age 26) and Thomas Vaughan (age 73) were beheaded.
On 6th March 1491 Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 38) died. Earl Rivers, Baron Rivers extinct.
Earl Rivers is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
4th November 1626. Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers created.
25th February 1640. Grandson John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers succeeded.
10th October 1654. Son Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers succeeded.
14th September 1694. Son Richard Savage 4th Earl Rivers succeeded.
18th August 1712. First Cousin John Savage 5th Earl Rivers succeeded.
9th May 1737. John Savage 5th Earl Rivers extinct.
On 4th November 1626 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) was created 1st Earl Rivers with a special remainder to his grandson John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 23). Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 59) by marriage Countess Rivers.
On 25th February 1640 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 75) died at Winchester House Broad Street. His grandson John (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Viscount Colchester. Baron Darcy of Chiche extinct.
Before 6th March 1647 John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 44) and Mary Ogle Countess Rivers were married. She by marriage Countess Rivers. He the son of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 66).
All About History Books
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.
On 10th October 1654 John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 51) died at Frodsham Castle [Map]. His son Thomas (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl Rivers, 3rd Viscount Colchester, 3rd Viscount Savage, 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche, 4th Baronet Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire. Elizabeth Scrope Countess Rivers (age 27) by marriage Countess Rivers.
In 1684 Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers (age 56) and Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers were married. She by marriage Countess Rivers. She the daughter of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 53) and Mary Massingberd. He the son of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker. They were fifth cousins.
On 14th September 1694 Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers (age 66) died at Great Queen Street, St Giles' in the Fields. His son Richard (age 40) succeeded 4th Earl Rivers, 4th Viscount Colchester, 4th Viscount Savage, 4th Baron Darcy of Chiche, 5th Baronet Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire.
On 18th August 1712 Richard Savage 4th Earl Rivers (age 58) died. His first cousin John (age 47) succeeded 5th Earl Rivers, 5th Viscount Colchester, 5th Viscount Savage, 5th Baron Darcy of Chiche, 6th Baronet Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire.
On 9th May 1737 John Savage 5th Earl Rivers (age 72) died unmarried since he was a Catholic priest. Earl Rivers, Viscount Colchester, Viscount Savage, Baron Darcy of Chiche and Baronet Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire extinct.
Earl Rivers is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Created Countesses of England, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1641. Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers created.
9th March 1650. Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers extinct.
In 1641 Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 60) was created 1st Countess Rivers for life by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40) since she had been passed over when her father's Earldom Countess Rivers passed from her father to her eldest son John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 37).
On 9th March 1650 Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 69) died. Earl Rivers extinct since it was a created for life only.