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1405 | Birth | |
Maidstone Birth of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
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1436 | Marriage | |
Secretly marries Jacquetta, wido of John of Lancaster
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1441 | Invasion of France | |
Accompanies the Duke of York to France
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1448 | Peerage | |
9th May Created Baron Rivers by Henry VI
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1450 | Privy Council | |
London Appointed Privy Councillor
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1450 | Rebellion | |
Cade Helps put down the Cade rebellion
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1460 | Siege of Calais | |
Jan Sandwich Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somerset who has asked for reinforcements
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15th Jan Sandwich Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais
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1461 | Battle of Towton Moor | |
29th Mar Towton Moor Fights with the Lancastrians but defects after Henry VI's defeat
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1461 | Defection | |
29th Mar Towton Moor Fights with the Lancastrians but defects after Henry VI's defeat
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1466 | Peerage | |
After the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Grey of Gorby, to Edward IV on May 1, World for the year 1464">1464, is created Earl Rivers
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1466 | Treasurer | |
London Appointed Treasurer
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1467 | Constable | |
London Appointed Constable of England
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1468 | Siege of Woodville Estates | |
Early in World for the year 1468">1468, the Rivers' estates are plundered by Warwick's partisans, and the open war follows
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1469 | Arrest | |
Chepstow After the king's defeat after the battle of Edgecote Moor on 26 July World for the year 1469">1469, Rivers and his second son, John, are taken prisoner
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1469 | Battle of Edgecor | |
26th July Edgecot After the king's defeat after the battle of Edgecote Moor, Rivers and his second son, John, are taken prisoner
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1469 | Battle of Edgecot | |
26th July Edgecot Edward is defeated & Rivers is later executed
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1469 | Death | |
12th Aug Kenilworth Death of Richard Woodville
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1469 | Execution | |
12th Aug Kenilworth Pro-Warwick rebels execute Woodville, father of Elizabeth Woodville Edward IV's Queen
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1469 | Trial | |
12th Aug Kenilworth After a hasty trial Woodville and his 2nd son are beheaded at Kenilworth
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1483 | Death | |
25th June Pontefract Richard III, as Lord Protector, has Lord Rivers executed for treason
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1483 | Execution | |
25th June Pontefract Richard III, as Lord Protector, has Lord Rivers executed for treason
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