Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers (1405 - August 12, 1469), was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV. Events May 29 - Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, meets Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them June 8 - Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, executed in... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Elizabeth Woodville or Wydville (c. ... Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470–1471. ...

Born at Maidstone, Kent, he was the son of another Sir Richard Wydevill, chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford. After the duke died the younger Richard married the widowed duchess, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, 1416-1472. This was initially a secret marriage for which the couple were fined. Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, halfway (30 miles) between the City of London and the English Channel. ... coat of Arms of Kent For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford also known as John Platagenet (June 20, 1389 - September 14, 1435) was the fourth son of King Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, and acted as regent for his nephew, King Henry VI of England. ... Jacquetta de Luxembourg (1415/1416 - May 30, 1472) was daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint Pol, Conversano et Brienne and his wife Margaret de Baux (Margherita del Balzo of Andria). ... May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic. ... February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real. ...

Originally a mere squire from Grafton, Richard was considered "the handsomest man in England" and rose to become the squire of Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt in which the house of Lancaster conquered France. He managed to keep the king's lucky totem of a squirrel's tail tied to a lance "always within sight of the king" during the battle and was knighted afterwards.

He was created Baron Rivers by Henry VI on May 9, 1448. Initially he was on the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses, but he later switched and became a Yorkist, once he was convinced that the Lancaster cause was lost and reconciled himself to the new king. After the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Grey of Forby, to Edward IV on May 1, 1464, he was created Earl Rivers (1466) and appointed Lord Treasurer by his new son-in-law. Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. ... The House of Lancaster is a dynasty of English kings. ... Lancaster York For other uses, see Wars of the Roses (disambiguation). ... The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three of whom became English kings in the late 15th century. ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Events February - Christian I of Denmark and Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. ...

The power of this new family was very distasteful to the old baronial party, and especially so to the Earl of Warwick. Early in 1468, the Riverses' estates were plundered by Warwick's partisans, and the open war of the following year was aimed to destroy the Woodvilles. After the king's defeat after the Battle of Edgecote Moor on 26 July 1469, Rivers and his second son, John, were taken prisoners at Chepstow. After a hasty trial, they were decapitated at Kenilworth. His eldest son, Anthony succeeded him as earl. The Earl of Warwick is one of the oldest English earldoms. ... The Battle of Edgecote Moor took place 6 miles northeast of Banbury (Oxfordshire), England on July 26, 1469 during the Wars of the Roses. ... July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Chepstow (Welsh: Cas-gwent) is a border town straddling the Monmouthshire—Gloucestershire border, situated at the confluence of the River Wye and River Severn on the Severns west bank. ... Decapitated are a technical death metal band from Poland; their style places them towards the more extreme and technical side of that genre. ... Statistics Population: 22,582 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP295715 Administration District: Warwick Shire county: Warwickshire Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Warwickshire Services Police force: Warwickshire Police Ambulance service: West Midlands Post office and telephone Post town: Kenilworth Postal district: CV8... Anthony Rivers, 2nd Earl Rivers (1442?- June 25, 1483) was an English nobleman, courtier, and writer. ...

Rivers had a large family. His third son, Lionel, (d. 1484), became the Bishop of Salisbury. All his daughters made great marriages: Catherine Woodville, the fifth child, was wife of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. [See 1911 Encyclopedia.] Lionel Woodville (c. ... Events January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and... Arms of the Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. ... Catherine (or Katherine) Woodville (died about 1513) was an English medieval noblewomen, best known for marrying a number of influential husbands and producing several illustrious children. ... Henry Stafford Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (4 September 1454–2 November 1483) played a major role in Richard III of Englands rise and fall. ...