Richard Wydeville (died 1441)

Richard Woodville
Richard Woodville
	Memorial brass of Sir Richard Woodville, and his wife.
Born	1375
Died	1441
Spouse	Joan Bedlisgate
Issue	Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers; Joan Woodville;
Father	John de Wydeville of Grafton
Mother	Isabel Goddard

Arms of Woodville: *Argent, a fesse and a canton conjoined gules*

Richard Wydeville (also written contemporaneously as Wydville and Woodville) (died 1441) was an English landowner, soldier, diplomat, administrator and politician. His son married an aunt of King Henry VI and they were the parents of the wife of the next king, Edward IV.^[1]

^ Hicks, Michael (22 September 2011). "Woodville [Wydeville], Richard, first Earl Rivers (d. 1469)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29939. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Hicks-1] Hicks, Michael (22 September 2011). "Woodville [Wydeville], Richard, first Earl Rivers (d. 1469)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29939. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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