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Personal data John "John Wydevill" Woodville Knight 

• Nickname is John Wydevill.
• He was born about 1445 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.
• Profession: Knight.
• (MARR) January 1465: Echtgeno(o)t(e): Katherine de Neville.
• He died on August 12, 1469 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England.
• He is buried on August 12, 1469 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
• A child of ?? and Jacquette de DeLuxembourg

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==John Woodville==odville's sister, Queen Elizabeth, procured '''his marriage to Catherine Neville, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk''' (born c. 1400 – died after 1483), who was aunt to the powerful Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.[1] '''As the Duchess was about 65 years of age at the time and Woodville was only 19, the marriage was seen by all, particularly Warwick, as an indecent grasp for money and power by the Woodville family. One chronicler described it as a "maritagium diabolicum" (the diabolical marriage).[2]king. Before they met the rebels both Clarence and Warwick had announced their support for the rebellion; by the time the King met the rebels, the rebel force was far stronger than his. In a parley, the rebels told the King that they had no fight with him but advised him to distance himself from the Woodvilles. In no position to argue, the King sent the Woodville party away.vers went first to the Rivers' house at Grafton and from there made their way westwards towards Wales. They were captured by Warwick's men on the western bank of the Severn and taken to Coventry in Warwickshire.porting Clarence against the King. The publication of this manifesto was deemed, by Warwick, to justify the execution of Rivers and his son. They were beheaded on 12 August and their heads placed on spikes above the gates of Coventry. Woodville died childless.st part of Henry Vl]overy of power. They supported a manifesto denouncing evil government and the king's upstart favourites supposedly issued by the Yorkshire rebel Robin of Redesdale, whose defeat of Pembroke's army at Edgcote (27 July) led to Warwick's capture of the king and hence of the government. Rivers was not at Edgcote, but he and his son '''Sir John Woodville''' were seized at Chepstow, taken to Kenilworth, and executed there on 12 August 1469. Charges of sorcery against the Duchess Jacquetta were withdrawn after Edward IV's recovery of power."ster of the Queen's Horse1,2,3,4,5,6,7,88, d. 12 Aug 1469rthampshire, England; Age 20 in 1465.8 He married Katharine Neville''', daughter of Sir Ralph Neville, 1st Earl Westmoreland, 4th Baron Neville and Joan Beaufort, '''in January 1465; No issue.1,10,11,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Sir John Wydeville, Master of the Queen's Horse died on 12 August 1469 at Coventry, Warwickshire, England; Beheaded immediately after the Battle of Edgecote, without trial.1,10,2,3,5,6,8 Vol. II, p. 62.hardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 249.las Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 236., Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 86.'Sir John Woodville1rs and Jacquetta de Luxembourg.2 '''He married Lady Katherine Neville''', daughter of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan de Beaufort, '''circa 1465.3 He died on 12 August 1469 at Edgecote, England, beheaded after capture. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 62. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.'s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 108. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]orthamptonshire, Englandter Elizabeth. John was 20 at his marriage; Catherine 80.olk) Jan 1465nknownlda Hoover via Col. Dudley Bradstreet see Lineage}links: de Mowbray (1415 - 1461)*rs Greystoke (1393 - 1434)**leanor de Neville de Percy (1398 - 1472)* George de Neville (1407 - 1469)*iblingord Neville & his first wife Matilda Percy ([1364]-Raby Castle 21 Oct 1425, bur Staindrop, co Durham). The Liber Vitæ of Durham names "Henricus Percy, Comes Northumbriæ Henricus, Thomas, Radulphus filii eius, Gilbertus Umfranville, Comes Dangus, Dñs Johannes Neuylle, Dñs Radulphus filius eius"[840]. A mid-15th century manuscript names "Alesiam uxorem domini de Bayncote, Matillidem nuptam Willelmo de Scrope, Radulphus, Ydoniam, Alienoram uxorem Radulphi de Lumley, Thomam dominum de Furnival" as the children of "Johannem dominum de Neuille" and his wife "Matillidem filiam Henrici domini de Percy"[841]. He succeeded his father in 1388 as Lord Neville. He was created Earl of Westmoreland 29 Sep 1397. He was an active supporter of Henry of Lancaster in his bid for the throne. King Henry IV made him Marshal of England for life 30 Sep 1399, though he resigned this office in favour of his son-in-law John Earl of Norfolk in 1413 or before. He was appointed a member of the council of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Protector of the Realm Dec 1422. Brancepath). A mid-15th century manuscript records that "Radulphus dominus de Neuill et comes Westmorlandie" married "Margareta filia Hugonis comitis Stafford, uxor prima"[842]. A codicil to the will of "Hugh Earl of Stafford", dated 21 Sep 1385, bequeathed property to “my sister Roos...Margaret de Nevill my daughter...Katherine de la Pole my daughter...Joane my daughter...my sister Charleton...Dame Joane d´Engayne my cousin”[843]. & his third wife Katharine Swynford née de Roët ([1379]-Howden, Yorkshire 13 Nov 1440, bur Lincoln Cathedral). A mid-15th century manuscript records that "Radulphus dominus de Neuill et comes Westmorlandie" married "Johanna filia Johannis ducis Lancastrie uxor secunda"[844]. A manuscript pedigree dated to [1500] names "Joan, wife firstly of Ferrers Baron of Ousley, and secondly of Ralph Earl of Westmoreland" as daughter of "John Duke of Lancaster" and mother (by her first husband) of "Baroness of Greystoke" and (by her second husband of "Cecily Duchess of York…"[845]. second wife had fourteen children: folchie, Henricum mortuum, Thomam dominum de Seymour, Cuthbertum mortuum, Alienoram uxorem comitis Northumbrie, Robertum episcopum Dunelmie, Willelmum dominum de Fauconberge, Annam comitssam Staffordie, Johannem mortuum, Georgium dominum de Latymer, Ceciliam ducissam Eboraci, Edwardum dominum de Bergeny" as the children of "Radulphus dominus de Neuill et comes Westmorlandie" and his wife "Johanna filia Johannis ducis Lancastrie uxor secunda"[858]. A manuscript pedigree dated to [1500] names "Katherine Duchess of Norfolk, m John Duke of Norfolk, m Thomas Strangeways" as sister of "Richard Earl of Salisbury" and mother (by her first husband) of "John Duke of Norfolk, father of John Duke of Norfolk" and (by her second husband) of "Jane first wedded to William Willoughby, after to the Marquess of Berkeley" (also listing two children of the last named by her first husband)[859]. The will of "John Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and of Nottingham, Marshal of England", dated 19 Oct 1432, proved 14 Feb 1433, bequeathed property to “Katherine wife...”[860]. The Annales of William Wyrcester record the marriage Jan 1464 (O.S.) “maritagium diabolicum” of “Katerina ducissa Norffolchiæ juvencula ætatis fere iiixx annorum” and “Johannis Widevile fratri reginæ ætatis xx annorum”[861]. m firstly (licence Raby 12 Jan 1412) JOHN Mowbray Earl of Norfolk, son of THOMAS Mowbray Duke of Norfolk & his second wife Elizabeth FitzAlan of Arundel (1392-Epworth [19 Oct] 1432, bur Epworth Priory). He was restored as Duke of Norfolk 30 Apr 1425. m secondly THOMAS Strangeways, son of ---. m thirdly (after 1442) as his second wife, JOHN Beaumont Viscount Beaumont, son of HENRY Beaumont Lord Beaumont & his wife Elizabeth Willoughby ([1408/09]-killed in battle Northampton 10 Jul 1460). '''m fourthly (after 1464) JOHN Wydeville''', son of RICHARD Wydeville Earl Rivers & his wife Jacquette de Luxembourg '''([1445]-executed Kenilworth 12 Aug 1469). g). .... etc.=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwADgy#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Strangeways&f=false Blood royal:] issue of the kings and queens of medieval England, 1066-1399 ... By Thelma Anna Leese Pg.249____

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