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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, 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 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 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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