Richard Wydeville

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Richard Wydeville (also Wydville or Woodville ; * around 1385, † around 1441) was an English military man and politician.

Origin and youth

Wydeville was a son of John Wydeville and his second wife Isabel, the widow of Robert Passelow . As a younger son of a family of gentry from Northamptonshire he grew reportedly along with the future King Henry V on.

Life

From 1405 to 1406 he was sheriff of Northamptonshire. During the Hundred Years War in 1411 he was part of the Guînes garrison in northern France under the command of Thomas of Lancaster . During the campaigns of 1415 and 1417 in France, he served as captain and took part in the Battle of Agincourt . Until 1435 he served almost constantly in France and only came back to England during brief missions, for example in 1425 when he became Constable of the Tower . In 1418 King Henry V gave him the dominions of Préaux and Dangu in Normandy . In 1420 he became Seneschal of Normandy, chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford , the English regent in France, and in 1423 its treasurer . He was a member of the Council of the Regent in France. In 1427 and 1435 he was Lieutenant Commander of Calais .

In 1433 he was a member of the House of Commons as Knight of the Shire for Kent . After his half-brother Thomas Wydeville died around 1435 without heirs, Wydeville returned to England. His brother had bequeathed him Grafton Regis in Northamptonshire and the Manor La Mote near Maidstone in Kent, while the other estates fell to Thomas sisters or their heirs. Wydeville was made constable of Rochester Castle and again sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1437.

Family and offspring

He married Joan Bedlisgate. His daughter Joan married William Haute , a country nobleman from Kent, and his son Richard became his heir. He was buried in All Saints Church in Maidstone.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Parliament Online: Wydeville, Thomas (prob. By 1364-1435). In: History of Parliament Online. Retrieved March 28, 2015 .
  2. ^ Richard Wydevill on thepeerage.com , accessed September 16, 2016.
  3. ^ History of Parliament Online: HAUTE, William (d.1462), of Bishopsbourne, Kent. In: History of Parliament Online. Retrieved March 28, 2015 .
  4. ^ Kent Archaeological Society: All Saints Church, Maidstone. Retrieved March 28, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Wydeville, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wydville, Richard; Woodville, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English military and politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1385
DATE OF DEATH around 1441