Notes:

Birth:
Brecknock Castle

Died:
Executed for Treason

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: He is one of the primary suspects in the disappearance (and presumed murder) of the Princes in the Tower, and he played the role of a 'kingmaker' for Richard III and, unsuccessfully, for Henry VII.
• _ELEC: Lord High Constable

Notes:

Buried:
St. Peter's Churchyard

Died:
he was convicted of treason against Richard III and beheaded

Henry married Duchess of Buckingham Katherine Wydeville before May 1465. Katherine (daughter of Knight of the Order of the Garter -- 1st Earl Rivers Sir Richard Wydeville, KG and Duchess of Bedford, Lady Rivers Jacquette de Luxembourg) was born in 1458 in Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 18 May 1497 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith

Notes:

Married:
Both parties were children at the time; they were carried on squires' shoulders at the coronation ceremony and were reared in the queen's household together.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
• Name: Woodville
• Occupation: Warden of the Cinque Ports
• _MILT: In the Wars of the Roses, he was initially a Lancastrian, but he became a Yorkist when he thought that the Lancastrian cause was lost.

Notes:

Died:
beheaded at Kenilworth

Sir married Duchess of Bedford, Lady Rivers Jacquette de Luxembourg in 1436 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England. Jacquette was born in 1416 in Normandy, France; died on 30 May 1472 in Northamptonshire, England; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Great-Grandmother of King Henry VIII
• Occupation: Lady at Court to Henry VI. In charge of examining Joan of Arc in prison to determine if she had been raped
• Religion: She withstood a trial or possibly two at court for witchcraft
• Witchcraft Accusation: Bef 1472, England; Accused of witchcraft

Notes:

Married:
Richard was commissioned by Henry VI of England to bring the young widow to England. During the journey, the couple fell in love and married in secret

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Constable of the Tower of London

Notes:

Buried:
(All Saints Graveyard)

Sir married Joan Marie Bedlisgate in 1403 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Joan (daughter of John Bedlisgate and Mary Beauchamp) was born in 1390 in Northamptonshire, England; died after 17 Jul 1448 in Grafton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]