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Name: Sir Anthony WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1440 ^b
Death: 25 Jun 1483 in Pontefract, Yorkshire ^d
Burial: Pontefract, Yorkshire ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers Death: 12 Aug 1469 in Coventry, Warwickshire

Mother:

Jacquetta Of St.Pol Birth: Abt 1416 Death: 30 May 1472

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth SCALES, Baroness Scales on Before 8 Apr 1461 .^m1
Elizabeth SCALES, Baroness Scales Birth: Abt 1436 Death: 2 Sep 1473

Marriage:

Mary FITZLEWIS on Before Oct 1480 .^m2
Mary FITZLEWIS Birth: Abt 1465 Death: Before 1 Dec 1514

Marriage:

Gwenlian STRADLING on Concubine .^m3
Gwenlian STRADLING

Children:

Margaret WYDEVILLE Death: Before 1520

Bibliography

Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
Elliot, H L, Fitz Lewes, of West Horndon, and the Brasses at Ingrave, in Transactions of the Essex Archealogical Society, New Series, vol 6. Colchester: Essex Archealogical Society, 1898. Available at https://archive.org/details/transactionsess04socigoog. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Elliot FITZLEWES p[0-9]*].
Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1440, eldest of 4 sons [Ref: CP XI p22]; abt 1442-3 (age 26 in 1469, 30 in 1472) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428],
parents:: [Ref: CP XI p22, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p425]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p24, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p656, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p429]; 1483 [Ref: Elliot FITZLEWES p37, Weis AR7 #234]; Jun 1483 [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxvii],
place:: [Ref: Elliot FITZLEWES p37, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p656, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p429]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p656, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p429]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth SCALES, Baroness Scales

date:: before 22 Dec 1462 [Ref: CP XI p24]; before 23 Jul 1461 [Ref: CP XI p507]; prob before 8 Apr 1461 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]; second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p576],
names:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p258]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary FITZLEWIS

date:: before Oct 1480 [Ref: CP XI p24, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]; first marriage of Mary [Ref: Elliot FITZLEWES p37]

Sources with Information about marriage to Gwenlian STRADLING

date:: concubine [Ref: Richardson MCA p636, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p656, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p429],
child:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p656, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p429, Weis AR7 #234]

Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Rivers, of Earldom cr 1466 [Ref: CP XI p22]
2nd Earl Rivers [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p427, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p576, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p425]
2nd Lord Rivers, of Barony cr 1448 [Ref: CP XI p22]
8th Lord Scales [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p427, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p576, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]
Lord Scales, Earl Rivers [Ref: Weis AR7 #234]

Knt, of Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, Wymington, Bedfordshire, Lee, Bankers (in Lee) and Lee-Shrosholt (in Lee), Kent, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]
Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p576]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p22, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

1466, 1474: Lord of the Isle of Wight [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

prob 27 Apr 1466: elected K.G.#200 succeeding Francis Sforza duke of Milan [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxiv]

K.G. [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p427, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p576, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p425]

1467: Constable of Portchester Castle [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

1467: Governor of Portsmouth [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

1469: Lieutenant of Calais [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

1473: Chief Butler of England [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

Governor of the Prince of Wales [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

1473-4: Sheriff of Caernarvonshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

1478-83?: Warden of the Forest of Dean and Constable of St Briavels Castle [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p655, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p428]

Pedigree of Sir Anthony WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                            /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
                   /-----Sir John De WYDEVILLE
          /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
         |         \-----Isabel GOBION
/-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|        |                  /-----John BEDLISGATE
|        |         /-----Thomas BEDLISGATE
|         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
|                 |         /-----Sir John BEAUCHAMP
|                  \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
|                          |         /-----John De BRIDPORT
|                           \-----Joan De BRIDPORT
|                                   |         /-----Thomas De MOUNTSORELL
|                                    \-----Joan De MOUNTSORELL
Sir Anthony WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                                                               /-----Henry II The Blond Count Of Luxembourg And La Roche
|                                                      /-----Walram I Count Of Ligny
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret Of Bar
|                                             /-----Valeran II Seigneur of Ligny
|                                            |        |         /-----Mathieu II Lord Of Beauvoir-En-Arrouaise
|                                            |         \-----Jeanne De Beavoir
|                                            |                  \-----Mathilde
|                                    /-----Jean I Count Of Ligny, And St. Pol
|                                   |        |                  /-----Jean III Chatelain Of Lille
|                                   |        |         /-----Jean IV Chatelain Of Lille
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Mathilde Of Tournai
|                                   |         \-----Gayotte Of Lille
|                                   |                 |         /-----Simon II Lord Of Ailly And Nesle
|                                   |                  \-----Beatrix Of Clermont
|                                   |                           \-----Adele Of Montfort
|                           /-----Guy Count Of Ligny, And St. Pol
|                          |        |                           /-----Guy De Dampierre Count Of Flanders
|                          |        |                  /-----Wilhelm IV Landless Sire Of Dendermonde
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Maud Of Bethune
|                          |        |         /-----Guy Of Richebourg
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Raoul De CLERMONT, Lord Of Nesle, Vicount Of C
|                          |        |        |         \-----Alix De CLERMONT
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Alix Of Dreux
|                          |         \-----Alix Of Flanders
|                          |                 |         /-----Gerard De Enghien
|                          |                  \-----Marie De Enghien
|                          |                           \-----Marie
|                  /-----Jean II Count Of Brienne And Conversano
|                 |        |                                    /-----Hugh Of Chatillon, Count Of Blois
|                 |        |                           /-----Guy II Of Chatilion, Count Of St. Pol
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Mary Of Avesnes, Countess Of Blois
|                 |        |                  /-----Guy III Of Chatilion, Count Of St. Pol
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Henry II The Conqueror Duke Of Brabant
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Matilda Of Brabant
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Swabia
|                 |        |         /-----Jean Count Of St. Pol
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----John Le Roux De BRETAGNE, Duke Of Brittany
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----John De BRETAGNE, Duke Of Brittany
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Blanche Of Navarre
|                 |        |        |         \-----Marie Of Brittany
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Henry III King Of England
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Beatrice
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Eleanor Of Provence
|                 |         \-----Mathilde Of Chatillion
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Ingleman FIENNES, K.B., Lord Of Wendover
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William FIENNES
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Conde
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Jean FIENNES
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Jean De BRIENNE, Grand Butler Of France
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Blanche De BRIENNE, Lady Of Loupeland
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Jeanne Dame De Chateau Du Loir
|                 |                  \-----Jeanne De Fiennes
|                 |                          |                  /-----William Seigneur De Dampierre
|                 |                          |         /-----Guy De Dampierre Count Of Flanders
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margaret Of Flanders
|                 |                           \-----Isabelle De Dampierre
|                 |                                   |         /-----Henry II The Blond Count Of Luxembourg And La Roche
|                 |                                    \-----Isabel Of Luxemburg
|                 |                                             \-----Margaret Of Bar
|         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
|        |        |                                             /-----Sohier II Of Enghien, Lord Of Zotteghem
|        |        |                                    /-----Walter I Of Enghein
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Aleidis Of Zotteghem
|        |        |                           /-----Walter II Of Enghein
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Jean Of Rethel
|        |        |                          |         \-----Marie Of Rethel
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Marie Of Audenaard, Dame Of Baucignies
|        |        |                  /-----Walter III Lord Of Enghein
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Guy De Dampierre Count Of Flanders
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert III Count Of Flanders
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Maud Of Bethune
|        |        |                 |         \-----Jolande Of Flanders
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Eudo Count Of Nevers
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Yolanda Of Burgundy
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Matilda Of Bourbon
|        |        |         /-----Louis Of Enghien, Count Of Brienne, Duke Of At
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Gautier IV The Great Count Of Brienne
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Hugues Count Of Brienne
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Maria Of Cypres
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Gautier V Count Of Brienne, Duke Of Athens
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Guy I De La Roche, Duke Of Athens
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabelle Of Roche-Sur-L'Ognon
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes
|        |        |        |         \-----Isabeau Of Brienne
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Gaucher IV Lord Of Chatillon
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Gaucher V Of Chatillon, Count Of Porcien
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Isabelle Of Villehardouin
|        |        |        |                  \-----Jeanne Of Chatillon
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Robert I Of Dreux, Lord Of Beu
|        |        |        |                           \-----Isabeau Of Dreux
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Isabeau Of Villeboon
|        |         \-----Marguerite De Enghien
|        |                 |         /-----Antonio Of Sanserverino, Count Of Marsico
|        |                  \-----Giovanna Of Sanserverino
|        |                          |                           /-----Guillaume Of Baux, Lord Of Berre
|        |                          |                  /-----Bertrand Lord Of Berre
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Eucharie Of Tournel
|        |                          |         /-----Bertrand De Baux, Count Of Andria
|        |                          |        |         \-----Berengere
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Marguerite
|        |                           \-----Isabeau Of Baux
|        |                                   |         /-----Robert De Aulnay, Seigneur di Tiano
|        |                                    \-----Marguerite Of Aulnay
|        |                                            |         /-----William Le Estendart
|        |                                             \-----Isabella Le Estendart
\-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
         |                                                      /-----Bertrand Of Baux, Lord Of Meyrargues
         |                                             /-----Raymond Of Baux, Lord Of Berre, Vicount Of Marse
         |                                            |         \-----Etienette Of Baux
         |                                    /-----Guillaume Of Baux, Lord Of Berre
         |                                   |        |         /-----Hugues Geofroi Vicount Of Marseille
         |                                   |         \-----Alacassie/Alix Of Marseille
         |                                   |                  \-----Sibille
         |                           /-----Bertrand Lord Of Berre
         |                          |         \-----Eucharie Of Tournel
         |                  /-----Bertrand De Baux, Count Of Andria
         |                 |         \-----Berengere
         |                 |                  \-----Marguerite
         |         /-----Francis De Baux, Duke Of Andria
         |        |        |         /-----Robert De Aulnay, Seigneur di Tiano
         |        |         \-----Marguerite Of Aulnay
         |        |                 |         /-----William Le Estendart
         |        |                  \-----Isabella Le Estendart
          \-----Margaret Of Andria
                  |                                    /-----Gentile ORSINI
                  |                           /-----Romano ORSINI, Count Of Nola
                  |                          |        |         /-----Giovanni PIERLEONI
                  |                          |         \-----Jacopa PIERLEONI
                  |                  /-----Roberto ORSINI, Count Of Nola
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Simon De MONTFORT, Earl Of Leicester
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Guy De MONTFORT
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor
                  |                 |         \-----Anastasia De MONTFORT, Countess Of Nola
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Ildebrandino ALDOBRANDESCHA
                  |                 |                  \-----Margherita ALDOBRANDESCHA
                  |                 |                           \-----Tommassa Di BARSCHI
                  |         /-----Niccolo ORSINI, Count Of Nola
                  |        |        |         /-----Hugues Des BAUX
                  |        |         \-----Sveva Del BALZO
                  |        |                 |         /-----Risone Della MARRA
                  |        |                  \-----Jacopa Della MARRA
                   \-----Sveva ORSINI
                           |         /-----Guglielmo De Sabran, Count Of Ariano
                            \-----Joan De Sabran
                                    |         /-----Tommaso Di Celano
                                     \-----Francesca Di Celano

Descendants of Sir Anthony WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers

1. Sir Anthony WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers m1. Elizabeth SCALES, Baroness Scales m2. Mary FITZLEWIS m3. Gwenlian STRADLING

m. Elizabeth SCALES, Baroness Scales father: Thomas SCALES, K.G., Lord Scales mother: Esmania WHALESBURGH

m. Mary FITZLEWIS father: Sir Henry FITZ LEWIS mother: Elizabeth BEAUFORT

m. Gwenlian STRADLING father: William STRADLING mother: Agnes GWYN

2+ Margaret WYDEVILLE m. Sir Robert POYNTZ

2nd generation

2. Margaret WYDEVILLE m. Sir Robert POYNTZ

m. Sir Robert POYNTZ father: John POYNTZ mother: Alice COOKES

3 Sir Francis POYNTZ

4 Edward POYNTZ

5 Nicholas POYNTZ

6 Humphrey POYNTZ