Everything about Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers totally explained
Anthony Rivers, 2nd Earl Rivers (
1442? –
June 25,
1483) was an English nobleman, courtier, and writer.
He was the eldest son of
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and
Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Like his father, he was originally a
Lancastrian, fighting on that side at the
Battle of Towton, but later became a
Yorkist. He succeeded his father in 1469.
Rivers became very influential at the royal court after his sister
Elizabeth married
Edward IV. He joined the king in his temporary exile in 1470, and returned with him the next year, where he was wounded at the
Battle of Barnet.
He was married to Elizabeth de Scales, Baroness Scales in her own right, daughter of Thomas de Scales, 7th
Baron Scales, and widow of Henry Bourchier, younger son of
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex.
In
1473 King Edward IV appointed Rivers Governor of the
Prince of Wales' household, and Rivers went with the prince to
Ludlow Castle. His duties included the administration of justice throughout
the principality. When the king died in 1483, he accompanied the Prince, now King Edward V, on the way back to
London. However, they were waylaid by the
Duke of Gloucester, who imprisoned the Earl and then had him beheaded at
Pontefract Castle on
June 25,
1483 as part of his path toward becoming king (as Richard III).
After his wife's death in
1473, Anthony was summoned to Parliament in her right as Baron Scales. On his death in 1483 the peerage fell into abeyance.
Rivers was evidently quite learned. One of the first, if not the first, books printed in England was his translation from French of the
Sayings of the Philosophers, printed by
William Caxton in
1477.
Lambeth Palace Library has an illustration showing Rivers presenting a copy of this book to Edward IV.
Anthony was succeeded by his brother,
Richard, as
Earl Rivers.
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