Anthony Woodville

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Anthony Woodville

Birth
Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Death
26 Jun 1483 (aged 42–43)
Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Burial
Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Tomb destroyed during the English Civil War.
Memorial ID
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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.

"But being removed to Pontefract and ordered for execution, he directed that he should be buried there 'before an Image of our blissid Lady with my Lord Richard'....."

Dictionary of National Biography, volume 62, page 413

The church was destroyed during the English Civil War. The exterior shell of the original structure remains and a smaller modern-day church has been built in the interior.
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.

"But being removed to Pontefract and ordered for execution, he directed that he should be buried there 'before an Image of our blissid Lady with my Lord Richard'....."

Dictionary of National Biography, volume 62, page 413

The church was destroyed during the English Civil War. The exterior shell of the original structure remains and a smaller modern-day church has been built in the interior.

Gravesite Details

His tomb was destroyed during the English Civil War.