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Richard Wydeville (also written contemporaneously as Wydville and Woodville) (died 1441) was an English landowner, soldier, diplomat, administrator and politician. He was the younger son of John Wydeville (died before 1401), a Northamptonshire landowner with a long career as administrator and politician,[1] and his second wife Isabel, widow of Robert Passelow, of Drayton Parslow. In 1433 he was elected Member of Parliament for Kent, and was named a justice of the peace for the county. In 1435 he was made Lieutenant of Calais. In 1437 he was appointed Constable of Rochester Castle, but later that year was chosen as sheriff of Northamptonshire. He made his will on 29 November 1441 and died shortly after, being buried at Maidstone. His wife was Joan, daughter of Thomas (or John) Bedlisgate, of Knightstone in the parish of Ottery St Mary in Devon, and his wife Joan Beauchamp. He had two known children.

Richard Wydeville (also written contemporaneously as Wydville and Woodville) (died 1441) was an English landowner, soldier, diplomat, administrator and politician. He was the younger son of John Wydeville (died before 1401), a Northamptonshire landowner with a long career as administrator and politician,[1] and his second wife Isabel, widow of Robert Passelow, of Drayton Parslow. In 1433 he was elected Member of Parliament for Kent, and was named a justice of the peace for the county. In 1435 he was made Lieutenant of Calais. In 1437 he was appointed Constable of Rochester Castle, but later that year was chosen as sheriff of Northamptonshire. He made his will on 29 November 1441 and died shortly after, being buried at Maidstone. His wife was Joan, daughter of Thomas (or John) Bedlisgate, of Knightstone in the parish of Ottery St Mary in Devon, and his wife Joan Beauchamp. He had two known children.