Biography of Richard Guildford 1450-1506
Paternal Family Tree: Guildford
Around 1448 [his father] John Guildford (age 18) and [his mother] Alice Waller (age 14) were married.
Around 1450 Richard Guildford was born to John Guildford (age 20) and Alice Waller (age 16) at Cranbrook, Rolvenden.
In 1461 [his mother] Alice Waller (age 27) died.
Around 1470 [his son] George Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 20) and [his future wife] Ann Pympe (age 16).
Around 1473 [his father] John Guildford (age 43) and [his step-mother] Philippe Thornbury (age 42) were married.
In or before 1474 Richard Guildford (age 24) and Ann Pympe (age 19) were married. His father (age 43) had married, or would marry, her mother (age 42) each as their second spouse.
Around 1474 [his son] Edward Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 24) and [his wife] Ann Pympe (age 20) at Offington Worthing.
Around 1480 [his daughter] Philippa Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 30) and [his wife] Ann Pympe (age 26).
Around 1482 [his daughter] Frideswide Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 32) and [his wife] Ann Pympe (age 28).
Around Nov 1483 Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 28) and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde escaped to Henry VII in Brittany [Map]. Walter Hungerford (age 19), Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 32) and Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 24) took part. The rebellion was suppressed by Richard Guildford (age 33) and Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby 9th Baron Latimer (age 31).
On 07 Aug 1485 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 28) landed at Mill Bay Milford Haven [Map] with John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 43), Richard Guildford (age 35), John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 35), Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath and Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26) all of whom were knighted.
On 22 Aug 1485 King Richard III of England (age 32) was killed during the Battle of Bosworth. His second cousin once removed Henry Tudor (age 28) succeeded VII King England. Earl Richmond forfeit.
Those supporting Henry Tudor included:
John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35).
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 43).
Richard Guildford (age 35).
Walter Hungerford (age 21).
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 50).
Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 29).
Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26).
Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 36).
Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 53).
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 47).
Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 34).
William Stanley (age 50).
Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley (age 52).
Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 38).
William Brandon (age 29) was killed.
James Harrington (age 55) was killed.
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 60) was killed and attainted. He was buried firstly at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and therafter at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. Duke Norfolk, Baron Mowbray, Baron Segrave forfeit.
John Sacheverell (age 85) was killed.
Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath
William Norreys (age 44), Gilbert Talbot (age 33), John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and John Savage (age 41) commanded,.
Robert Poyntz (age 35) was knighted.
Those who fought for Richard III included:
John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 47).
John Conyers (age 74).
Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 17).
William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 59).
Richard Fitzhugh 6th Baron Fitzhugh (age 28).
John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 48).
Thomas Scrope 6th Baron Scrope Masham (age 26).
Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 50).
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 68).
Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 29).
John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 23).
Humphrey Stafford (age 59).
George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 17).
Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 42) was wounded, captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map] for three years. He was attainted; Earl Surrey forfeit.
Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 29) fought and escaped.
John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 26) was captured.
John Babington (age 62), William Alington (age 65), Robert Mortimer (age 43), Robert Brackenbury, Richard Ratclyffe (age 55) and Richard Bagot (age 73) were killed
Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 53) was killed.
William Catesby (age 35) was executed at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map] after the battle.
George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 25) held as a hostage by Richard III before the Battle of Bosworth.
Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 36) betrayed King Richard III of England (age 32) by not committing his forces at the Battle of Bosworth.
John Iwardby (age 35) was killed.
Around 1487 [his daughter] Maria Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 37) and [his wife] Ann Pympe (age 33).
Around 1488 [his daughter] Elizabeth Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 38) and [his wife] Ann Pympe (age 34).
In 1489 [his son] Henry Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 39) and [his future wife] Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" (age 26).
Before 1490 [his future brother-in-law] Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 30) and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden were married. She by marriage Baroness Vaux Harrowden. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1490 [his wife] Ann Pympe (age 36) died.
After 1490 Richard Guildford (age 40) and Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" (age 27) were married.
In 1493 [his father] John Guildford (age 63) died.
Before 1496 [his son] Edward Guildford (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Eleanor West (age 14) were married.
On 09 Aug 1496 [his former brother-in-law] John Pympe (age 49) died.
On 17 Jun 1497 the Cornish rebel army was destroyed at the Battle of Blackheath aka Deptford Bridge.
Richard Guildford (age 47) was created Knight Banneret.
Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 27), Henry Willoughby (age 46), Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London and Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 25) fought at Deptford, Kent [Map].
Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos (age 35), John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 32), Robert Sheffield (age 36), Edward Stanhope 1462-1487, John Peche (age 47) and Robert Constable (age 19) were knighted by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 40).
Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 40) commanded.
James Tuchet 7th Baron Audley, 4th Baron Tuchet (age 34) was captured by Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 19).
In or before 1500 [his son-in-law] Thomas Isley (age 14) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Guildford (age 11) were married.
In or before 1501 [his son] George Guildford (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Mortimer (age 22) were married.
In or before 1501 [his son-in-law] Matthew Browne (age 25) and [his daughter] Frideswide Guildford (age 18) were married.
On 14 Apr 1502 [his son-in-law] John Gage (age 22) and [his daughter] Philippa Guildford (age 22) were married.
Around 1503 Richard Guildford (age 53) was appointed 254th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 45).
In 1506 Richard Guildford (age 56) died at Jerusalem.
Before 06 Sep 1533 Anthony Poyntz and [his former wife] Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" (age 70) were married.
On 04 Sep 1538 [his former wife] Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" (age 75) died.
