Woodville's Life As An Accused Witch
Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville remains a legacy in today's time. She impacted the future of England for centuries to come, because of her second marriage with King Edward IV from a royal family. Although controversial challenges such as witchcraft faced Woodville, she still made a lasting impact. Elizabeth Woodville and her family established a legacy that has had a tremendous effect in history to this date. Woodville was the first born of Sir Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She was born around 1437 at Grafton in England (“Woodville”38). Elizabeth’s mother was the Widow of John Duke Belford. It is believed that she first met Richard in 1433 when Bedford married Jacquetta to bolster his …show more content…
Her parents did not play an important role until later in her life. Woodville was mainly taken care of by servants and nurses. After Woodville’s seventh birthday, she went to live with another noble family. Noble parents commonly sent their children to live in other households as a way of developing both personal skills and independence (“Woodville”381). Woodville probably went to live with Sir Edward Grey and his wife but it is not clear (Baldwin). I believe that the parents had planned for Woodville to marry John the Grey's eldest son. The plan worked and early in the 1450’s Woodville married Sir John Grey. Woodville had two sons by Grey: Thomas who became the Marquess of Dorset and Richard …show more content…
While in Westminster Woodville gave birth to son Edward on Nov 2,1470 (“Woodville”382). Woodville remained in Westminster until 1471. Woodville had another Daughter her name was Catherine, a year later she would have the final Royal Daughter.
The reason people started accusing Woodville of witchcraft is because of the Cobham case. The Cobham case was about a lady named Eleanor Cobham who married Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester fall for her and marry her. In 1441 she was arrested and accused of using potions to make Gloucester fall in love with her. The potions were Supposedly supplied by Margery Jourdemayne the “Witch of eye”, Margery lived in Eye which was next to Westminster. Many believed that Woodville and Edward IV’s situation was very similar to Eleanor and Humphreys situation.
Many people believe Woodville used Witchcraft to get Edward IV to go way out of the normal tradition and marry her. Some believe that Woodville used magic to enhance her beauty and attract him (Duval). Witchcraft was a way to accuse somebody of something if u did not like them or if you were trying to explain something that was mysterious in that time. Many people accused Woodville of witchcraft even though there is no proof at all that her or her mother Jacquetta had anything to do with
Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville remains a legacy in today's time. She impacted the future of England for centuries to come, because of her second marriage with King Edward IV from a royal family. Although controversial challenges such as witchcraft faced Woodville, she still made a lasting impact. Elizabeth Woodville and her family established a legacy that has had a tremendous effect in history to this date. Woodville was the first born of Sir Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She was born around 1437 at Grafton in England (“Woodville”38). Elizabeth’s mother was the Widow of John Duke Belford. It is believed that she first met Richard in 1433 when Bedford married Jacquetta to bolster his …show more content…
Her parents did not play an important role until later in her life. Woodville was mainly taken care of by servants and nurses. After Woodville’s seventh birthday, she went to live with another noble family. Noble parents commonly sent their children to live in other households as a way of developing both personal skills and independence (“Woodville”381). Woodville probably went to live with Sir Edward Grey and his wife but it is not clear (Baldwin). I believe that the parents had planned for Woodville to marry John the Grey's eldest son. The plan worked and early in the 1450’s Woodville married Sir John Grey. Woodville had two sons by Grey: Thomas who became the Marquess of Dorset and Richard …show more content…
While in Westminster Woodville gave birth to son Edward on Nov 2,1470 (“Woodville”382). Woodville remained in Westminster until 1471. Woodville had another Daughter her name was Catherine, a year later she would have the final Royal Daughter.
The reason people started accusing Woodville of witchcraft is because of the Cobham case. The Cobham case was about a lady named Eleanor Cobham who married Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester fall for her and marry her. In 1441 she was arrested and accused of using potions to make Gloucester fall in love with her. The potions were Supposedly supplied by Margery Jourdemayne the “Witch of eye”, Margery lived in Eye which was next to Westminster. Many believed that Woodville and Edward IV’s situation was very similar to Eleanor and Humphreys situation.
Many people believe Woodville used Witchcraft to get Edward IV to go way out of the normal tradition and marry her. Some believe that Woodville used magic to enhance her beauty and attract him (Duval). Witchcraft was a way to accuse somebody of something if u did not like them or if you were trying to explain something that was mysterious in that time. Many people accused Woodville of witchcraft even though there is no proof at all that her or her mother Jacquetta had anything to do with