Notes for Sir William Uvedale K.B. - Direct Ancestor
William was appointed to the command of Portchester Castle and town on 10 May 1483.
William was attainted for treason on the 8th of December 1484 for taking part in the rebellion against King Richard II.
Sir William Uvedale obtained a pardon from his attainder on the 19th of January 1485.
William was mentioned on the 1st of February 1486 as a esquire of the King’s body.
William was Sheriff of Hampshire in 1480.
William was Sheriff of Southampton in 1487.
William was Sheriff of Southampton in 1493.
Was commissioner of musters for Hampshire for the war against France in 1488 and in 1522.
William Uvedale was present at the tournament on the creation of Henry Duke of York in 1494.
William Uvedale was Steward and Controller of the Household of Arthur Tudor, son and heir of King Heny VII located at Ludlow Castle.
William Uvedale played a key role in the funeral of Arthur Tudor, including the procession from Ludlow Castle to Worchester Cathedral in the spring of 1502.
William was at the Battle of Flodden, there he met John Uvedale, a member of the Council of the North. They agreed that “the olde name of the Uuedale cam out of the northe cuntrie, which thing the said Sir William didde verifie to be trewe, and there thei didde agree betwixte theim that the howse of the Uuedale was in ancient time attaintide in the north parties, and that the said Sir William didde descende of the second brother and the saide Jon Uuedale didde descende of the third brother, and the truth is the saide Sir William Uuedale and John Uuedale were soo like in favor and compositione of making, that a man wolde have judged them brothers and so saide Henry VII”
143William Uvedale was made a knight of the Bath on the 29th of November 1489.William was nominated a member of the Council of Wales on 7 March 1510.
William is in the list of the royal household as a Knight of the Body in 1516
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