Elizabeth of York take Richard with him, so the boy could reside in the Tower and keep his brother Edward company. Elizabeth Woodville, under duress, eventually agreed. Two months later, on 22 June 1483, Edward IV's marriage was declared invalid. It was claimed that Edward IV had, at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, already been betrothed to Lady Eleanor Butler. Parliament issued a bill, "Titulus Regius" ("The Title of the King"), in support of this position. This measure legally bastardised the children of Edward IV, made them ineligible for the succession, and declared Gloucester the rightful king, with the right
Lionel Woodville became Bishop of Salisbury. He was nominated to Salisbury on 7 January 1482 and consecrated on 21 April 1482. Woodville died about 23 June 1484. Lionel Woodville Lionel Woodville (1447 – 23 June 1484) was a Bishop of Salisbury in England. Woodville was a fourth son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483. In the late 1470s, Woodville became the first person in recorded history to receive an honorary degree (DCL), from the University of Oxford. He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1479–1483.