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Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (July 1496 – 12 June 1567), was Lord Chancellor during King Edward VI of England's reign, from 1547 until January 1552. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated almshouses in Essex in 1564.
The Rich family descended from Richard Rich, a wealthy mercer who served as Sheriff of London in 1441, and Sir Richard was his great-grandson. He was succeeded by his son, Robert, the second Baron. His son Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich , was created Earl of Warwick in the Peerage of England in 1618.
Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (December 1559 – 24 March 1619), was an English nobleman, known as Baron Rich between 1581 and 1618, when he was created Earl of Warwick. He was the first husband of Penelope Devereux , whom he divorced in 1605 on the grounds of her adultery .
Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich (c1537-1581) was an English nobleman. He was the eldest son of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Jenks of London. [1] He married around 1555 Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of George Baldrey (d. 1540) [2] and granddaughter of Sir Thomas Baldry, Lord Mayor of London in ...
2nd Earl of Warwick, 4th Baron Rich: Henry Rich (1590–1649) 1st Earl of Holland, 1st Baron Kensington: Robert Greville (1607–1643) 2nd Baron Brooke: Lady Anne Rich (1604–1642) Countess of Manchester: Robert Rich (1611–1659) 3rd Earl of Warwick, 5th Baron Rich: Charles Rich (1623–1673) 4th Earl of Warwick, 6th Baron Rich: Francis ...
Arms of Rich: Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or. The Rich family was a noble family of England that held the peerage titles of Baron Rich, Earl of Warwick, Baron Kensington, Earl of Holland and Baronet Rich during a period spanning the 16th–18th centuries.
3rd Baron inherited the Barony of Botreaux 1520 and created Earl of Huntingdon, 1529 (that title passed to another branch in 1789); 14th Baron created Marquess of Hastings in 1826 (extinct 1868); the Barony of Stanley was called out of abeyance together with this barony for the 20th Baroness in 1921 Baron Herbert: 1461: Herbert, Somerset ...
Son of Richard Earl of Cornwall, his wavering loyalties during the second barons war eventually resulted in his assassination in 1271 by Simon de Montfort the Younger and Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola. Philip of Cognac ~1180–1230 Lord of Cognac Bastard of Richard I of England: Meiler Fitzhenry ~1170–1220 Lord Chief-Justice of Ireland