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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.
The Rich family was a noble family of England that held the peerage titles of Baron Rich, ... Richard Rich (illegitimate) Robert Rich 2nd BR (c. 1537–1581 ...
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 ...
Richard Rich 1st BR (1496/7–1567) Elizabeth Jenks (1510–1558) Ann or Jane Machell (b. 1557) Richard Rich (illegitimate) Robert Rich 2nd BR (c. 1537–1581) Elizabeth Baldry: Robert Rich (c. 1585-1630) Sir Nathaniel Rich (1585–1636) Honora Worlick: Sir Edwin Rich (1561–1600) Robert Rich 3rd BR 1st EW (1559–1618) Penelope Devereux (1563 ...
The family's accumulated wealth has been divided among many descendants, only one of which (Benjamin de Rothschild) was officially recognized as a billionaire. Determining the family's exact wealth has been deemed implausible; [59] conspiracy theories claiming the family is worth trillions of dollars have not been proven. [60] [61]
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 .
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Old Norman French: Quor de Lion) [2] [3] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [4] [b] [5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.