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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.
Felsted was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (also known as Riche) who, as Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, acquired considerable wealth from the spoils of the Dissolution of the Monasteries including the nearby Leez Priory where he lived. [1] [2]
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.
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 ...
Sir Charles Rich, 1st Baronet (c. 1619–30 May 1677), Rich was the fourth son of Sir Edwin Rich and grandson of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich (see Earl of Warwick).He married Elizabeth Cholmeley, by whom he had two daughters and co-heirs, Elizabeth, married Peter Civell, and Mary, married Robert Rich, of Stondon, Essex.
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1496–1567) was Lord Chancellor of England. Richard Rich may also refer to: Richard Rich (filmmaker) (fl. from 1969), an American director, producer, and screenwriter; Richard Rich (Sheriff of London) (died c. 1464) Richard Rich Sr., father of fictional character Richie Rich (Richard $ Rich Jr.)
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury; John Salmon (bishop) John Sandale; Ralph Sandwich; John Scarle; Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton; John Scrope (MP) Hugh Segrave; Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; Robert de Sigello; John Somers, 1st Baron Somers; Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton; Edmund Stafford; John ...