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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.
The Rich family was a noble family of England that held the peerage titles of Baron Rich, ... Richard Rich 1st BR (1496/7–1567) Elizabeth Jenks (1510–1558)
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 ...
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Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich Leez Priory is a 16th- century mansion in Little Leighs , a small parish in the district of Chelmsford in the county of Essex , England . The civil parish boundary between Felsted and Great and Little Leighs crosses the priory, so that it partially lies in Felsted and partially in Great and Little Leighs .
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