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Rich, Richard (1496/7 - 1567)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1497 (probable year of birth)
Death Date: 1567-06-12

Notes

In France July--Nov. 1544 as Treasurer of the French war

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Jenks, Elizabeth ( - 1558)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1535
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced at least 3 sons and 9 or 10 daughters
  2. Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Richard Rich had at least 1 and possibly 3 illegitimate sons [DNB, ODNB, Bindoff]

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Rich

Titles

  • 1st Baron Rich
    Assumed: 1546/7-02-16
    Vacated: 1567-06-12
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1533-10-10
    Vacated: 1567-06-12

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Hertfordshire 1528 1567
MP, Essex 1529
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1530 -6
JP, Essex 1530 1567
Attorney-gen, Wales 1532 -5 -13 1538 -06 -28
Attorney-gen, County Palatine of Chester 1532 -5 -13 1538 -06 -28
Attorney-gen, Flintshire 1532 -5 -13 1538 -06 -28
Deputy Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, Northern Parts 1532 1536
Recorder, Essex 1532 -9 -30 1544
Solicitor-gen, England 1533 -10 -10 1536 -04 -20
Chirographer, Court of Common Pleas, England 1535 -7 -27 1537 -07 -3
Chancellor, Court of Augmentations, England 1536 -4 -24 1544 -04 -24
MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, Essex 1536
MP, Essex 1539
Bailiff, Essex 1540 -5 -29
Chief Steward, various manors, Essex 1540 -11 -1
Privy Councillor, England 1540 -8 -10 1558 -11
Keeper, various manors, Buckinghamshire 1541 -6 -1
Keeper, various manors, Suffolk 1541 -6 -1
Keeper, various manors, Oxfordshire 1541 -6 -1
MP, Essex 1542
Keeper, Essex 1543 -7 -2
Lord Chancellor, England 1544 -4 -24 1544 -07 -1 Held jointly
MP, Essex 1545
Lord Chancellor, England 1547 -10 -23 1551 -12 -21
Lord lieut, Essex 1552 -5 -16
Chief Steward, Essex 1558 -7 -4

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Rochford Hall, Essex
  • Bartholomew Close, Middlesex
  • West Smithfield, Middlesex
  • Islington house, Middlesex
    Acquired: 1509
    Patrimony
  • Leighs Priory, Essex
    Acquired: 1536
    A gift of Henry VIII

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Essex
  • Warwickshire
  • Westmorland

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Lord Rich's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Richard (1497 - 1567) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Richard (1497 - 1567) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Richard (1497 - 1567) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Richard (1497 - 1567) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.