Rich, Robert (1537 - 1580/1)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 7
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1537
Death Date: 1581-02-27

Siblings

Male

Rich, Hugh ( - 1554)

Female

Rich, Mary ( - 1573)
Rich, Winifred ( - 1578)
Rich, Frances ( - 1580/81)
Rich, Elizabeth ( - )
Rich, Audrey ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Baldry, Elizabeth ( - 1591)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1554-11-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Baldry, Elizabeth ( - 1591)

  1. Male offspring: Rich, Richard (d. 1580)
  2. Male offspring: Rich, Robert (1559 - 1619)
  3. Male offspring: Rich, Edwin (n.d.)

Primary Title

2nd Baron Rich

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Rich
    Assumed 1567-16-12
    Vacated 1580/1-02-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Essex 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Essex 1564 n.d.
Lieut, Essex 1569-11-20 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Leighs Priory, Essex
  • Rochford Hall, Essex

Lands

  • Essex

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1568-1568 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Rich's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Rich's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Rich's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Rich's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Lincoln's Inn, near London , Middlesex Lord Rich's Players
Performance 1570-1571 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Rich's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Court Hall, Rye , Sussex Lord Rich's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Robert (1537 - 1581) Players 7

Bibliographic Sources

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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.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)