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Rich, Robert (1537 - 1580/1)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Rich

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began
JP, Essex 1561/2
JP, Essex 1564
Lieut, Essex 1569 -11 -20

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Leighs Priory, Essex
  • Rochford Hall, Essex

Lands

  • Essex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Lincoln's Inn, near London, Middlesex Lord Rich's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Rich's Players
Performance - 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 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Robert (1537 - 1581) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Robert (1537 - 1581) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Robert (1537 - 1581) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Robert (1537 - 1581) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Robert (1537 - 1581) Players 1
Lord Rich's Players Rich, Robert (1537 - 1581) Players 1

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.