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CodeP/0087
Dates1496-1567
Person NameRich; Sir; Richard (1496-1567); 1st Baron Rich
SurnameRich
ForenamesRichard
PreTitleSir
Title1st Baron Rich
RelationshipsFather: not known
Mother: not known

Spouse: Elizabeth Jenks (1510-1558), daughter of William Jenks of London, grocer
Children of this marriage:
- Robert 2nd Baron Rich (c.1537-1581)
- Hugh Rich, Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Mary I (d.1554)
- Thomas
- Margery m. Henry Piggott of Abingdon [Berks]
- Agnes m. Edmund Mordaunt
- Mary m. Sir Thomas Wrothe
- Dorothy m. Francis Barley
- Elizabeth m. Robert Peyton of Isleham
- Anne m. Thomas Piggott of Stratton
- Audrey m. Robert Drury
- Winifred m. (1) Sir Henry Dudley and (2) Sir Roger North
- Frances m. Lord John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche
- Barbara

At least four illegitimate children, one of whome, Richard, was the father of Sir Nathaniel Rich.
Linked entries in the catalogue
RefNoTitle
KMAN1/A/7/26bLetter of attorney for the sale of land in Much Waltham [Essex] by Richard Rich to Henry Warner
KMAN1/A/7/7Manor of Fyfield [Essex]: surrender of property by Joanna Shelley to Richard Pollard
KMAN1/A/7/10bBond for the recovery of debts from Henry Carey
KMAN1/A/7/8Manor of Fyfield [Essex]: bargain & sale of the manor and advowson of the church
KMAN1/A/7/13Manors of Hatfield Broad Oak, Hatfield Regis and Great Waltham [Essex]: conveyance
KMAN1/A/7/17Manor of Fyfield [Essex]: conveyance of land in Fyfield
KMAN1/A/7/10aConveyance of land in Much Waltham [Essex]
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