1st Baron Rich and Lord Chancellor Richard Rich

1496 - 1567  (71 years)

• Name	Richard Rich  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	1st Baron Rich and Lord Chancellor
  Birth	1496	England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Bef 1529  [4]
  	Cambridge University
  		Seal-Cambridge University
  Notable Quote	The historian Hugh Trevor-Roper dismissed Rich as a man "of whom nobody has ever spoken a good word"
  Religion	Abt 1536  [5]
  	He was a beneficiary of suppression of the monasteries, and a persecutor and torturer of those opposed to the officially established Church of England
  Death	12 Jun 1567	Rochford, Essex, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Felsted, Essex, England   [3]
  Person ID	I18065	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Rich,   b. Abt 1470, London, England d. Between 1500 and 1561 (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Joan Dingley,   b. Abt 1472, London, England d. Between 1500 and 1566 (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Between 1488 and 1518  [1, 6]
  Family ID	F6434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jenkes,   b. 1510, London, England d. 16 Dec 1558, England (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Bef May 1536  [1]
  Children	1. Mary Rich,   b. 1547, Middlesex, England d. 8 Jan 1598 (Age 51 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F6532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1496 - England Death - 12 Jun 1567 - Rochford, Essex, England Burial - - Felsted, Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms and Icons

  Seal-Cambridge University

  
  

• Sources

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