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----'''Sir Richard Rich''' (b.c. 1496 - d. 12 Jun 1567), Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Commons.<ref name=lewis>Lewis, 2014</ref>
==Biography== Rich was the son of one John Rich of Penton Mewsey, who in 1509 left a house in Islington, Middlesex, to a son Richard, on condition that he was obedient to his mother. During the trial of John Philpot, the Edwardian archdeacon of Winchester, Philpot stated that he was a son of Sir Peter Philpot of Hampshire. Rich remarked that Sir Peter was his near kinsman, wherefore he was the more sorry."<ref name=hop />
Rich's near contemporary and "near kinsman" (first cousin or brother-in-law?), [[Philpott-422|Sir Peter Philpott]] of Compton in Winchester, Hampshire, about 20 miles away from both Basingstoke and Penton Mewsey.
=== Disputed Parents ==="A tradition deriving from Stow links him with a family prominent in the affairs of London and of the Mercers’ Company during the 15th century, but the genealogies illustrating this line of descent date from the 17th century and contain numerous variations and some errors," giving Richard's father as alternatively Thomas Rich or [[Rich-379|Richard Rich]], both grandsons of Sir Richard Rich, mercer and Sheriff of London.<ref name=hop /><ref>see also: [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/hCG9MsEhAYA soc.genealogy.medieval].</ref>
===Marriage===He was married by May 1536 to Elizabeth, daughter of William Jenks (Gynkes) of London. They had at least 3 sons and 9 or 10 daughters. <ref name=hop /><ref name=burke>Burke, 1862, p. 452</ref>
===Children===Richard and Elizabeth Jenks are the parents of:<ref name=crac>Rich, Baron (E, 1546/7 - 1759). [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/rich1546.htm www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk]
:Holbein, H. (1812). "The lady Rich," in Imitations of Original Drawings. London: Wm. Bulmer & Co. [https://books.google.com/books?id=YXVdAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PP351&ots=f9r0CBlFdk&dq=Thomas%20Pigot%20of%20Abington&pg=PP351#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books].</ref>
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# Sir Hugh Rich, K.B. (dvp.sp. 1 Nov 1554),<ref>at Coronation of Mary I 1553</ref> m. Anne Wentworth<ref>Anne Wentworth m.2 (12 Apr 1555) Henry FitzAlan, styled Lord Maltravers, only son and hr. ap. by his first wife of Henry [FitzAlan], 19th or 12th Earl of Arundel; m.3 (c. 1576) William Deane, of Maplested, co. Essex; bur. 10 Jan 1580/1), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Wentworth, of Gosfield, co. Essex, by his wife Anne Bettenham, dau. of John Bettenham, of Bickley, co. Kent</ref>
# Robert, 2nd Baron Rich
# Margery m. Henry Pigot of Abington.
# Agnes m. Edmund Mordaunt# Mary m. (c. 1539/40) Sir Thomas Wrothe of Enfield, Middlesex (b. 1516 - d. 9 Oct 1573), 1st son and heir of Robert Wrothe of Enfield and Jane, dau. of Thomas Haute of Haute Court, Kent
# Dorothy m. Francis Barley# Elizabeth (b. c. 1527 - d. 17 Oct 1591) m. Robert Peyton, esq. of Iselham, Cambs. (b. c. 1523 - d. 19 Oct 1590 London)# Winifride (d. aft. Nov 1578), m.1 Lord Henry Dudley (dsp. 1557), 7th son of John [Dudley], 1st Duke of Northumberland; m.2 Roger, 2nd Baron North# Audrey "Etheldred" m. Robert Drury (d. 10 Jan 1558).<ref>Lewis, 2013, 132212.[http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p4403.htm#i132212]</ref># Anne m. (bef. 1549 as 1st wife) Thomas Pigott of Stratton and Edworth (b. c. 1526 - d. 1579; will 15 Mar 1579, proved 31 Mar 1579)# Frances (d. bef. 3 Mar 1580/1) m. John Darcy, 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche
===Occupation===Sir Richard Rich was knighted 12 June 1536, created 1st Baron Rich of Leighs 16 Feb. 1547, and held, among many other offices, Speaker of the House of Commons in 1536 and Lord Chancellor of England 23 Oct. 1547 to 21 Dec. 1551.<ref name=richardson>Richardson, 2013, p. 401</ref><ref name=hop>Bindoff, 1982.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/rich-richard-149697-1567]</ref>
Henry VIII appointed Sir Rich to be an assistant to the execution of his will and bequeathed him £200 for his pains. On the accession of Edward VI Rich was created a baron. <ref name=hop />
===Death===Rich died at Rochford, Essex, on 12 June 1567 <ref>''Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich''</ref> and was buried at Felstead on 8 July. <ref name=hop /><ref>see also: Rounding, V. (2017). The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London, p. 21-.</ref>
===Editor Notes===* Removed [[Rich-346|Richard Rich]] and [[Jenkes-2|Elizabeth Jenkes]] as parents of [[Rich-467|Alice Rich]].<ref> [[Bairfield-1|Bairfield-1]] 11:19, 16 June 2014 (EDT); some family trees show Alice as an illegitimate dau.[http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p26.htm#i754]</ref>
==Sources==* "Biography of Richard Rich," (1921). The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, 1, pp. 289-97. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/st-barts-records/vol1/pp289-297 BHO]. eBook.* Bindoff, S.T. (1982). Rich, Richard (1496/97-1567), of West Smithfield, Mdx., Rochford and Leighs, Essex. [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/rich-richard-149697-1567 HOP]. Web.* Burke, B. (1862). Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, pp. 452. London: Harrison.* Collins, A. (1756). The Peerage, II, p. 236. London. [https://books.google.com/books?id=P15AAAAAYAAJ&dq=francis%20barley%20of%20hertfordshire%20and%20dorothy%20rich&pg=PA236#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books].* Hasler, P.W. (1981). Pigott, Thomas I (c.1526-79), of Stratton and Edworth, Beds. [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/pigott-thomas-i-1526-79 HOP]. Web.* "Genealogical table of the descendants of Richard Rich," (n.d.). The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, 2, p. 293[https://archive.org/stream/recordsofstbarth02webb_0#page/n425/mode/2up Archive.org].* Lewis, M. (2014, March 10). "Sir Richard Rich, 1st Lord Rich, Lord Chancellor of England, Speaker of the House of Commons #32983, b. 1496, d. 12 June 1567," citing various works by Douglas Richardson. [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1098.htm#i32983 ORTNCA]. Web.* Lundy, D. The Peerage. Web.[http://www.thepeerage.com/p17643.htm#i176428]* Richardson, D. (2013). Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, V, pp. 401. Kimball G. Everingham, Ed. Salt Lake City, UT. Print.
* [[Wikipedia: Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich]]
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