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Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England 1496–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1496

Birth Location: Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England

Death Date: 12 Jun 1567

Death Location: Felsted, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Father: Richard Lord

Mother: Joan Dingley

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Leighs

Children(s): Alice Lady, Mary Rich, Hugh Rich, Audrey Rich, Thomas Rich, Frances Leighs, Dorothy Rich, Robert Rich, Elizabeth Lady, Mary Lady

The story of Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England began in 1496 in Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England. Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England married Elizabeth Jenks Lady Baroness Of Leighs, and had children including Alice Rich Lady, Audrey Rich, Dorothy Rich, Elizabeth Rich Lady, Frances Rich 2Nd Baron Of Leighs, Hugh Rich, Mary Marie Rich, Mary Marie Rich Lady, Robert Rich, Thomas Rich. Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England passed away in 1567 in Felsted, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England began in 1496 in Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England.
  • Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England married Elizabeth Jenks Lady Baroness Of Leighs, and had children including Alice Rich Lady, Audrey Rich, Dorothy Rich, Elizabeth Rich Lady, Frances Rich 2Nd Baron Of Leighs, Hugh Rich, Mary Marie Rich, Mary Marie Rich Lady, Robert Rich, Thomas Rich.
  • Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England passed away in 1567 in Felsted, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Lord
1470–1503
Birth Location: Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, England
RL
Joan Dingley
1472–1567
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
JD

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Leighs
1504–1558
Birth Location: London
EL

Children(s)

Alice Lady
1542–1596
Birth Location: South Petherton, Somerset, England
AL
Mary Rich
1537–1598
Birth Location: Enfield, Middlesex, England
MR
Hugh Rich
1539–1555
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
HR
Audrey Rich
1543–1567
Birth Location: Enfield, Middlesex, England
AR
Thomas Rich
1540–1567
Birth Location: London, London, England
TR
Frances Leighs
1537–1581
Birth Location: St Lawrence Jewry,London,Middlesex,England
FL
Dorothy Rich
1536–1598
Birth Location: Kimpton, Hertfordshire, England
DR
Robert Rich
1537–1581
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
RR
Elizabeth Lady
1525–1591
Birth Location: London, London, England
EL
Mary Lady
1526–1598
Birth Location: Leighs, Essex, England
ML

Richard England's Ancestors

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Richard England
1496–1567
Birth Place: Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Parents
Richard John Rich Lord
1470–1503
Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, England
Joan Dingley
1472–1567
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Thomas Rich
1440–1490
London, Middlesex, England
Elizabeth Mayne
1440–1525
London, Middlesex, England
John Donne
1425–1502
Of York Castle, York, Eng
Elizabeth Hastings
1429–1507
York Castle, York, England, Great Britain
Great-Grandparents
Richard Lord
1400–1464
Catherine Lady
1410–1458
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard England's Descendants

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Richard (Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of) England (1496–12 Jun 1567) m. Elizabeth (Jenks Lady - Baroness of) Leighs (1504–16 Dec 1558)
  1. 1. Alice (Rich) Lady 1542–1596 m. Will (White) (Whighte) 1542–1593 m. Robert (White) II 1542–1600
    1. 1. Robert ((Whyghte)) White 1560–1617 m. Bridget (Allgar) White 1561–1605
      1. 1. Anna White 1593–1648
      2. 2. Daniel White 1586–1617
      3. 3. Nathaniel White 1587–1623
      4. 4. Bridgette White 1594–1676
      5. 5. Sarah (White) Boutell 1585–1623
      6. 6. Richard White 1585–1647
      7. 7. Mary White 1590–1652 m. Joseph, (Sr.) Loomis 1590–1658
        1. 1. Joseph Loomis 1616–1687 m. Sarah (Lyman) Hill 1621–1653 m. Mary Chauncey 1638–1681
        2. 2. Nathaniel Loomis 1626–1688 m. Elizabeth Case 1638–1728
        3. 3. Elizabeth Loomis 1619–1665 m. Josiah Hull 1616–1675
        4. 4. John (Loomis) Deacon 1622–1688 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Scott 1623–1696
        5. 5. Mary Loomis 1620–1680 m. Owen Tudor 1615–1690 m. John Skinner 1590–1650
        6. 6. Sarah (Loomis) Olmsted 1617–1667
        7. 7. Thomas Loomis 1622–1689
        8. 8. Samuel Loomis 1628–1689
      8. 8. John White 1596–1684 m. Mary Leavitt 1601–1666
        1. 1. Mary White 1626–1650
        2. 2. John White 1623–1665
      9. 9. Elizabeth (White) Goodwin 1591–1676
      10. 10. Anna White 1600–1647 m. John Porter 1594–1648
        1. 1. Sarah Porter 1624–1696 m. Joseph Judson 1619–1690
        2. 2. Mary Porter 1637–1681
        3. 3. Samuel Porter 1635–1689
        4. 4. Ann Porter 1621–1653
        5. 5. John Porter 1622–1688
        6. 6. James Porter 1628–1727
        7. 7. Rebecca Porter 1630–1682
        8. 8. Samuel Porter 1632–1632
        9. 9. Rose Porter 1633–1648
        10. 10. Nathaniel Porter 1640–1680
        11. 11. Hannah Porter 1642–1677
        12. 12. Johanna Porter 1626–
        13. 13. Thomas Porter 1620–1697
        14. 14. Anna Porter 1638–1638
        15. 15. Joseph Porter 1644–1645
  2. 2. Mary (Marie) Rich 1537–1598
  3. 3. Hugh Rich 1539–1555 m. Ann Wentworth 1540–
  4. 4. Audrey Rich 1543–1567 m. Robert (Drury) Sir 1525–1558
    1. 1. Willem (Drury Sir Sherriff van) Suffolk 1550–1589 m. Elizabeth Stafford 1550–1598
      1. 1. Frances Drury 1576–1647
      2. 2. Elizabeth Drury 1578–1658
      3. 3. Diana Drury 1573–1601
      4. 4. Robert Drury 1574–1615
  5. 5. Thomas Rich 1540–1567
  6. 6. Frances (Rich 2nd Baron of) Leighs 1537–1581 m. SIR (John Darcy \ d'Arcy 2nd BARON of) Chiche 1533–1580
    1. 1. John Darcy 1567–1593
    2. 2. Mary Darcy 1569–1617
    3. 3. Robert Darcy 1570–
    4. 4. Winifred Darcy 1572–
    5. 5. Elizabeth Darcy 1574–1616
    6. 6. Thomas (Darcy Earl Thomas Darcy of) Rivers 1565–1640
  7. 7. Dorothy Rich 1536–1598 m. Francis (Barley Sir) Esquire 1500–1559
    1. 1. Richard Barley 1530–1595
    2. 2. John Barley 1534–1659
    3. 3. Lucy Barley 1534–1567
    4. 4. Elizabeth Barley 1559–
    5. 5. Richard Barley 1520–1560
  8. 8. Robert Rich 1537–1581 m. Elizabeth (Baldry Lady Baroness of) Warwich 1537–1591
    1. 1. Robert (Rich Sir 3rd Lord) Baron 1559–1619 m. Penelope (Devereux Penelope Devereux Rich Blount Countess) Devereux 1563–1607
      1. 1. Robert (Rich Sir 2nd Earl of) Warwick 1587–1658 m. Frances Hatton 1590–1623
        1. 1. Anne Rich 1610–1641
        2. 2. Robert (Rich MP 3rd Earl) Warwick 1611–1659
        3. 3. Hatton Rich 1623–1670
        4. 4. Charles (Rich 4th Earl) Warwick 1619–1673
        5. 5. Lucy Rich 1614–1646
        6. 6. Frances (Rich) Lady 1621–1692
      2. 2. Henry (Rich (1st Earl of) Holland) 1590–1649 m. Isabella (Cope Dame Isabella (Isabel) Cope of Cope Castle, Heiress of Cope Castle, 1st Countess of Holland(Lincolnshire), and Baroness of) Kenns 1598–1655
        1. 1. Henry (Rich Honourable Lord Henry Rich II of) Holland(Lincolnshire) 1626–1669
        2. 2. Susanna (Rich Lady Susanna (Susan) Rich of) Holland 1620–1649
        3. 3. Dorothy (Rich Lady Dorothy Rich of) Holland(Lincolnshire) 1616–1617
        4. 4. Mary (Rich Lady Mary Rich of Holland(Lincolnshire), 1st Countess of Breadalbain and) Holland 1636–1666
        5. 5. Charles (Rich Lord Charles Rich of) Holland 1622–1645
        6. 6. Frances (Rich Lady Frances Rich of Holland(Lincolnshire), 5th Baroness of) Paget 1617–1672
        7. 7. Robert (Rich Lord Robert Rich of Holland(Lincolnshire), 5th Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl of) Holland 1619–1675
        8. 8. Cope (Rich Honourable Lord Cope Rich of) Holland(Lincolnshire) 1635–1676
        9. 9. Isabella (Rich Lady Isabella Rich of) Holland(Lincolnshire) 1623–1666
        10. 10. Diana Rich 1630–1658
      3. 3. Mountjoy Rich 1596–1666
      4. 4. Penelope Rich 1592–1613 m. Gervase (Clifton Sir 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton) KB 1587–1666
        1. 1. Gervase Clifton 1612–1676
      5. 5. Isabella Rich 1595–1632 m. John (Smith Sir) III 1601–1659
        1. 1. Mary Smith 1628–1659
        2. 2. Letitia (Isabella) Smith 1630–1714
        3. 3. Robert Smythe 1618–1683
        4. 4. Charles Smythe 1628–1683
    2. 2. Frances Rich 1560–1602 m. Thomas Cammack 1540–1602
      1. 1. Sussex Cammack 1600–1659
      2. 2. Thomas Cammock 1592–1643
      3. 3. Susan Cammock 1589–1675
      4. 4. Frances Cammock 1598–1662
      5. 5. Cordelia Cammock 1591–1662
      6. 6. Martha Cammock 1587–1662
    3. 3. Richard (Rich Sir 1st) Baron 1560–1580 m. Catherine Knyvet 1564–1633
    4. 4. Edward (Edwin) Rich 1580–1648 m. Honora Wolrich 1585–1635
      1. 1. Richard (Rich Richard of Holyhead, Horwich, Hindle \) Rich 1604–1685
      2. 2. Edwin Rich 1614–1675
    5. 5. Hugh Rich 1559–1564
    6. 6. Thomas (Rich Sir Baron of Leighs, Mayor of) Gloucester 1568–1647 m. Anne (Bourchier Lady, Baroness of) Leighs 1568–1600
      1. 1. Bridget (Rich Lady Bridget Rich, Baroness) Howe 1596–1642
      2. 2. Susan Rich 1593–1669
      3. 3. William Rich 1600–1639
      4. 4. Robert Rich 1600–1679
      5. 5. Robert (Rich Sir Robert, Earl of Warwick) Rich 1587–1658
    7. 7. Elizabeth Rich 1566–1591
    8. 8. Edwin (Rich) Sir 1568–1647
    9. 9. Nathaniel (Richard) Rich 1570–1625
    10. 10. Isabella (Rich) Lady 1560–1639
  9. 9. Elizabeth (Rich) Lady 1525–1591 m. Robert (Peyton Esq High Sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon) MP 1523–1590
    1. 1. John (Peyton 1st Baron of) Iselham 1560–1616 m. Alice Osborne 1562–1625
      1. 1. Sir (Knight Edward, Second Baronet Iselham,) Peyton 1578–1656
      2. 2. Elizabeth Peyton 1580–1640
      3. 3. Alice Peyton 1592–
      4. 4. Frances Peyton 1595–1631
      5. 5. Thomas Peyton 1599–
      6. 6. Nicholas Peyton 1600–1600
      7. 7. Susan Peyton 1596–
      8. 8. John Peyton 1587–1611
      9. 9. Mary Peyton 1590–
      10. 10. Anne Peyton 1581–1640
      11. 11. William (Peyton, of Worlington and) Suffolk 1594–1669
      12. 12. Mary Peyton 1592–1592
    2. 2. Mary (Peyton Dame of) Balam 1558–1615 m. Charles Balam 1558–1592
      1. 1. Robert Balam 1580–1640
      2. 2. Martha Balam 1582–1583
    3. 3. Frances Peyton 1563–1619 m. John (Hagar) Hagger 1556–1616
      1. 1. Robert Hagger 1595–1652
      2. 2. John Hagger 1588–1588
      3. 3. Mary Hagger 1578–
      4. 4. John Hagger 1596–1616
    4. 4. Winifred Peyton 1568–1619
    5. 5. Robert (Peyton ( son & heir of Grey's) Inn) 1562–1577
  10. 10. Mary (Marie Rich) Lady 1526–1598 m. Thomas (Wroth Sir (Member of) Parliment) 1516–1573
    1. 1. Elizabeth Wroth 1554–1614 m. George Mynne 1536–1581
      1. 1. Anne Mynne 1579–1622
      2. 2. George Mynne 1581–1648
      3. 3. John Mynne 1580–1582
      4. 4. Robert Mynne 1581–1579
      5. 5. Susan Mynne 1575–1576
      6. 6. Robert Mynne 1578–1581
      7. 7. Richard Mynne 1574–1587
    2. 2. Mabel Wroth 1542–1597 m. Edward (Aucher Sir (Descendent of) Charlemagne) 1539–1567
      1. 1. Anthony (Aucher JT Virginia) Company 1562–1610
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Aucher) Lady 1561–1627
      3. 3. Anthony (Aucher [Descendent of) Charlemagne] 1560–1609
    3. 3. Robert Wroth 1540–1606 m. Susan Stonard 1544–1606
      1. 1. Henry Wroth 1585–1687
      2. 2. John Wroth 1578–1614
      3. 3. Thomas Wroth 1580–1610
      4. 4. Anna Wroth 1583–1584
      5. 5. Robert (Wroth) Sir 1576–1614
    4. 4. Thomas (Wroth Sir "Lord) Treasurer" 1542–1617 m. Joan Bulmer 1542–
      1. 1. Peter (Wroth) Sir 1586–1644
      2. 2. Thomas Wroth 1584–1672
      3. 3. John Wroth 1589–1677
    5. 5. Judith Wroth 1555–1614 m. Robert Burgoyne 1540–1613
      1. 1. Roger Burgoyne 1566–1636
      2. 2. Thomas Burgoyne 1563–1636
      3. 3. Robert Burgoyne 1568–
      4. 4. Peter Burgoyne 1570–
      5. 5. Elizabeth Burgoyne 1572–1657
      6. 6. Thomas Burgoyne 1575–
      7. 7. John Burgoyne 1581–
      8. 8. Mary Burgoyne 1585–
      9. 9. Nathaniel Burgoyne 1589–1589
    6. 6. Mary Wroth 1563–1647 m. John Hussey 1543–1600
      1. 1. Thomas (John Hussey Rev. Sen.,) Esq. 1599–1656
      2. 2. Thomas Hussey 1582–1655
      3. 3. Robert Hussey 1587–1669
      4. 4. Anne Hussey 1576–1653
      5. 5. Nathaniel Hussey 1590–1626
      6. 6. Joseph Hussey 1585–1656
      7. 7. Martha Hussey 1579–1653
      8. 8. Lydia Hussey 1577–1646
      9. 9. George Hussey 1589–
      10. 10. Dorcas Hussey 1590–
      11. 11. Stephen Hussey 1587–1656
      12. 12. John Hussey 1594–1700
    7. 7. Edward (Edmond) Wroth 1546–1547
    8. 8. Elizabeth Wroth 1538–1573
    9. 9. Gersona Wroth 1550–1573
    10. 10. Wynefred Wroth 1558–1614 m. Thomas Goddard 1555–
    11. 11. Frances Wroth 1564–1565
    12. 12. Margery Wroth 1548–1647
    13. 13. Peter (Wroth of) Blendenhall 1552–1573
    14. 14. William Wroth 1538–

Richard England's Timeline

2 Records

1496
1496
Birth of Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England in Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
1567
12 Jun 1567
Age 71
Death of Richard Rich Sir - 1st Baron of Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England in Rochford, Essex, England
Rochford, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1567
    Event Place: Rochford, Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Felsted, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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