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Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord 1496–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1496

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

Death Date: 31 October 1566

Death Location: St Faith Parish, London, England

Father: John Leighs

Mother: Joan (Dingley)

Spouse(s):

Children(s): John Ricet

Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord was born in 1496 in Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England, the child of John Rich Knt Lord Chancellor Of Leighs And Joan Rich Dingley. Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord had children including John Ricet. Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord passed away in 1566 in St Faith Parish, London, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord was born in 1496 in Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England, the child of John Rich Knt Lord Chancellor Of Leighs And Joan Rich Dingley.
  • Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord had children including John Ricet.
  • Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord passed away in 1566 in St Faith Parish, London, England.

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Sir Lord's Ancestors

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Sir Lord
1496–1566
Birth Place: Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Parents
John Rich Knt, Lord Chancellor of Leighs
1458–1509
England
Joan (Rich) (Dingley)
1475–1567
London, London, England
Grandparents
Edward (Dingley) 1444
1490–1539
Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Lady (Elizabeth of Tunbridge Wells, Kent Langford) 1440
1491–1543
Julich, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne
Great-Grandparents
Johan Kleef
1458–1521
Mathilde Hessen-Marburg
1473–1505
Wilhelmus III
1455–1511
Sybilla Schmitz
1467–1524
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Mark
1419–1481
Elizabeth Bourgogne
1439–1483

Sir Lord's Descendants

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Sir (Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight,) Lord (1496–31 October 1566)
  1. 1. John Ricet 1550–1610 m. Catherine ((Ricyght)) Ricethe 1550–1736
    1. 1. Robert Dickinson 1570–1625 m. Mother Ricyght m. Elizabeth (Richethe) Ricyght 1562–1655
      1. 1. Frances Dickinson 1600–1657 m. Sir (Richard) Pinion 1593–1653 m. John Dickinson 1593–1653 m. John Dickinson 1501–1653 m. Richard (Pinion) 1st 1593–1653
        1. 1. Mary Pye 1619–1659 m. Thomas Dickerson 1605–1658 m. Thomas (Dickerson) *** 1595–1658 m. Daniel Finch 1585–1666
        2. 2. Edward Dickinson 1624–1692
        3. 3. Leonard Dickinson 1624–1692
        4. 4. John Dickerson 1621–1676
        5. 5. Richard (Leonard) Dickinson 1632–1693 m. Elizabeth Dowger 1633–1719
        6. 6. George Dickenson 1616–
        7. 7. Katherine Dickinson 1636–1725 m. William Llewellyn 1618–
        8. 8. Philip Dickenson 1619–1676
        9. 9. Thomas Dickenson 1622–1738
        10. 10. Griffin (Oliver Dickinson ,) Captain 1625–1673
        11. 11. Edward Dickinson 1627–1673
        12. 12. William Dickinson 1634–1695
        13. 13. Katherine Dickinson 1625–1625
        14. 14. Richard Dickinson 1632–1683 m. Elizabeth 1633–
        15. 15. George Dickenson 1635–
        16. 16. Griffith Dickerson 1625–1673
        17. 17. Phillip Pinion 1619–1676
        18. 18. Thomas Pinion 1622–1662
        19. 19. Arthur Dickinson 1627–
        20. 20. Edward Dickerson 1627–1682
      2. 2. Frances Dickinson 1599–1657

Sir Lord's Timeline

4 Records

1496
1496
Birth of Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord in Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
1510
1510
Age 14
Birth of Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord in Saint-Lawrence Jewry, London, Middlesex, ENGLAND
Saint-Lawrence Jewry, London, Middlesex, ENGLAND
1525
March 1525
Age 29
Birth of Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
1566
31 October 1566
Age 70
Death of Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron of Leighs, Knight, Lord in St Faith Parish, London, England
St Faith Parish, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: March 1525
    Event Place: Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Saint-Lawrence Jewry, London, Middlesex, ENGLAND
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 October 1566
    Event Place: St Faith Parish, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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