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Sir Richard Robert Rich 1514 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Apr 1514

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

Death Date: 12 Jun 1567

Death Location: Rochford, Rochford District, Essex, England

Father: Sir Rich

Mother: Margaret Shaw

Spouse(s): Lady Jenkes

Children(s): Lady Rich

Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England was born in 1514 in Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England, the child of Sir Knight Thomas Rich and Margaret Shaw. Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England married Lady Anna Elizabeth Jenkes, and had children including Lady Audrey Ethelreda Rich. Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England passed away in 1567 in Rochford, Rochford District, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England was born in 1514 in Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England, the child of Sir Knight Thomas Rich and Margaret Shaw.
  • Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England married Lady Anna Elizabeth Jenkes, and had children including Lady Audrey Ethelreda Rich.
  • Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England passed away in 1567 in Rochford, Rochford District, Essex, England.

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Sir Rich's Ancestors

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Sir Rich
1514 – 1567
Birth Place: Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Thomas Rich
1493 – 1567
Little Leighs, Essex, England
Margaret Shaw
1493 – 1567
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Sir (Edmund) Shaw
1473 –
St Thomas of Acre, London, England
Julian Breton
1475 – 1494
St, James, Colchester, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Rich's Descendants

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Sir (Richard Robert) Rich (12 Apr 1514 – 12 Jun 1567) m. Lady (Anna Elizabeth) Jenkes (1504 – 1558)
  1. 1. Lady (Audrey Ethelreda) Rich (1535 – 1567) m. Sir (Robert) Drury (1498 – 2 Mar 1536)
    1. 1. Sir (Knight William) Drury (1500 – 11 January 1557) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Sothill (21 May 1505 – 19 May 1575) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Stafford (October 1556 – 6 Feb 1599)
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Drury (1525 – January 10, 1558)
      2. 2. Lady (Frances) Drury (8 Jun 1576 – Abt 1641) m. Lord (William) Wray (7 Feb 1555 – abt 1667)
        1. 1. Lord (Christopher) Wray (1602 – 6 February 1646) m. Lady (Albinia) Cecil (Abt 1601 – January 1660)
    2. 2. Mary (Dorothy) Drury (1556 – 18 February 1599) m. Edward (William) Barnes (1540 – 05 Aug 1615)
      1. 1. Anne Barnes (1579 – 1630) m. Benjamin (John) Marchant (Abt. 1562 – Aft. 1590)
        1. 1. Lady (Anna) Marchant (22 May 1588 – 1635) m. Lord (Constant D') Aubigné (1584 – 31 Aug 1647)
      2. 2. William (Leslie) Barnes (12 May 1580 – 1 Dec 1657) m. Thomasine (Spooner) Shepherd (13 Aug 1592 – 10 Jan 1644)
        1. 1. Joshua Barnes (1616 – 04 Apr 1692) m. Prudence Jennings (1618 – 1692)

Sir Rich's Timeline

4 Records

1513
30 May 1513
Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England was married in St Giles Cripplegate-London, Essex, England
St Giles Cripplegate-London, Essex, England
1514
12 Apr 1514
Birth of Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England in Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
1535
14 Feb 1535
Age 21
Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England was married in Leeze, England
Leeze, England
1567
12 Jun 1567
Age 53
Death of Sir Richard Robert Rich , 1st Baron Leighs, Lord Chancellor of England in Rochford, Rochford District, Essex, England
Rochford, Rochford District, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Apr 1514
    Event Place: Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 30 May 1513
    Event Place: St Giles Cripplegate-London, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 14 Feb 1535
    Event Place: Leeze, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cheshunt, Herts., Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1567
    Event Place: Rochford, Rochford District, Essex, England

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