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Sir Robert I Rich 1537–1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Feb 1537

Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 27 May 1582

Death Location: Barking, Essex, England

Father: Sir England

Mother: Lady Leighs

Spouse(s): Lady Leighs, Lady Knyvet

Children(s): Honerable Rich,, Sir Mulbarton, Richard Rich

The story of Sir Robert I Rich began in 1537 in London, Middlesex, England. Sir Robert I Rich married Lady Catherine Countess Of Sussex Knyvet, Lady Elizabeth Baldry Countess Of Warwich 2Nd Baroness Of Leighs, and had children including Honerable Sir Robert Rich 3Rd Lord Baron Rich, Richard Rich 3Rd Baron Rich, Sir Edwin Rich Mulbarton. Sir Robert I Rich passed away in 1582 in Barking, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Robert I Rich began in 1537 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Sir Robert I Rich married Lady Catherine Countess Of Sussex Knyvet, Lady Elizabeth Baldry Countess Of Warwich 2Nd Baroness Of Leighs, and had children including Honerable Sir Robert Rich 3Rd Lord Baron Rich, Richard Rich 3Rd Baron Rich, Sir Edwin Rich Mulbarton.
  • Sir Robert I Rich passed away in 1582 in Barking, Essex, England.

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Sir Rich's Ancestors

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Sir Rich
1537–1582
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England
Parents
Sir RICHARD Robert Rich Baron Leighs Lord Chancellor of England
1496–1567
Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Lady (Anna Elizabeth Jenks , Baroness) Leighs
1510–1558
London, Middlesex, England
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Sir Rich's Descendants

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Sir (Robert I) Rich (1 Feb 1537–27 May 1582) m. Lady (Elizabeth Baldry, Countess of Warwich, 2nd Baroness of) Leighs (25 Nov 1537–19 Dec 1591) m. Lady (Catherine "Countess of Sussex") Knyvet (Abt 1564–Abt 1633)
  1. 1. Honerable (Sir Robert Rich, 3rd Lord Baron) Rich, 1559–1619
    1. 1. Sir (Robert Rich 2nd Earl of) Warwick 1587–1658 m. Lady (Frances Hatton Rich, Countess of) Warwick 1590–1623
      1. 1. √ (Stephen) Rich 1622–1675 m. Sarah (Anne) Saltonstall 1622–1675 m. Anne (Saltonstall) Rich 1622–1675
        1. 1. Richard Rich 1637–1692 m. Sarah Roberts 1643–1692
      2. 2. Robert Rich 1611–1659
      3. 3. Anne Rich 1610–1642
      4. 4. Lady (Frances Rich) Leke 1621–1692
      5. 5. Lord (Charles) Rich 1619–1677
      6. 6. Lady (Susan Baronet Bathurst) Rich 1615–1669
      7. 7. Lady (Alice) Rich 1606–1619
      8. 8. Hatton (Ann) Rich 1623–1670
      9. 9. Lady (Essex) Rich 1622–1684
      10. 10. Lady (Hatton Ann) Rich 1623–1670
      11. 11. Robert (Rich 3rd Earl of) Warwick 1611–1659
      12. 12. Lady (Lucy) Rich 1615–1646
      13. 13. Lady (Lucye Rich) Robartes 1614–1645
      14. 14. Lord (Henry Rich II of Holland) Ii 1618–1675
      15. 15. Charles Rich 1619–1673
  2. 2. Sir (Edwin Rich) Mulbarton 1561–1600
  3. 3. Richard (Rich 3rd Baron) Rich 1560–1580

Sir Rich's Timeline

3 Records

1537
1 Feb 1537
Birth of Sir Robert I Rich in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1581
27 Feb 1581
Age 44
Death of Sir Robert I Rich in Felsted, Essex, England
Felsted, Essex, England
1582
27 May 1582
Age 45
Burial of Sir Robert I Rich in Barking, Essex, England
Barking, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Feb 1537
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: St. Leonard, Bridgnorth Adderley Kinley St. Mary Magdalen, Bridgnorth Innage Condover Yockington Condover Condover Litle Ness Wombridge Lilleshall Lilleshall Shifnal High Ercall Wem Prees Tilstock Shrewsbury Madeley Norton, Wroxeter Petton Hall Shr

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Feb 1581
    Event Place: Felsted, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 27 May 1582
    Event Place: Barking, Essex, England

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