Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich
Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich (c.1537–1581) was an English nobleman.
He was the eldest son of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Jenks of London.[1]
He married around 1555 Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of George Baldrey (d. 1540)[2] and granddaughter of Sir Thomas Baldry, Lord Mayor of London in 1514.[3] Their children were:[1]
- Richard married Katherine Knyvet. He died before his father.
- Robert, 3rd Baron Rich (later Earl of Warwick)
- Edwin married Margaret, daughter of Charles Wolriche of Suffolk
- Elizabeth
His father was reprimanded by the privy council in 1562 for seeking to have Rich elected as knight of the shire in preference to William Petre.[4] This may have been due to suspicions of Petre's religious views, as Rich was a strong Protestant who later had the Calvinist Robert Wright as his domestic chaplain.[5]
In 1578 a dispute between Rich and one Edward Windham led to skirmishes in Fleet Street between their servants,[6] which resulted in Windham's imprisonment.[7] Following his death his property in London and Essex was valued at £1,857.[8]
He is presumably the kneeling figure represented on the monument to his father in Felsted church.[9]
References
- 1 2 The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634. Harleian Society. 1878. p. 277.
- ↑ "VCH Buckingham, Vol. 4:Akeley". Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ "Aldermen of the City of London, 1502-1700". British History Online. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ CSPD Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth. p. 212.
- ↑ Neal, Daniel (1837). The history of the Puritans or Protestant non-conformists. p. 250.
- ↑ Stone, Lawrence (1965). The Crisis of the Aristocracy, 1558-1641. pp. 231–2.
- ↑ CSPD Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth. p. 620.
- ↑ "Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House, Vol. 4:November 1591". Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ "An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Vol. 2:Felstead". British History Online. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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