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bap. 3 July 1569,Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 359. 1st s. of William Richardson, rector of Mulbarton, Norf. 1575-1616, and his 1st w. Agnes.Blomefield, Norf. ii. opp. 449. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1584; Thavies Inn; L. Inn 1587, called 1594.Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 35. m. (1) 20 July 1595,CP, iii. 490. Ursula (bur. 13 June 1624), da. of John Southwell of Barham Hall, Suff., 5s.(4 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.);Ibid; Blomefield, ii. opp. 449. (2) 14 Dec. 1626,CP, iii. 488. Elizabeth (bur. 3 Apr. 1651),Ibid. 490. da. of Sir Thomas Beaumont II* of Stoughton Grange, Leics., wid. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham Place, Suss., suo jure 1st Baroness Cramond [S], s.p.Foss, vi. 360, 362. suc. fa. 1616;Norwich Wills (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxviii), 164. Kntd. 25 Mar. 1621.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 176. d. 4 Feb. 1635.C142/543/6. sig. Tho[mas] Rychardson.
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Commr. piracy, Norf. 1602–4;C181/1, ff. 21v, 77. j.p. Norf. by 1606 – d., Essex and Surr. 1629 – d., Notts. 1628 – 29, Peterborough, Northants. 1629, Midland circ. 1629, Western circ. 1630 – 33, Home circ. 1633–d.;HMC Hatfield, xxiv. 110; C66/2527; C181/3, f. 266v; 181/4, ff. 4v, 9; C231/5, ff. 25, 73, 124, 126. commr. sewers, Norf. 1607 – 11, 1622, river Ouse 1608, river Gleane 1609 – 18, 1627 – 34, Suff. and Essex 1617, Suff. 1626, Mdx. and Westminster, 1627, Cambs. 1627, Lincs. and Notts. 1627, Norwich, Norf. 1629, London 1629 – 32, Essex 1631 – 33, Surr. 1632, Westminster 1634, river Welland 1634,C181/2, ff. 46v, 62v, 84v, 148v, 272, 321; 181/3, ff. 41, 201v, 213, 214v, 220v, 228v, 255v; 181/4, ff. 76, 126, 128v, 136v, 154v, 161, 190v. subsidy, Norf. and Norwich 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624,SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. aid, Norf. 1609,SP14/43/107. swans, Norf. 1619,C181/2, f. 342v. gaol delivery, Dunwich, Suff. 1620, Newgate, London 1626 – 29, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1633;C181/3, ff. 9, 211v, 242v; 181/4, ff. 33v, 139. freeman, St. Albans, Herts. 1621;HALS, OFF ACC 1162/159. commr. oyer and terminer, Eastern circ. 1623 – d., London 1626 – d., Mdx. 1627 – 28, 1632 – d., Midlands circ. 1629 – d., Home circ. 1629 – d., the Verge 1629 – d., Western circ. 1630 – 33, Wilts. 1631;C181/3, ff. 87, 211v, 219v, 242v, 243v, 258, 261; 181/4, ff. 5, 43, 78v, 141v, 165, 170v, 175v, 181, 182v, 188v; C231/5, f. 74. piracy, Suff. 1627, London 1630,C181/3, f. 232; 181/4, f. 45. nisi prius, Bristol, Som. 1630–33.C181/4, ff. 56v, 147v.

Dep. steward, Norwich chapter, Norf. by 1605;Blomefield, iii. 360. bencher, L. Inn 1609 – 14, reader 1614;LI Black Bks. ii. 120, 158. sjt.-at-law 1614, KS 1625;Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 534. recorder, Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. by 1617,CD 1621, vii. 560. Dunwich, Suff. by 1620-bef. 1627;C181/3, ff. 9, 236. Speaker of the House of Commons 1621–2;CJ, i. 507a. c.j.c.p. 1626–31;T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 169, 177; ii. 136. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1629–33;R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 357; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326. c.j.k.b. 1631–d.;Birch, ii. 136. commr. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 173. soap monopoly 1634.C181/4, f. 186.

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RICHARDSON, Thomas (1569-1635), of Pentney, Norf. and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London
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RICH, Sir Robert (c.1588-1658), of Wallington, Norf., Hackney, Mdx. and Allington House, Holborn, Mdx.; later of Leez Priory, Essex

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b. c. 1588,E. Calamy, A Pattern For All (1658), title page, claims he was 70 at d., while in Aug. 1619, at the time of his father’s i.p.m., he was said to be older than 30: C142/384/165. CP claims, without revealing its authority, that he was born in May or June 1587. 1st s. of Robert, 3rd Bar. Rich (Robert Rich†) and 1st earl of Warwick and his 1st w. Penelope, da. of Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex; bro. of Henry*. educ. Eton c.1602-3; Emmanuel, Camb. 1603, MA 1624, incorp. Oxf. 1624; I. Temple 1605. Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry, 279 (we are grateful to Mr. Christopher Thompson for this information; Al. Cant.; CITR, ii. 10. m. (1) 12 Feb. 1605, Frances (d. Nov. 1623), da. and h. of Sir William Hatton alias Newport† of Holdenby, Northants., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.); Her. et Gen. v. 445, 449; D. Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 483-4; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 527; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 308. (2) aft. 12 Mar. but bef. 7 Nov. 1625, Susan (bur. 21 Jan. 1646), da. of Sir Henry Rowe of Shacklewell, Mdx., Mercer and ld. mayor of London 1607-8, wid. of William Halliday (d.1624), Mercer, alderman of London and gov. of E.I. Co. 1621-4, ?s.p.; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 605; C2/Chas.I/M14/16; Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of London comp. G.E. Cokayne, 32, 35; St. Lawrence Jewry, London (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxx), 155. (3) 30 Mar. 1646, Eleanor (d. 20 Jan. 1667), da. of Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., wid. of Sir Henry Lee, 1st bt. (d.1631) of Quarendon, Bucks. and Edward, 6th earl of Sussex (Sir Edward Radcliffe*, d.1643), ?s.p. Her. et Gen. v. 446-7; CP (earl of Warwick). cr. KB 25 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154. styled. Lord Rich 1618; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Warwick 1619. d. 18 or 19 Apr. 1658. 18 Apr.: Leics. RO, DG7/2/1/20, p. 11; English Rev. III: Newsbooks 5 ed. G.E. Aylmer et al., xvii. 187; Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 46; 19 Apr.: Calamy (title page); T. Crofton Croker, Autobiog. of Mary, Countess of Warwick (Percy Soc.), 15. sig. Ro[bert] Riche.
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Freeman, Maldon, Essex 1610, Southampton, Hants 1626; Essex RO, D/B 3/1/19, f. 33; HMC 11th Rep. iii. 24. commr. repair of highways and bridges, Essex 1615-at least 1622; C181/2, f. 225v; 181/3, f. 68v. j.p. Essex 1617 – 27, 1628 – at least38, 1640 – 42, 1644 – 53, 1654 – d., Northants. 1617 – at least25, 1628 – at least50, Suff. 1626–?, 1628-at least 1650, Mdx. and Norf. 1628-at least 1650; C231/4, ff. 45, 207, 228, 259–61; 231/5, ff. 419, 530, 533; C193/13/2; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 502–9; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 8, 11–12; Names of JPs (1650), pp. 21, 34, 38, 40, 52; Essex Q. Sess. Order Bk. 1652–61 ed. D.H. Allen, xxxix. A report that he was ousted from the Essex commn. of the peace in Sept. 1626 was false: T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 149. commr. survey, L. Inn Fields, Mdx. 1618, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 82. sewers, highways and bridges, Essex 1618, Chipping Ongar to Ilford bridge, Essex 1620, Essex, Mdx. and Kent 1622 – at least25, Canvey Is., Fobbing, Mucking and Corringham, Essex 1627 – at least34, Rainham bridge to Mucking mill, Essex 1627 – at least44, Dengie and Rochford hundreds, Essex 1633 – at least54, R. Blackwater, Essex 1634, Gt. Fens 1635 – 39, Stepney marshes, Mdx. 1639, Essex and Kent 1642, Lincs. and Notts. 1642, R. Lea, Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1645 – at least57, Essex 1645, Mdx. 1645, C181/2, f. 318v; 181/3, ff. 19, 42v, 152, 158v, 218v, 233; 181/4, ff. 137v, 150; 181/5, ff. 9, 101, 142, 222v, 227v, 245, 249, 252, 262; 181/6, pp. 64, 221. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1618 – at least42, Norf. circ. 1618 – at least41, Home circ. 1618-at least 1642, C181/2, ff. 314, 316; 181/5, ff. 199v, 219v, 221v. Mdx. 1621-at least 1645, C181/3, f. 20v; 181/5, f. 246. London 1621 – 27, 1629-at least 1641, C181/3, ff. 20v, 211, 234v; 181/4, f. 15v; 181/5, f. 214. Newgate 1621, Essex 1621-at least 1645, C181/3, ff. 22v, 28v; 181/5, f. 254. charitable uses 1619 – 20, 1629 – at least30, 1641; C93/8/5; C192/1, unfol. v. adm. Essex 1620-at least 1649; HCA 30/820, nos. 3, 46; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 206. commr. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. survey Tiptree Heath, Essex 1623; C181/3, f. 95. ld. lt. Essex 1625–6 (jt.), 1629–42 (jt.), 1642–? (sole), Norf. 1642–?; Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 20; A. and O. i. 1–2. commr. to compound for provisions, Essex 1625, Forced Loan 1626–7, Maynard Ltcy. Bk. 1608–39 ed. B.W. Quintrell, 318; Bodl. Firth C4, p. 593. gaol delivery, Newgate 1626 – 27, 1629-at least 1641, C181/3, ff. 211, 234v; 181/4, f. 33v; 181/5, f. 214. liberty and town of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1644, Essex 1645; C181/5, ff. 233, 254. recorder, Warwick, Warws. 1628–41; P. Styles, ‘Corporation of Warwick, 1660–1835’, Trans. Birmingham Arch. Soc. lix. 24. commr. knighthood fines, Essex 1630-at least 1632, E178/5287, ff. 4, 9, 13. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635, Suff. and Essex 1635; C181/4, f. 199v; 181/5, f. 28. gov. Charterhouse hosp. London 1641–50; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 853; LMA, Acc/1876/G/02, f. 113v. commr. perambulation of Waltham Forest, Essex 1641; C181/5, f. 208. kpr. Hyde Park, Mdx. 1648. LJ, x. 524b.

Member, Virg. Co. 1612 – 24, cttee. c. 1619; member, Somers Is. Co. 1615, gov. c. 1627 – c.54; member, Africa Co. 1618, Amazon River Co. 1620, E.I. Co. 1628, Providence Is. Co. 1630, Bahamas Co. 1630; cttee. Council for New Eng. 1620, pres. by 1630-at least 1632. CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 17, 25, 123; CSP Col. E.I. 1625–9, p. 600; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 99; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 543, 796–7, 981; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 332; iv. 20, 80; Procs. of American Antiquarian Soc. 1867, pp. 64, 84, 97, 108.

Member, Sir Henry Wotton’s* embassy to Savoy 1612. Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, ii. 2.

Adm. privateering expedition 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 98. summer guard 1642 – 44, winter guard 1642 – 43, fleet 1648; LJ, v. 174a; Docs. relating to Civil War 1642–8 ed. J.R. Powell and E.K. Timings (Navy Recs. Soc. cv), 8, 42, 69, 138, 374. capt.-gen. of forces about London 22 Oct. 1642–22 Nov. 1642; LJ, v. 415b, 454a. ld. warden of Cinque Ports by 1643–9; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 477; A. and O. ii. 13. ld. high adm. 1643 – 45, 1648–9; LJ, vi. 330a-b; x. 290b-291a; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 9. gov. and ld. high adm. of plantations in W. Indies 1643-at least 1646; A. and O. i. 331, 840. member, admlty. cttee. 1645–8; N.A.M. Rodger, The Safeguard of the Sea, 422, 425, 508. gov. Guernsey and Jersey 1645–7; LJ, vii. 599b; viii. 495a-b, 506a. cdr., Eastern Assoc. 1645. Ibid. vii. 555b.

Commr. swans, Eng. 1628, C181/3, f. 267. execution of poor laws 1632, PC2/42, f. 54. treaty with Scots 1640, regency 1641; Rymer, ix. pt. 3, pp. 35, 61. PC 1641; PC2/53, p. 126. member, cttee. of both kingdoms 1644, Derby House cttee. 1648. CJ, iii. 392b; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 1.

Speaker, House of Lords 15 Nov. 1642, 16–17 and 29 Feb. 1648. LJ, v. 447a; x. 44b, 46b, 78b.

Elder, Essex classis 1646. H. Smith, ‘Presbyterian Organisation of Essex’, Essex Review, xxviii. 16.

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RICH, Sir Robert (c.1588-1658), of Wallington, Norf., Hackney, Mdx. and Allington House, Holborn, Mdx.; later of Leez Priory, Essex
Main residences: Wallington, Norf.; Hackney, Mdx.; Allington House, Holborn, Mdx.; Leez Priory, Essex.
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SYNGE, Richard (c.1567-1632), of Bridgnorth, Salop

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b. c. 1567,Aged about 40 in 1607: STAC 8/176/22, f. 25v. 3rd but ?1st surv. s. of George Synge, tanner of Bridgnorth and 2nd w. Anne, da. of Hugh Catistrey of Catistrey, Salop. m. 1 Jan. 1594, Alice, da. of Roger Rowley of Rowley, Salop, 9s. 1da. Salop RO, Worfield par. reg. transcript; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 449. bur. 7 Mar. 1632 7 Mar. 1632. Salop RO, Bridgnorth St. Mary Magdalen par. reg. transcript. sig. Rich[ar]d Synge.
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Bridgemaster, Bridgnorth 1594, chamberlain 1596 – 97, millmaster 1598 – 99, treas. 1600–1, Salop RO, BB/D1/2/1/12, 14, 16–19. alderman by 1605, bailiff 1605 – 06, 1623 – 24, 1631–d. STAC 8/166/5, f. 20; C2/Chas.I/H43/61; 2/Chas.I/S37/9; Salop RO, Bridgnorth St. Mary Magdalen par. reg. transcript.

Bailiff, Salop estates of (Sir) William Whitmore* by 1609-at least 1615. Salop RO, 5586/5/5/1, ff. 0v-1, 4v-7, 39v-40.

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SYNGE, Richard (c.1567-1632), of Bridgnorth, Salop
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SWINARTON (SWINNERTON), Sir John (1564-1616), of Aldermanbury, London and Stanway Hall, Essex

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bap. 17 Dec. 1564,St. Dionis Backchurch ed. J.L. Chester (Harl. Soc. Reg. iii), 79. o.s. of John Swinnerton, Merchant Taylor, of Aldermanbury and Mary, da. of one Fawnte of Lexden, Essex.Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1520-1610 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxv), 27. educ. Merchant Taylors’ sch. 1576.Reg. Merchant Taylors’ Sch. comp. C.J. Robinson, 25. m. 1 Aug. 1586, Thomasine (bur. 29 Aug. 1650), da. of Richard Buckfold, Girdler, of London, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). St. Mary Aldermanbury ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 51, 53, 54, 56, 61, 63-65, 67, 72, 76, 98; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1520-1610, p. 151. Kntd. 26 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 128. suc. fa. 1608. d. 8 Dec. 1616.A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 48.
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Capt. militia ft. London by 1588,HMC Foljambe, 39. col. by d.; alderman, London 1602 – d., sheriff 1602–3;Beaven, ii. 48. commr. inquiry into lands of Main-plotters, London and Mdx. 1603, into Bye-plotters 1603; C181/1, f. 72v. gov. Christ’s hosp., London by 1605–d.;CLRO, Reps. 26/2, f. 442v; PROB 11/128, f. 474. commr. sewers, London and Mdx. 1606 – at least11, oyer and terminer, London 1611 – d., Mdx. 1613 – d., gaol delivery, London 1611–d.;C181/1, f. 72v; 181/2, ff. 20, 153v, 157, 158, 197, 262v, 263. ld. mayor, London 1612–13;Beaven, ii. 48. commr. new buildings, London 1615.APC, 1615–16, p. 122.

Freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 1589, asst. 1602–d.;C.M. Clode, Early Hist. of Guild of Merchant Taylors of Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, i. 263. member, E.I. Co. 1600; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 116. asst. Spanish Co. 1605,Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 101. Irish Co. 1610;T.W. Moody, Londonderry Plantation, 81. member, French Co. 1611.Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 64.

Farmer, duties on French and Rhenish wine 1593 – 97, 1599 – 1607, sweet wine 1612–d.,F.C. Dietz, Eng. Pub. Finance, 73, 88, 329, 347. silk 1612–d.,HMC Sackville, i. 270. customs [I] 1612.M. Prestwich, Cranfield, 126.

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SWINARTON (SWINNERTON), Sir John (1564-1616), of Aldermanbury, London and Stanway Hall, Essex
Main residences: Aldermanbury, London; Stanway Hall, Essex.
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SWADDON, William (d.1607), of Calne, Wilts.

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m. by 1562,Swaddon’s s. William was aged 19 in 1581: Al. Ox. 4s. 5da. (2 d.v.p.). PROB 11/109, ff. 245v-6. bur. 25 Mar. 1607 25 Mar. 1607. Wilts. RO, Calne par. reg., unfol.
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Guild steward, Calne 1561 – 62, 1566 – 67, 1576 – 77, 1588 – 89, 1601–2. Guild Stewards’ Bk. of Calne 1561–1688 ed. A. W. Mabbs (Wilts. Rec. Soc. vii), p. xxi.

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SWADDON, William (d.1607), of Calne, Wilts.
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SUCKLING, John (1569-1627), of St. Andrew’s, Norwich, Norf.; Dorset Court, Fleet Street, London; Barsham, Suff. and Goodfathers, Twickenham, Mdx.

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bap. 29 Mar. 1569,Add. 19150, f. 296; Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. F.A. Crisp, xiv. 101-5. 6th but 3rd surv. s. of Robert Suckling† (d.1589), mercer, of Norwich, Norf. and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Adam Barwick of East Bergholt, Suff. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 274; Oxford DNB. educ. G. Inn 1590; Padua 1595. GI Admiss. m. (1) 14 Oct. 1604, (with £500), HMC Sackville, i. 180. Martha (d. 28 Oct. 1613), F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. iv. 308. da. of Thomas Cranfield, Mercer, of London, 2s. 4da.; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Rec. Soc. v), 208-9. (2) 2 Mar. 1617, Reg. St. Olave Hart Street, London (Harl. Soc. xlvi), 261. Jane (bur. 22 Nov. 1662), W.A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, vii. 160. da. of John Reve of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., wid. of Charles Hawkins of London, s.p. The Gen. n.s. xxii, 216. Kntd. 22 Jan. 1616. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 157; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 132. d. 27 Mar. 1627. Blomefield, iv. 309-10. sig. Jo[hn] Suckling.
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Sec. to ld. treas. Buckhurst (Thomas Sackville†, later 1st earl of Dorset) by 1601–8. HMC Var. vii. 87.

Recvr.-gen. of Alienations Office 1604–?1620.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 175; 1619–23, p. 122. jt. farmer of customs [I] 1612–18; HMC Downshire, iii. 139. master of Requests 1619–22; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 93; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 365; APC, 1618–19, p. 362. member, High Commission 1620–d.; Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 135; pt. 4, p. 171. commr. logwood imports 1620, starch manufacture 1620, CD 1621, vii. 410, 442. aliens 1621–2; Rymer, vii. pt. 3, pp. 210, 239, pt. 4, p. 31. PC 1622–d.; SP14/129/36; APC, 1621–3, p. 175. comptroller of the Household 1622–d.; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 434; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 213. commr. exacted fees 1622–3, APC, 1621–3, p. 325; Bodl. Tanner 101, no. 67, HEHL, Temple corresp. box 5, STT 877. trade 1622, 1625, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. defective titles 1622–5, Ibid. vii. pt. 3, p. 248; pt. 4, p. 77; viii. pt. 1, p. 32. purveyance compositions 1622, Ibid. vii. pt. 4, p. 19. commr. of finances to duke of Buckingham by 1623–4; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 37, 353. commr. soap manufacture 1624, Ibid. pp. 54, 127; Addenda, 1580–1625, p. 666. Virg. plantation 1624, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 144. customs regulation 1624, Add. 34324, ff. 230–2. wardrobe expenses 1624, banishment of Jesuits and seminary priests 1624.Rymer, vii. pt. 4, pp. 162, 168.

Collector, Tunnage and Poundage, London 1611–d.; Lansd. 1217, f. 74. j.p. Mdx. 1616 – d., Norf., Suff., Surr. and Westminster by 1619–d.; C231/4, ff. 18, 144, C181/2, f. 331v; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 11; SP16/14/45. commr. musters, Mdx. 1616, 1620–2, APC, 1616–17, p. 56; C66/2234. oyer and terminer 1617, the Marshalsea 1623–d., C231/4, f. 40; 181/3, ff. 97, 198v, 217. subsidy, Mdx. 1621 – 22, Norf., Suff. and Mdx. 1624; C212/22/20, 23. dep. lt. Mdx. 1623–d.; C231/4, f. 156; HMC Cowper, i. 269. commr. new buildings, Mdx. 1624, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96. privy seal loans 1625–6;E401/2586, p. 456. freeman, Yarmouth, I.o.W. 1625, Add. 5669, f. 68. Sandwich and Norwich 1626; E. Kent Archives Cent. Sa/AC 7, f. 137v; Reg. Freemen of Norwich ed. P. Millican, 209. commr. Forced Loan, Mdx. and Norf. 1626–7. CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; 1627–8, p. 26; APC, 1627, p. 80, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144.

Cttee. E.I. Co. 1619–d. CSP Col. E.I. 1617–21, p. 283, 1625–9, p. 601.

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SUCKLING, John (1569-1627), of St. Andrew’s, Norwich, Norf.; Dorset Court, Fleet Street, London; Barsham, Suff. and Goodfathers, Twickenham, Mdx.
Main residences: St. Andrew's, Norwich, Norf. and Dorset Court, Fleet Street, London and and Barsham, Suff. and Goodfathers, Twickenham, Mdx.
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RICH, Nathaniel (1585-1636), of Warwick House, Holborn, London and Stondon Massey, Essex

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b. c. 1585,Rich Pprs.: Letters from Bermuda ed. V.A. Ives, 387. 1st s. of Richard Rich of Leez Priory, Essex and Jane, da. of John Machell, Clothworker, of London. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 441. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1601, BA 1604; G. Inn 1609; travelled abroad (France) 1612. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; R.C. Bald, Donne and the Drurys, 97. unm. suc. fa. 1598; Essex RO, D/ABW 32/91. Kntd. 8 Nov. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167. d. c. Nov. 1636. PROB 11/172, ff. 253v-55. sig. Na[thaniel] Riche.
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Cttee. Somers Is. Co. 1615, J.H. Lefroy, Mems. of the Bermudas (repr. 1981), i. 98. Virg. Co. 1619, W.F. Craven, Dissolution of Virg. Co. 90. Providence Is. Co. 1630 – d., dep. gov. 1635. A. Brown, Genesis of US, ii. 979–80.

Commr. inqury [I] 1622 – 23, 1625, ecclesiastical survey [I] 1623, APC, 1621–3, p. 422; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 231; pt. 4, pp. 66, 90; viii. pt. 1, p. 46. plantation of Virg. 1624–5, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 144; APC Col. 1613–80, p. 87. trade 1625. Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 59.

Commr. sewers, Essex 1625–d., C181/3, ff. 162v, 164, 233v; 181/4, ff. 138, 191v. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635. C181/5, f. 28.

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RICH, Nathaniel (1585-1636), of Warwick House, Holborn, London and Stondon Massey, Essex
Main residences: Warwick House, Holborn, London; Stondon Massey, Essex.
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RICH, Robert, Lord Rich (1611-1659), of Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx. and Leighs Priory, Essex; later of Rochford Hall, Essex

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b. 28 June 1611,D. Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 484. 1st s. of Sir Robert Rich*, 2nd earl of Warwick and Frances, da. of Sir William Hatton alias Newport† of Holdenby, Northants. educ. G. Inn 1619; Emmanuel, Camb. 1626, MA 1629, DCL (Oxf.) 1642; GI Admiss.; Al. Cant. travelled abroad (France) 1632. C115/106/8392. m. (1) 9 May 1632, The marriage date is given as 9 Apr. in CP, but there is clearly a scribal error in the parish register as the marriage date follows an entry dated 28 Apr. (J.G. Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey, 214). The error is confirmed by a newsletter writer, who reported on 18 May that Rich had married the previous week: C115/106/8404. (with £11,000 or £12,000), T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, ii. 170; C115/106/8393. Anne (d. 24 Aug. 1638), J. Gauden, Funerals made Cordials (London, 1658), p. 123. da. of Sir William Cavendish I*, 2nd earl of Devonshire, 1s. d.v.p.; Her. et Gen. v. 448. (2) 1 Oct. 1645, Anne (d. aft. 1652 but bef. 1659), da. of Sir Thomas Cheke* of Pirgo, Essex, HMC 7th Rep. 454; M. Keeler, Long Parl. 326. wid. of Richard Rogers† (d.1643) of Bryanston, Dorset, 3da. CSP Dom. 1651-2, p. 15; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 299; Allegations for Mar. Lics. issued by Dean and Chapter of Westminster 1558-1699 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xiii), 229. styled. Lord Rich 1619-41; cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony 26 Jan. 1641; LJ, iv. 145b. suc. fa. as 3rd earl of Warwick 1658. d. 29 May 1659. Leics. RO, DG7/2/1/20, p. 11; F. Chancellor, Ancient Sepulchral Monuments of Essex, 140. However, CP gives the date of death as 30 May, on the strength of the claim made in Autobiog. of Mary, Countess of Warwick ed. T. Crofton Croker, 27. sig. Ro[bert] Riche.
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Member, New Eng. Co. by 1632. Procs. of American Antiq. Soc. (1867), p. 107.

Gent. Privy Chamber extraordinary, 1635-at least 1641. LC5/134, p. 58; LC3/1, unfol.

Commr. subsidy, Essex 1641, Irish aid 1642, SR, v. 62, 141. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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RICH, Robert, Lord Rich (1611-1659), of Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx. and Leighs Priory, Essex; later of Rochford Hall, Essex
Main residences: Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx.; Leighs Priory, Essex; Rochford Hall, Essex.
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RICE, Sir Walter (by 1562-at least 1635), of Newton, Llandefaisant, Carm.

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b. by 1562,C142/234/2. 1st s. of Griffith Rice of Auckland, co. Dur., later of Newton, Llandefaisant, Carm. and Elinor, da. of Sir Thomas Jones† of Abermarlais, Carm. Ibid.; NLW, Dynevor A. 11. m. settlement 1 May 1578, NLW, Dynevor B. 316. Elizabeth (d. aft. 1621), Carm. RO, Dynevor 154/1. da. of Sir Edward Mansell† of Margam, Glam., 4s. 7da. Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, i. 210-11. suc. fa. 1592; NLW, Dynevor A. 11. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 117. d. aft. Nov. 1635. Carm. RO, Dynevor 279/4. sig. Wa[l]ter Rice.
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J.p. Carm. c.1583–1607, Harl. 6993, f. 64; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 159–62. sheriff 1585–6, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 245. dep. lt. 1598–1608, C231/1, f. 49v; SP14/33, f. 4. commr. mises 1606, NLW, Dynevor A. 73. duchy of Lancaster woods 1608; DL44/753, f. 2. dep. steward, Kidwelly, Carm. by 1608-at least 1623; C115/62/5423; 115/62/5494. commr. piracy, Carm., Pemb. and Card. 1617, 1623. C181/2, f. 276; 181/3, f. 97v.

Esq. of the body by 1603; HMC Hatfield, ix. 93; LC2/4/4, f. 47. ?gent. pens. Dwnn, i. 211. He does not appear on any of the surviving lists of Jacobean gent. pen.

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RICE, Sir Walter (by 1562-at least 1635), of Newton, Llandefaisant, Carm.
Main residence: Newton, Llandefaisant, Carm.
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REYNELL, Thomas (c.1590-1665), of St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster, Laleham, Mdx. and Weybridge, Surr.

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b. c. 1590, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Reynell of East Ogwell, Devon and 1st w. Frances, da. of John Aylworth of Poslewe, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 645. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxford 1602, aged 12; M. Temple 1608. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 11 Sept. 1621, Katherine (bur. 8 Apr. 1667), da. of Sir Henry Spiller* of Laleham, 2s. (at least 1 d.v.p.), 2da. D. Lysons, Hist. Acct. Mdx. (1800), p. 225; Vis. Mdx. (Harl. Soc. lxv, 108-9; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. reg. lxvi), 249. Kntd. 15 Sept. 1625. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 189. bur. 29 May 1665. Lysons, 225. sig. Tho[mas] Reynell.
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Cupbearer, Prince Charles’s Household ?1616/17–25; sewer, Privy Chamber 1625 – 46, 1660–d. LC2/6, f. 69v; E179/70/136, 146; LC3/1, unfol.

Patentee (jt.) wine licences, Devon and Cornw. 1629–52, C66/2461/2; CCC, 1149; CTB, 1660–7, p. 328. (sole) fines upon writs of capiatur in Exch. and k.b. 1636-at least 1640. C66/2705/7; CSP Dom. Addenda 1625–49, p. 750.

J.p. Devon 1629–?45; C231/5, p. 11. bailiff, ex-chantry lands, Devon by 1631. E315/31, f. 16.

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REYNELL, Thomas (c.1590-1665), of St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster, Laleham, Mdx. and Weybridge, Surr.
Main residences: St. Martin's Lane, Westminster; Laleham, Mdx.; Weybridge, Surr.
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