RICHARDS, Edward (c.1676-1729), of Yaverland, I.o.W.

b. c. 1676, s. of Edward Richards of Yaverland and Collingbourne Kingston, Wilts. by Jane, da. and coh. of Sir Francis Pile, 2nd Bt.†, of Compton Beauchamp, Berks. educ. Exeter, Oxf. matric. 9 Nov. 1693, aged 17, BCL 1699. m. Jan. 1710, Rachel (d. 1737), da. of Sir Edmund Warneford of Sevenhampton, Wilts., 1da. suc. fa. 1678. VCH Berks. iv. 523–5, 528; PCC 17 Reeve.