Family and Education
b. 28 June 1611, 1st s. of Robert, 2nd earl of Warwick (Sir Robert Rich†) and Frances, da. of Sir William Hatton alias Newport† of Holdenby, Northants;D. Lysons, The Environs of London (1792-4), ii. 484; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 278. bro. of Charles Rich*. educ. G. Inn 1 Aug. 1619; Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1626, MA 1629, DCL (Oxf.) 1642;GI Admiss. 154; Al. Cant.; Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France) 1632;C115/M35/8392; Barrington Lttrs. 218. Académie de Genève 1634.Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878), ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-80), i. 183. m. (1) 9 May 1632, (with £11,000 or £12,000), Anne (d. 24 Aug. 1638), da. of William, 2nd earl of Devonshire (Sir William Cavendish†), 1s. d.v.p.;J.G. Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey (1925), 214; C115/M35/8404; C115/M35/8393; T. Birch, The Court and Times of Charles I (1848), ii. 170; P. Benton, Hist. of Rochford Hundred (Rochford, 1867), 825; J. Gauden, Funerals made Cordials (1658), 123. (2) 1 Oct. 1645, Anne (d. aft. 1652 but bef. Feb. 1654), wid. of Richard Rogers* (d. 1643) of Bryanston, Dorset, da. of Sir Thomas Cheke*, 3da.CSP Dom. 1645-7, p. 128; HMC 7th Rep. 454; TSP vi. 573; Autobiog. of Mary Countess of Warwick, ed. T.C. Croker (1848), 27; Dorothy Osborne: Lttrs. to Sir William Temple, ed. K. Parker (Aldershot, 2002), 181, 196. styled. Ld. Rich 1619-41; cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony 26 Jan. 1641; suc. fa. as 3rd earl of Warwick 19 Apr. 1658. d. 29 May 1659.Leics. RO, DG7/2/1/20, p. 11; F. Chancellor, The Ancient Sepulchral Monuments of Essex (1890), 140; Warwick, Autobiog. 27.
Offices Held
Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1635-aft. 1641.
Local: commr. subsidy, Essex 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;
: Lord Rich (1611-59) of Leighs Priory, Essex 1611 – 59 and Warwick House, Mdx., Holborn.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
RICH, Robert, Lord Rich (1611-59), of Leighs Priory, Essex and Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx.
Will
not found.
Estates
his fa.’s estates were worth £8,000 p.a. in 1657 and the lands in Essex had an annual rental of £5,323 13s 4d in 1663. However, the estates had been entailed and in 1657 Rich was given an allowance of £1,050 p.a.HMC 14th Rep. ix. 281.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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