Master of revels, M. Temple 1516, butler 1519 – 20, Autumn reader 1529.
J.p. Essex, Herts. 1528 – d., member, council of 15th Earl of Oxford by 1529; commr. subsidy, London 1540, relief, Essex 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1529 – d.; clerk of recognizances 22 Mar. 1532 – 7 Dec. 1548; attorney-gen. for Wales 13 May 1532 – 28 June 1558; dep. chief steward, duchy of Lancaster, south parts, 1532 – 36; recorder, Colchester 30 Sept. 1532–44; solicitor-gen. 10 Oct. 1533 – 13 Apr. 1536; chirographer, ct. common pleas 27 July 1535 – 3 July 1537; surveyor of the liveries 20 Apr. 1536 – 14 Mar. 1537; chancellor, ct. augmentations 24 Apr. 1536 – 24 Apr. 1544, jt. (with (Sir) Edward North) chancellor 24 Apr. – 1 July 1544; groom, privy chamber in 1539; PC by Aug. 1540 – Nov. 1558; treasurer, French war 1 May – Dec. 1544; bailiff, manor of Northwold May 1546; ld. chancellor 23 Oct. 1547 – 21 Dec. 1551; trier of petitions in the Lords Parlts. of Oct. 1553, Nov. 1554, 1559, 1563; chief steward, honor of Rayleigh 4 July 1558.
Speaker of House of Commons 1536.
RICH, Richard (1496/97-1567)