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Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich (c1537-1581) was an English nobleman. He was the eldest son of
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (July 1496 – 12 June 1567), was Lord Chancellor during King Edward VI of England's reign, from 1547 until January 1552. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated almshouses in Essex in 1564. He was ...
by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Jenks of London. He married around 1555 Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of George Baldrey (d. 1540) and granddaughter of Sir Thomas Baldry, Lord Mayor of London in 1514. Their children were: *Richard married Katherine Knyvet. He died before his father. * Robert, 3rd Baron Rich (later
Earl of Warwick Earl of Warwick is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which has been created four times in English history. The name refers to Warwick Castle and the town of Warwick. Overview The first creation came in 1088, and the title was held b ...
) *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 Sir William Petre (c. 1505 – 1572) (pronounced ''Peter'') was Secretary of State to three successive Tudor monarchs, namely Kings Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queen Mary I. He also deputised for the Secretary of State to Elizabeth I. Educated ...
. 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. In 1578 a dispute between Rich and one Edward Windham led to skirmishes in Fleet Street between their servants, which resulted in Windham's imprisonment. Following his death his property in London and Essex was valued at £1,857. He is presumably the kneeling figure represented on the monument to his father in
Felsted Felsted (sometimes spelt Felstead) is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Bannister Green, Bartholomew Green, Causeway End, Coblers Green, Cock Green, Frenches Gre ...
church.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, Robert Rich 1530s births 1581 deaths 16th-century English nobility