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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_House_of_Commons_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the House of Commons of England">Speaker of the House of Commons</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 June 1536 – 18 July 1536</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Wingfield" title="Humphrey Wingfield">Humphrey Wingfield</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hare" title="Nicholas Hare">Nicholas Hare</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1547–1552</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Paulet,_1st_Marquess_of_Winchester" title="William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester">The Lord St John</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Goodrich" title="Thomas Goodrich">Thomas Goodrich</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1496-07-00</span>)</span>July 1496</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">12 June 1567<span style="display:none">(1567-06-12)</span> (aged 70)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rochford" title="Rochford">Rochford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Felsted" title="Felsted">Felsted</a> church, Essex</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Chancellor of England">Lord Chancellor of England</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rich.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Rich.svg/200px-Rich.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Rich.svg/300px-Rich.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Rich.svg/400px-Rich.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption>Arms of Rich: <i>Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or</i></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich</b> (July 1496 – 12 June 1567), was <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a> during King <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VI of England">Edward VI of England</a>'s reign, from 1547 until January 1552. He was the founder of <a href="/wiki/Felsted_School" title="Felsted School">Felsted School</a> with its associated <a href="/wiki/Almshouses" class="mw-redirect" title="Almshouses">almshouses</a> in <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> in 1564. He was a beneficiary of the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">Dissolution of the Monasteries</a>, and persecuted perceived opponents of the king and their policies. He played a role in the trials of Catholic martyrs <a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">Thomas More</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Fisher" title="John Fisher">John Fisher</a> as well as that of Protestant martyr <a href="/wiki/Anne_Askew" title="Anne Askew">Anne Askew</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to some sources, Rich was born in the London parish of <a href="/wiki/St_Lawrence_Jewry" title="St Lawrence Jewry">St Lawrence Jewry</a>, the second son of Richard Rich by Joan Dingley,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECokayne1945774_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECokayne1945774-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this is disputed.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, according to Carter, he was born at <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke" title="Basingstoke">Basingstoke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, the son of <b>John Rich</b> (d. 1509?), of <a href="/wiki/Penton_Mewsey" title="Penton Mewsey">Penton Mewsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, and a wife named <b>Agnes</b> whose surname is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter2004_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1509, Richard inherited his father's house in <a href="/wiki/Islington" title="Islington">Islington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter2004_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in 1551 he was described in an official document as "fifty-four years of age and more", and was therefore born about 1496 or earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter2004_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Sergeaunt (1889):<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESergeaunt188980_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESergeaunt188980-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The origin of the family of Lord Rich has been matter of some discussion ... The first of the family of whom there is definite information was <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rich_(Sheriff_of_London)" title="Richard Rich (Sheriff of London)">Richard Rich</a>, a wealthy <a href="/wiki/Mercery" title="Mercery">mercer</a> of London and Sheriff of the City in 1441. The date of his death is given by <a href="/wiki/Burke%27s_Peerage" title="Burke's Peerage">Burke</a> as 1469, but it would seem that he has been confounded with his son John, who was buried in the Mercer’s chapel in that year. The family remained in the city, and the son of John Rich was probably also a mercer. To him was born sometime between 1480 and 1490 a son whom he named Richard.</p></blockquote> <p>He had a brother, Robert, whom <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> granted a <a href="/wiki/Messuage" class="mw-redirect" title="Messuage">messuage</a> in Bucklersbury<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 24 February 1539,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESimpson1870161–3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESimpson1870161–3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and who died in 1557.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Little is known of Rich's early life. He may have studied at Cambridge before 1516.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, he entered the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a> as a lawyer and at some point between 1520 and 1525 he was a reader at the <a href="/wiki/New_Inn_(Inn_of_Chancery)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Inn (Inn of Chancery)">New Inn</a>. By 1528 Rich was in search of a patron and wrote to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolsey" title="Thomas Wolsey">Cardinal Wolsey</a>; in 1529, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Audley,_1st_Baron_Audley_of_Walden" title="Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden">Thomas Audley</a> succeeded in helping him get elected as an MP for <a href="/wiki/Colchester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)">Colchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Audley's career advanced in the early 1530s, so did Rich's, through a variety of legal posts, before he became truly prominent in the mid-1530s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPollard1896123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other preferments followed, and in 1533 Rich was knighted and became the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General for England and Wales</a> in which capacity he was to act under <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a> as a "lesser hammer" for the demolition of the monasteries, and to secure the operation of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Supremacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Supremacy">Act of Supremacy</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Rich had a share in the trials of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">Thomas More</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Fisher" title="John Fisher">Bishop John Fisher</a>. In both cases his evidence against the prisoner included admissions made in friendly conversation, and in More's case the words were given a misconstruction that could hardly be other than wilful.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While on trial, More said that Rich was "always reputed light of his tongue, a great dicer and gamester, and not of any commendable fame."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rich also played a major part in Cromwell's fall. </p><p>As King's Solicitor, Rich travelled to <a href="/wiki/Kimbolton_Castle" title="Kimbolton Castle">Kimbolton Castle</a> in <a href="/wiki/Huntingdonshire" title="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire</a> in January 1536 to take the inventory of the goods of <a href="/wiki/Katherine_of_Aragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine of Aragon">Katherine of Aragon</a>, and wrote to Henry advising how he might properly obtain her possessions.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chancellor">Chancellor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chancellor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 19 April 1536 Rich became the chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Augmentations" title="Court of Augmentations">Court of Augmentations</a>, established for the disposal of the monastic revenues. His own share of the spoil, acquired either by grant or purchase, included <a href="/wiki/Leez_Priory" title="Leez Priory">Leez (Leighs) Priory</a> and about 100 manors in <a href="/wiki/Essex,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Essex, England">Essex</a>. Rich also acquired—and destroyed—the real estate and holdings of the Priory of <a href="/wiki/St_Bartholomew-the-Great" title="St Bartholomew-the-Great">St Bartholomew-the-Great</a> in Smithfield.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a> in the same year, and advocated the king's policy. Despite the share he had taken in the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">suppression of the monasteries</a>, the prosecution of Thomas More and Bishop Fisher and the part he played under <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VI of England">Edward VI</a> and Elizabeth, his religious beliefs remained nominally Catholic. </p><p>Rich was also a participant in the torture of <a href="/wiki/Anne_Askew" title="Anne Askew">Anne Askew</a>, the only woman tortured at the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>. Both he and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton" title="Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton">Chancellor Wriothesley</a> turned the wheels of the rack to torture her.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeir1991517_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeir1991517-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baron_Rich">Baron Rich</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Baron Rich"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tower_at_Leez_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254728.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Tower_at_Leez_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254728.jpg/260px-Tower_at_Leez_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254728.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Tower_at_Leez_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254728.jpg/390px-Tower_at_Leez_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254728.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Tower_at_Leez_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254728.jpg/520px-Tower_at_Leez_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254728.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leez_Priory" title="Leez Priory">Leez Priory</a> tower in Essex</figcaption></figure> <p>Rich was an assistant executor of the <a href="/wiki/Will_of_King_Henry_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Will of King Henry VIII">will of King Henry VIII</a>, and received a grant of lands.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became <a href="/wiki/Baron_Rich" title="Baron Rich">Baron Rich</a> of <a href="/wiki/Leez_Priory" title="Leez Priory">Leez</a> on 26 February 1547. In the next month he succeeded <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton" title="Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton">Wriothesley</a> as chancellor. He supported <a href="/wiki/Edward_Seymour,_1st_Duke_of_Somerset" title="Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset">Lord Protector Edward Seymour</a> in his policies, including reforms in Church matters and the prosecution of his brother <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Seymour,_1st_Baron_Seymour_of_Sudeley" title="Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley">Thomas Seymour</a>, until the crisis of October 1549, when he joined with <a href="/wiki/John_Dudley,_1st_Duke_of_Northumberland" title="John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland">John Dudley</a>. He resigned his office in January 1552. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prosecution_of_bishops">Prosecution of bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prosecution of bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich" title="Special:EditPage/Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elizabeth,_Lady_Rich,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Elizabeth%2C_Lady_Rich%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/220px-Elizabeth%2C_Lady_Rich%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Elizabeth%2C_Lady_Rich%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/330px-Elizabeth%2C_Lady_Rich%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Elizabeth%2C_Lady_Rich%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/440px-Elizabeth%2C_Lady_Rich%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="836" data-file-height="1050" /></a><figcaption>Elizabeth, Lady Rich, by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" title="Hans Holbein the Younger">Hans Holbein the Younger</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Rich took part in the prosecution of bishops <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gardiner" title="Stephen Gardiner">Stephen Gardiner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Bonner" title="Edmund Bonner">Edmund Bonner</a>, and had a role in the harsh treatment accorded to the future <a href="/wiki/Mary_I_of_England" title="Mary I of England">Mary I of England</a>. But upon her accession, Mary showed Rich no ill will. He took an active part in the restoration of the old religion in Essex under the new reign, and was one of the most active persecutors. His reappearances in the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">privy council</a> were rare during Mary's reign, but under <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth</a> he served on a commission to inquire into the grants of land made under Mary, and in 1566 was sent for to advise on the question of the queen's marriage. He died at <a href="/wiki/Rochford" title="Rochford">Rochford</a> in <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, on 12 June 1567, and was buried in Holy Cross Church in <a href="/wiki/Felsted" title="Felsted">Felsted</a>. </p><p>In Mary's reign he founded a chaplaincy with provision for the singing of <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">masses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dirge" title="Dirge">dirges</a>, and the ringing of bells in Felsted church. To this was added a <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lenten</a> allowance of herrings to the inhabitants of three parishes. These donations were transferred in 1564 to the foundation of <a href="/wiki/Felsted_School" title="Felsted School">Felsted School</a> for instruction, primarily for children born on the founder's manors, in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>, Greek, and divinity. The patronage of the school remained in the founder's family until 1851. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Descendants">Descendants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rich's descendants formed the powerful <a href="/wiki/Rich_family" title="Rich family">Rich family</a>, lasting for three centuries, acquiring several titles in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_England" title="Peerage of England">Peerage of England</a> and intermarrying with numerous other <a href="/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility">noble families</a>. </p><p>By his wife Elizabeth Jenks (Gynkes) (d.1558)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he had 15 children. Thirteen of them are shown in the Essex pedigrees.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eldest son, Robert (1537?–1581), second Baron Rich, supported the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a>. </p><p>One grandson, Richard Rich, was the first husband of <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Knyvet" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine Knyvet">Katherine Knyvet</a>: another, the younger <a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich,_1st_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick">Robert Rich, third Baron Rich</a> (1559–1619) was created First <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Warwick" title="Earl of Warwick">Earl of Warwick</a> (of the third creation) in 1618, and was the father of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick">Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick</a>, who was Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Commonwealth Navy</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Interregnum_(England)" title="Interregnum (England)">Interregnum</a>. This line failed with the death of the <a href="/wiki/Edward_Rich,_8th_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Edward Rich, 8th Earl of Warwick">8th Earl</a> on 7 September 1759. </p><p>Rich had an illegitimate son named Richard (d. 1598<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) whom he acknowledged fully in his will with legacies and guardians for his minority, his education in the common law, and suitable marital arrangements.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this line of descent was his grandson the merchant adventurer <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Rich_(merchant_adventurer)" title="Nathaniel Rich (merchant adventurer)">Sir Nathaniel Rich</a>, and his great-grandson <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Rich_(soldier)" title="Nathaniel Rich (soldier)">Nathaniel Rich</a> (nephew of the elder Nathaniel), a colonel in the <a href="/wiki/New_Model_Army" title="New Model Army">New Model Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>. One of his distant descendants is <a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the mid-16th century Rich has had a reputation for immorality, financial dishonesty, double-dealing, perjury and treachery rarely matched in English history.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter2004_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The historian <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Trevor-Roper" title="Hugh Trevor-Roper">Hugh Trevor-Roper</a> called Rich a man "of whom nobody has ever spoken a good word".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Depiction_in_the_arts">Depiction in the arts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Depiction in the arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rich is the supporting villain in the play <i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_(play)" title="A Man for All Seasons (play)">A Man for All Seasons</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bolt" title="Robert Bolt">Robert Bolt</a>, which shows his slide into corruption. In the subsequent, Oscar-winning <a href="/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_(1966_film)" title="A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)">film adaptation</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a> portrays him. Bolt depicts Rich as perjuring himself against More in order to become Attorney-General for Wales. More responds, "Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world ... but for Wales?" The final line of the film notes that Rich "died in his bed" in juxtaposition with More's martyrdom and the other major characters' untimely deaths. In the <a href="/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_(1988_film)" title="A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)">1988 remake</a> of the film, Jonathan Hackett portrayed Rich. </p><p>Rich is a supporting character in <a href="/wiki/C._J._Sansom" title="C. J. Sansom">C. J. Sansom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Shardlake_series" title="Shardlake series">Shardlake series</a> of <a href="/wiki/Historical_mystery" title="Historical mystery">historical mystery</a> novels, which are set in Henry VIII's reign. Rich is portrayed as a cruel villain who is prepared to subvert justice to enhance his property and position. He has a significant role in the plot of <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_(Sansom_novel)" title="Sovereign (Sansom novel)"><i>Sovereign</i></a>, the third of the series, and in <a href="/wiki/Heartstone_(novel)" title="Heartstone (novel)"><i>Heartstone</i></a>, the fifth. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rod_Hallett" title="Rod Hallett">Rod Hallett</a> played Rich in seasons two, three and four of the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tudors" title="The Tudors">The Tudors</a></i>. </p><p>Rich (spelled Riche in the novels) appears in <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Mantel" title="Hilary Mantel">Hilary Mantel</a>'s three volumes about <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hall" title="Wolf Hall">Wolf Hall</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bring_Up_the_Bodies" title="Bring Up the Bodies">Bring Up the Bodies</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mirror_%26_the_Light" title="The Mirror & the Light">The Mirror & the Light</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Dick" title="Bryan Dick">Bryan Dick</a> portrays him in the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> television adaptation of the first two novels, and Tom Mothersdale in the last of <i><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hall_(TV_series)" title="Wolf Hall (TV series)">Wolf Hall</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F23491">10.1093/ref:odnb/23491</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Rich%2C+Richard&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F23491&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=P.+R.+N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Rich%2C+1st+Baron+Rich" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/camden-record-soc/vol42/pp362-369">"Notes to the diary: 1558 Pages 362-369 The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, 1550-1563. 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style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich_(Bermuda_settler)" title="Robert Rich (Bermuda settler)">Robert Rich</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1585</span>-1630)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Rich_(merchant_adventurer)" title="Nathaniel Rich (merchant adventurer)">Sir Nathaniel Rich</a><br />(1585–1636)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Honora Worlick</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Sir Edwin Rich<br />(1561–1600)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#ccf; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich,_1st_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick">Robert Rich</a><br />3rd BR<br />1st EW<br />(1559–1618)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Penelope_Rich,_Lady_Rich" class="mw-redirect" title="Penelope Rich, Lady Rich">Penelope Devereux</a><br />(1563–1607)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dotted;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Elizabeth Hampden (died 1655) <br />(cousin of <a href="/wiki/John_Hampden" title="John Hampden">John Hampden</a>)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Rich_(soldier)" title="Nathaniel Rich (soldier)">Colonel Nathaniel Rich</a><br />(d. <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1701</span>)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Elizabeth Cholmeley<br />(d. 1694)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#ccf; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000">Sir Charles Rich<br />1st Bt<br />(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1619</span>–1677)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Rich_(1594%E2%80%931675)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin Rich (1594–1675)">Sir Edwin Rich</a><br />(1594–1675)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Rich,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet">Sir Robert Rich</a><br />2nd Bt<br />(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1648</span>–1699)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Mary Rich<br />(d. 1714)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Rich,_Countess_of_Holland" title="Isabel Rich, Countess of Holland">Isabel Cope</a><br />(d. 1655)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#ccf; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Rich,_1st_Earl_of_Holland" title="Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland">Henry Rich</a><br />1st BK<br />1st EH<br />(1590–1649)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick">Robert Rich</a><br />4th BR<br />2nd EW<br />(1587–1658)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Frances Hatton<br />(1590–1623)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Isabella Rich<br />(b. <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1590</span>)</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Elizabeth Griffith<br />(b. <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1692</span>–1773)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Rich,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet">Sir Robert Rich</a><br />4th Bt<br />(1685–1768)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000">Sir Charles Rich<br />3rd Bt<br />(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1680</span>–1706)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Rich,_Countess_of_Warwick" title="Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick">Mary Boyle</a><br />CW<br />(1625–1678)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rich,_4th_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick">Charles Rich</a><br />6th BR<br />4th EW<br />(1619–1673)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich,_3rd_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick">Robert Rich</a><br />5th BR<br />3rd EW<br />(1611–1659)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Lady Anne Rich<br />(1604–1641/42)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Montagu,_2nd_Earl_of_Manchester" title="Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester">Edward Montagu</a><br />2nd EM<br />(1602–1671)</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Rich,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet">Sir Robert Rich</a><br />5th Bt<br />(1717–1785)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000">Sir George Rich<br />6th Bt<br />(1728–1799)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/James_Thynne" title="James Thynne">Sir James Thynne</a><br />(1605–1670)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Lady Isabella Rich<br />(b. 1623)</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Cope Rich<sup id="cite_ref-Spouse_not_known_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spouse_not_known-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(1634–1676)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich,_5th_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick">Robert Rich</a><br />7th BR<br />5th EW<br />2nd EH<br />2nd BK<br />(1620–1675)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Lady Anne Montagu<br />(d. <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1689</span>)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Montagu,_3rd_Earl_of_Manchester" title="Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester">Robert Montagu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Montagu,_3rd_Earl_of_Manchester" title="Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester">3rd Earl of</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Montagu,_3rd_Earl_of_Manchester" title="Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester">Manchester</a><br />(1634–1683)</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_1st_Earl_of_Breadalbane_and_Holland" title="John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland">John Campbell</a><br />1st EBH<br />(1636–1717)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Lady Mary Rich<br />(1632–1666)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Cope Rich<sup id="cite_ref-Spouse_not_known_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spouse_not_known-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(d. 1706)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Charlotte Myddleton<br />(1680–1731, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Myddelton,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet">Sir Thomas Myddelton</a>)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rich,_6th_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick">Edward Rich</a><br />8th BR<br />6th EW<br />3rd EH<br />3rd BK<br />(1673–1701)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em">Lady Elizabeth Rich<br />(d. 1725)</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Edwardes" title="Francis Edwardes">Francis Edwardes</a><br />(d. 1725)</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;border-radius:0.5em; border:2px outset #999"><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Breadalbane_and_Holland" title="Earl of Breadalbane and Holland">Earls of Breadalbane and Holland</a><br />(Campbell family)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000">Edward Rich<br />10th BR<br />8th EW<br />5th EH<br />5th BK<br />(1695–1759)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color:#eee; border-radius:0.5em; border:2px solid #000"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rich,_7th_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Edward Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick">Edward Henry Rich</a><br />9th BR<br />7th EW<br />4th EH<br />4th BK<br />(d. 1721)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;border-radius:0.5em; border:2px outset #999"><a href="/wiki/Baron_Kensington#Barons_Kensington_(1776/1886)" title="Baron Kensington">Barons Kensington</a><br />(Edwardes family)</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid 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title="Earl of Warwick">Earl of Warwick</a></li> <li>CW: Countess of Warwick</li> <li>BK: <a href="/wiki/Baron_Kensington" title="Baron Kensington">Baron Kensington</a></li> <li>EH: <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Holland" title="Earl of Holland">Earl of Holland</a></li> <li>EM: <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Manchester">Earl of Manchester</a></li> <li>EBH: <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Breadalbane_and_Holland" title="Earl of Breadalbane and Holland">Earl of Breadalbane and Holland</a></li></ul> <p>Boxes with heavy borders follow the progress of Rich titles.<br /> Blue boxes indicate members of the family granted a new title. </p> </blockquote> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"><b>Notes:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-roman"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Spouse_not_known-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a 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Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Burley_(politician)" title="William Burley (politician)">Burley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tresham" title="William Tresham">W. Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Say" title="John Say">Say</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Popham_(military_commander)" title="John Popham (military commander)">Popham I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tresham" title="William Tresham">W. Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Oldhall" title="William Oldhall">Oldhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thorpe_(speaker)" title="Thomas Thorpe (speaker)">Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Charlton_(speaker)" title="Thomas Charlton (speaker)">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wenlock,_1st_Baron_Wenlock" title="John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock">Wenlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tresham_(speaker)" title="Thomas Tresham (speaker)">T. Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Green_(speaker)" title="John Green (speaker)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Strangeways" title="James Strangeways">Strangeways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Say" title="John Say">Say</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Alington_(speaker,_died_1479)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Alington (speaker, died 1479)">Alington II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(speaker)" title="John Wood (speaker)">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Catesby" title="William Catesby">Catesby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lovell" title="Thomas Lovell">Lovell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mordaunt_(speaker)" title="John Mordaunt (speaker)">Mordaunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fitzwilliam" title="Thomas Fitzwilliam">Fitzwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Empson" title="Richard Empson">Empson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Drury_(speaker)" title="Robert Drury (speaker)">Drury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Englefield" title="Thomas Englefield">Englefield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">16th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Dudley" title="Edmund Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Englefield" title="Thomas Englefield">Englefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sheffield" title="Robert Sheffield">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nevill" title="Thomas Nevill">Nevill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Audley,_1st_Baron_Audley_of_Walden" title="Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden">Audley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Wingfield" title="Humphrey Wingfield">Wingfield</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hare" title="Nicholas Hare">Hare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moyle" title="Thomas Moyle">Moyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Baker_(died_1558)" title="John Baker (died 1558)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Dyer" title="James Dyer">Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pollard_(speaker)" title="John Pollard (speaker)">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Broke" title="Robert Broke">Broke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Higham" title="Clement Higham">Higham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cordell" title="William Cordell">Cordell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gargrave" title="Thomas Gargrave">Gargrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Williams_(speaker)" title="Thomas Williams (speaker)">T. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow_(Solicitor_General)" title="Richard Onslow (Solicitor General)">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wray_(English_judge)" title="Christopher Wray (English judge)">Wray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bell_(speaker)" title="Robert Bell (speaker)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Popham_(judge)" title="John Popham (judge)">Popham II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Puckering" title="John Puckering">Puckering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Snagge" title="Thomas Snagge">Snagge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Coke" title="Edward Coke">Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Yelverton" title="Christopher Yelverton">Yelverton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">17th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Croke" title="John Croke">Croke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Phelips_(speaker)" title="Edward Phelips (speaker)">Phelips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranulph_Crewe" title="Ranulph Crewe">R. Crewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Richardson_(judge)" title="Thomas Richardson (judge)">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Crewe" title="Thomas Crewe">T. Crewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_Finch_(speaker)" title="Heneage Finch (speaker)">H. Finch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Finch,_1st_Baron_Finch" title="John Finch, 1st Baron Finch">J. Finch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Glanville" title="John Glanville">Glanville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham_(speaker)" title="Henry Pelham (speaker)">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Rous" title="Francis Rous">Rous</a> (<a href="/wiki/Barebone%27s_Parliament" title="Barebone's Parliament">Barebones Parliament</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Widdrington" title="Thomas Widdrington">Widdrington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Second_Protectorate_Parliament" title="Second Protectorate Parliament">2nd Protectorate Parliament</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaloner_Chute" title="Chaloner Chute">Chute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lislebone_Long" title="Lislebone Long">Long</a> & <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bampfield" title="Thomas Bampfield">Bampfield</a> (<a href="/wiki/Third_Protectorate_Parliament" title="Third Protectorate Parliament">3rd Protectorate Parliament</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Harbottle_Grimston,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet">Grimston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Turnour_(speaker)" title="Edward Turnour (speaker)">Turnour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Job_Charlton,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Seymour,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sawyer_(Attorney_General)" title="Robert Sawyer (Attorney General)">Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Seymour,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gregory_(1625%E2%80%931696)" title="William Gregory (1625–1696)">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Williams,_1st_Baronet,_of_Gray%27s_Inn" title="Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn">W. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Trevor_(speaker)" title="John Trevor (speaker)">Trevor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Powle" title="Henry Powle">Powle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Trevor_(speaker)" title="John Trevor (speaker)">Trevor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Foley_(ironmaster)" title="Paul Foley (ironmaster)">Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Littleton,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet">Littleton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Harley,_1st_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Earl_Mortimer" title="Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer">Harley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer)" title="John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)">Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="His Majesty's Government coat of arms"><img alt="His Majesty's Government coat of arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1567" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons<br />of Great Britain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="18th_century12" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#f7f7f7"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer)" title="John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow,_1st_Baron_Onslow" title="Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow">R. Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bromley_(Speaker)" title="William Bromley (Speaker)">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hanmer,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet">Hanmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Compton,_1st_Earl_of_Wilmington" title="Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington">Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Onslow" title="Arthur Onslow">A. Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Cust,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet">Cust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Norton,_1st_Baron_Grantley" title="Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wolfran_Cornwall" title="Charles Wolfran Cornwall">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grenville,_1st_Baron_Grenville" title="William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington" title="Henry Addington">Addington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons<br />of the United Kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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href="/wiki/Evelyn_Denison,_1st_Viscount_Ossington" title="Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington">Denison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brand,_1st_Viscount_Hampden" title="Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden">Brand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Peel,_1st_Viscount_Peel" title="Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Court_Gully,_1st_Viscount_Selby" title="William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby">Gully</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Lowther,_1st_Viscount_Ullswater" title="James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater">Lowther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Whitley" title="John Henry Whitley">Whitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_FitzRoy" title="Edward FitzRoy">FitzRoy</a></li> <li><a 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