Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England, 1547-1551, 1st Earl of Warwick, created 1561
Dates: c.1496-1567
Biography
English lawyer, politician and courtier who served as Lord Chancellor under Edward VI. He was created Baron Rich in 1547 and Earl of Warwick in 1561.
Notes / Sources
Identified in the supplied manor record as the purchaser of Milton Hall from Henry VIII and as the founder of the Rich family ownership stated to continue until the eighteenth century.
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