Richard Zouch, D.C.L., Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford from 1620, principal of St Alban Hall, advocate of Doctors' Commons, MP for Hythe in 1621 and 1624, judge and legal writer.
Dates: c.1590–1 March 1661
Biography
Richard Zouch was born at Ansty as the third surviving son of Francis Zouche and Philippa Ludlow. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, became Regius Professor of Civil Law, practised in Doctors' Commons and served as a legal and parliamentary figure during the political upheavals of the seventeenth century. His marriage to Sarah Harte produced issue, and later genealogical material records a continuing Zouch descent through his children.
Notes / Sources
Dictionary of National Biography, Richard Zouche — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Zouche,_Richard
The Dove, or Passages of Cosmography — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/The_dove%3B_or%2C_Passages_of_cosmography%3B_a_poem-_%28IA_doveorpassagesof00zouc%29.pdf
Richard Zouch biography — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Zouch
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Zouche of Ansty
Father: Francis Zouche of Ansty
Mother: Philippa Ludlow
Spouse(s): Sarah Harte
Children / next generation: Sarah Zouche; Katherine Zouche; Anne Zouche and other issue are recorded in later genealogical sources; the complete issue list requires verification from wills and parish records.
Armorial Registry
Zouche of Ansty — Richard Zouch and the surviving intellectual cadet continuation
Branch: Ansty Zouche, third surviving son of Francis Zouche
Issued / recorded: 1590
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