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Henry Rich KG KB PC (bef. 1590 - 1649)

Henry "1st Earl of Holland" Rich KG KB PC
Born before in London, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 30 Apr 1614 in Middlesex, Englandmap
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Died after age 58 in Westminster, London, Englandmap
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Biography

European Aristocracy
Henry Rich was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

beheaded at Westminster Hall, Westminster, London, England

Family and Education

bap. 19 Aug. 1590, 2nd s. of Robert Rich†, 1st earl of Warwick, and 1st w. Penelope, da. of Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex; bro. of Sir Robert Rich*.1 educ. privately (Monsieur Beaufort), Eton c.1602-3, Emmanuel, Camb. 1603, MA 1615; travelled abroad (France) 1607; I. Temple 1611.2 m. 9 July 1612, Isabel, da. and h. of Sir Walter Cope* of Kensington,3 4s. 5da.4 cr. KB 2 June 1610, Bar. Kensington 5 Mar. 1623, earl of Holland 24 Sept. 1624, KG 15 May 1625.5 d. 9 Mar. 1649.[1]

Children of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and Isabel Cope

  1. Susannah Rich d. 1649
  2. Lady Frances Rich7 d. c Sep 1672
  3. Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick d. c Apr 1675
  4. Lady Mary Rich d. 8 Feb 1666
  5. Lady Diana Rich d. c Aug 1658
  6. Charles Rich d. c Apr 1645
  7. Henry Rich d. c Jan 1669
  8. Dorothy Rich b. 27 Sep 1616, d. c Dec 1617
  9. Lady Isabella Rich b. 6 Oct 1623
  10. Cope Rich b. 3 May 1635

Property

St. Bartholomew

"Robert was succeeded in his title by his eldest son Robert, who thus became the fourth Baron Rich and the second Earl of Warwick; but in the property of St. Bartholomew's he was succeeded by his youngest son Henry, on whom it had been settled in 1612 (fn. 11) as a jointure for his wife Isabel Cope, the daughter and heiress of Sir Walter Cope, builder of Cope Castle, Kensington.
This Henry Rich by his good looks greatly attracted King James I, who not only gave him Isabel Cope the heiress to wife, but also lavished large sums of money and honours upon him (pl. XCIII, p. 264). In 1622 he was created Baron Kensington, and in 1624 Earl of Holland, in consequence of which he renamed Cope Castle, Holland House. He was sent as ambassador to France on the negotiations for King Charles's marriage with Henrietta Maria, but on the outbreak of the Civil War he sided with the Parliament. In 1643 he went over to the king at Oxford, but he was not welcomed there, so, after the battle of Newbury, he again joined the side of the Parliament. Later on he plotted a rising in the king's favour at Kingston-on-Thames, but he was taken prisoner at St. Neots, and was beheaded 9th March 1649. (fn. 12)
We have no evidence that this Henry, first Earl of Holland, lived at the family mansion, the old prior's house in the Close, but (fn. 13) Lucie, a daughter of his sister, Lady Essex Cheeke, was baptized in the church in 1624, and Lucie's sister Jane was married there in 1641."[2]

Henry 1st Earl of Holland Rich. [3][4]

Born 19 AUG 1590. St Mary Stratford Bow, Middlesex, England. [5][6]

Died 9 MAR 1649. beheaded at Westminster Hall, Westminster, London, England. [7][8]

Buried Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England. [9]

Marriage Husband @I513@. Wife @I1779@. Child: @I1349@. Marriage 30 APR 1614. London, England. [10]

Henry 1st Earl of Holland Rich. [11][12]

Born 19 AUG 1590. St Mary Stratford Bow, Middlesex, England. [13][14]

Died 9 MAR 1649. beheaded at Westminster Hall, Westminster, London, England. [15][16]

Buried Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England. [17]

Marriage Husband @I513@. Wife @I1779@. Child: @I1349@. Marriage 30 APR 1614. London, England. [18]

Sources

  1. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 [1]
  2. E A Webb. "The parish: Descendants of Rich and the advowson," in The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 2, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921), 292-296. British History Online, accessed March 24, 2016, [2]
  3. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Mary Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1935280913&indiv=try
  4. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  5. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Mary Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1935280913&indiv=try
  6. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  7. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Mary Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1935280913&indiv=try
  8. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  9. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  10. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  11. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Mary Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1935280913&indiv=try
  12. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  13. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Mary Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1935280913&indiv=try
  14. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  15. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Mary Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1935280913&indiv=try
  16. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  17. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  18. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  • Wikipedia Biography
  • ThePeerage.com Profile
  • R. Malcolm Smuts, ‘Rich, Henry, first earl of Holland (bap. 1590, d. 1649)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [3], accessed 24 March 2016
  • A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Volume 3, pg 34 [4]
  • The Online Books Page, (Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649) [5]
  • History and antiquities of Kensington, pg 87 [6]
  • The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, Now First Collected: The grateful servant. The traitor. Love's cruelty. Love in a maze. The bird in a cage. Hyde park, pg 459 [7]
  • A History of England: Principally in the Seventeenth Century, pg 479 [8]
  • Autograph letters signed from Henry Rich, Earl of Holland, to Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex [9]
  • Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of England, Now Existing... Their Descents and Collateral Lines: Their Births, Marriages, and Issues... Deaths, Places of Burial, Monuments, Epitaphs... Also Their Paternal Coats of Arms, Crests, Supporters and Mottos, Volume 2, XIII. Rich, Earl of Warwick and Holland., pg 233 [10]
  • E A Webb. "The parish: Descendants of Rich and the advowson," in The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 2, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921), 292-296. British History Online, accessed March 24, 2016, [11]
  • Source: S1 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;
  • Source: S1 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;




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