Edmund, b. in 1636, d. unm. Gervace, b. in 1610, a merchant in Spain. He d. in April, 1646, and was s. by his eldest son, George, John, } d. unm. LEONARD, Successor to his brother William. He d. in May, 1689, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR WILLIAM RERESBY. This gentleman afforded a melancholy contrast to the high reputation of his distinguished father. "In 1705 (says Hunter) he had sold Thribergh and the estates connected with it. He was alive in 1727, when Wotton's account of the Baronets was published. In that work he is said to be reduced to a low condition. Brooke was informed that he was tapster of the Fleet prison. This is not improbable, for his tastes and habits appear to have been of the lowest order. I have seen one sad evidence. He died in great obscurity, a melancholy instance how low pursuits and base pleasures may sully the noblest name, and waste an estate gathered with labour, and preserved by care a race of distinguished ancestors. Gaming was amongst his follies, and particularly that lowest specimen of the folly, the fights of game cocks. The tradition at Thrybergh is (for his name is not quite forgotten), that the estate of Dennaby was staked and lost on a single main." This profligate person died fortunately unmarried, when the BARONETCY, probably nothing more remained, devolved upon his brother, IV, SIR LEONARD RERESBY, who d, unm. 11th August, 1748, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. The estate of THRYBERGH was sold by SIR WIL- ELIZABETH SAVILE, who m. the Hon. John who had no issue, and having full Arms-Gu. on a bend arg. three crosses patonce sable. CREATED RICH, OF SUNNING. 20th Mar. 1660 1. EXTINCT 6th April, 1503 Lineage. WILLIAM RICH, of Minty, in the county of Glouces ter, m. a daughter of John Packer, of Cheltenham, and was father of THOMAS RICH, an alderman of the city of Glouces ter, anno 1600, who, beside what paternal estate be inherited, was seized of the manor of Astwood Court, in Worcestershire. He m. Anne, daughter of Thomas Machyn, of Gloucester, and had, with a daughter, Anne, m. first to Toby Clements, of Gloucester, and secondly to John Hanbury, esq. of Feckenham, in Worcestershire, a son and heir, 1. THOMAS RICH, esq. of Sunning, in the county of Berks, who, as a Turkey merchant, amassed a large fortune, and attained a high character for beneve lence and public spirit. He supplied his unhappy sovereign while in exile, with considerable sums of money, and with equal liberality contributed to the support of the oppressed clergy at home. At his decease, he left £16,000 in public charities. On the Restoration, he was created a BARONET by the restored monarch, by patent dated 20th March, 1660-1. Sæ Thomas married first, Barbara, daughter of Gilbert Morewood, esq. of Seale, in the county of Leicester, and by her had a son, Gilbert, who d. s. p. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Cocksit, esq. an allerman of London, and had WILLIAM, his heir. He Mary, m. to Sir Robert Gayer, K.B. Sir Thomas d. 15th October, 1667, aged sixty-six, and was s. by his son, II. SIR WILLIAM RICH, who represented the city Gloucester in parliament in 1698. Hem Lady Anat Bruce, daughter of Robert, Earl of Aylesbury, and was s. at his decease in 1711, by his only son, 111. SIR ROBERT RICH, who m. Mary, daughter Sir William Walter, bart. of Sarsden, in Oxfordshire, by his wife, the Lady Mary Tufton, daughter of thi Earl of Thanet, and had (with two daughters, the wife of Captain Wilson of the guards, and the other of Walter Knight, esq. of Ruscomb, Berks, sons, viz. His lady survived him and was living at Sunning in 1741. The RICH's were originally of Hampshire, where JOHN LE RICH, of Rich's Place, flourished about the reign of EDWARD II. His son and heir, ROBERT LE RICH, was living temp. EDWARD III. and was father of JOHN LE RICH, of Rich's Place, who was alive in he 13th of HENRY IV. and had two sons, RICHARD nd William. The elder, RICHARD RICH, was a mercer in the city of London, ind one of the sheriffs thereof in 1441. He was a peron of note in his time, and distinguished by some haritable foundations. He made his will in 1463, and equeathed his body to be buried in the chapel of St. dary, within the church of St. Lawrence, in veteri Judaismo. He appointed Catherine, his daughter, and homas, his son, Robert Lane, chaplain, William Maewe, John Walden, and Thomas Urswick, (the husands of his daughters,) to be clothed, the day of his neral, in black cloth, and that all the sons of his aid daughters, and one servant of Marewe, Waldon, and Urswick, and all his own servants in London, be lothed in black cloth; and that the aforesaid Thomas rswick, have for himself, and his wife, and all his hildren, to the buying of this vesture, forty shillings. leside his daughters, this substantial citizen had two ons, viz. 1. JOHN, died in his father's lifetime, leaving a son, JOHN, citizen and mercer of London, father of THOMAS, who m. one of the daughters When solicitor-general, he was sent by the king, HENRY VIII.) with Sir Richard Southwell and Mr. almer, to take away Sir Thomas More's books, then uner in the Tower for refusing the oath of succession d supremacy. Mr. Rich pretending friendship to him, protesting he had no commission to talk with him at the affairs of the supremacy, put a case to him, If it were enacted by parliament, that Richard b should be king, and that it should be treason in anydy to deny it, what offence were it to contravene that Sir Thomas More answered, he should offend if he o, because he was bound by the act; but that this as a case of little moment. Whereupon Sir Thomas d, he would propose a higher case; Suppose it were ced by parliament, that God should not be God, wherit were not an offence to say it according to the act. Rich replied, yes; but said withal, I will propose II. THOMAS. and co-heirs of Sir Edward Shaw, knt. lord mayor of London, and had a son and heir, The younger son, RICHARD RICH, esq. of Weld or Burntwood, in Essex, who m. Rachael, daughter of Thomas Newborough, esq. of Berkley, in Somersetshire, and had two sons, Robert, the younger, was a master in Chancery, 1620. The elder, EDWARD RICH, esq. of Horndon, died in 1599, leaving by Joan, daughter and heir of Edward Sanders, of London, a son and heir, ROBERT RICH, of Stondon, in Essex, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Dutton, knt. and was s. by his son, NATHANIEL RICH, of Stondon, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edmund Hampden, of Hampden, and secondly, Anne, dau. of John, Earl of Ancram, by the latter he had two sons, 1. NATHANIEL, re ceiver of the king's taxes in 1694,whom. Mary, daughter of Matthew Rud, and had several children. 2. ROBERT, of whom hereafter as suc cessor to SIR CHARLES RICH, bart. THOMAS RICH, m. Elizabeth, daughter of one Meyne, of London, and had a son, RICHARD RICH, who wedded Joan, daughter of Dingley, and by her was father of RICHARD RICH, a successful and intriguing lawyer in the time of HENRY VIII. who by pliancy, profligacy, and, it is said, perjury, made his way to the honours and emoluments of his profession, and became LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND, when he was raised to the peerage, anno 1547, as LORD RICH. He m. Elizabeth, sister of William Jenks, of London, grocer, and dying in 1568, was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT RICH, second Lord Rich, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of George Baldry, esq. son and a middle case; the king, you know, is constituted supreme head of the church, why should not you, Master More, accept him for such, as you would me, if I were made king? More rejoined, the case is not the same; because, said he, a parliament can make a king, and depose him, and that every parliament man may give his consent thereto, but that a subject cannot be bound so in the case of supremacy. Rich swearing to this pretended conversation with the ex-chancellor, on the trial of that eminent man, was a great means of his condemnation. When he gave evidence in open court, Sir Thomas More exclaimed," If I were a man, my lords, that had no regard to my oath, I had no occasion to be here as a criminal; and if this oath, Mr. Rich, you have taken be true, then I pray I may never see God's face; which were it otherwise, is an imprecation I would not be guilty of to gain the whole world." heir of Sir Thomas Baldry, knt. an alderman of London, and had, with daughters, three sons, viz. RICHARD, d. s. p. in the lifetime of his father, leaving Katherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Knevit, knt. his widow. ROBERT, who became third Lord Rich, and from whom descended the subsequent Earls of Warwick and Holland of that family, (refer to BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) Edwin (Sir). The third son, SIR EDWIN RICH, knt. of Mulbarton, in Norfolk, which manor he purchased from William Gresham, esq. in the 42nd of ELIZABETH, m. Honora, daughter of Charles Worlick, esq. and had issue, Robert, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Edwin (Sir), of Lincoln's Inn, who in 1675, gave CHARLES. Frances, m. to Nathaniel Acton, esq. Margaret. Honora. The youngest son, 1. CHARLES RICH, esq. inherited the estate of Mulberton, on the decease of his brothers issueless. He was created a BARONET, as "Sir Charles Rich, of London," 24th January, 1675-6, with remainder to RoBERT RICH, esq. of Stondon, in Essex, second son of Nathaniel Rich, by Elizabeth Hampden, his wife. Sir Charles m. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Cholmondeley, and had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz. ELIZABETH, M. to Peter Cevill, a French gentle Sir Robert d. 1st October, 1699, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR CHARLES RICH, who d. s. p. and was s. by his brother, IV. SIR ROBERT RICH, a field mashal in the army, colonel of the 4th dragoons, and governor of Chelsea Hospital. He represented Dunwich in parliament, in the first parliament of GEORGE I. and sate afterwards for Beeralston and St. Ives. He m. one of the daughters and co-heirs of Col. Griffin, one of the clerks of the board of green cloth to Queen ANNE, and had issue, ROBERT, his successor. George, d. unm. Elizabeth, m. to George, first Lord Lyttelton, (his lordship's second wife). Mary, d. unm. He d. 1st February, 1768, and was s. by his elder son, V. SIR ROBERT RICH, of Rosshall, Suffolk, who in 1756, was appointed governor of Londonderry and Culmore Fort, in Ireland, and in 1760, made a lieute nant-general. He m. Mary, sister of Peter, first Earl of Ludlow, and had an only daughter, MARY-FRANCES, who m. 4th January, 1784, the Sir Robert d. 19th May, 1785, when, in default of male issue, the BARONETCY EXPIRED. The estate devolved upon Sir Robert's only daughter, whose husband assumed in consequence the surname and arms of RICH, and being created a BARONET in 1791, became SIR CHARLES RICH, of Shirley House, in the county of Hants. (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage). Arms-Gules, a chevron between three crosses, botoné, or. JOHN RICHARDS, who came into England with thứ Queen Mother of CHARLES II. from Thoulouse, and had a numerous issue. His youngest son, 1. SIR JAMES RICHARDS, of Brambletye House, th the county of Suffolk, was first knighted by CHARLES II. for saving several men of war, and was created a BARONET by the same prince, 22nd February, 1083-4 He m. first, Mrs. Anne Popely, of Redhouse, in Bris tol, and by her had two sons, JOHN, his successor. Arthur. Elizabeth. Sir James m. secondly, Beatrice Herrera, a Spansk lady, and by her had, He d. about the year 1705, and was s. by his elies! son, II. SIR JOHN RICHARDS, a colonel in the Spanis service, and afterwards a merchant at Cadiz. He unm, and was s. by his half-brother, III. SIR JOSEPH RICHARDS, who d. unm. 2nd Junt 1738, and was s. by his brother, IV. SIR PHILIP RICHARDS, a general officer in th Spanish service, who m. the eldest daughter of th Duke de Montemar, commander-in-chief of the Spanis forces sent into Italy in 1735. Of this BARONET, & his descendants, nothing further is known. Arms-Argent, a chevron, and in base a lion ras pant, azure. This family, anciently written RIDGEWAY, alias PEACOCK (alluding to which the old bearing of arms vas three peacocks' heads erased), had been in Devonhire from a very early period, as manifested by the ollections of Sir William Pole, the best antiquary of bat county. The name may be presumed to have een local, there being two places so called in the hire, one near Plymouth, the other in the parish of Owlscomb, near Honiton. The first who advanced the family was STEPHEN RIDGEWAY, who was one of the stewards of the city of Exeter 6 EDWARD IV. 1466, and mayor hereof 7 HENRY VII.; son or grandson to whom, in ll probability, was JOHN RIDGEWAY, esq. who purchased from the Mohuns of Dunster the manor of Tor, in the county of Devon, and was elected one of the representatives of the city of Exeter in the two first parliaments alled by Queen MARY. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Wentford, and was s. by his son, THOMAS RIDGEWAY, esq. who purchased, in 1599, rom Sir Edward Seymour the scite of the Abbey of for, in Devon. He m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Southcote, esq. and co-heir of her mother, Grace, laughter and heir of John Barnhouse, esq. of Marsh, a Devonshire, and by her had a son and heir, 1. SIR THOMAS RIDGEWAY, who was employed in Ireland in a military capacity temp. ELIZABETH, and planted the first Protestant colony in that kingdom. He was high sheriff of Devonshire in 1600, and received the honour of knighthood. At the accession of King JAMES to the throne of England he was elected one of the knights of the shire for the county of Devon in the first parliament called by that prince, who continued to employ him in some of the highest places of trust and command in Ireland, and had him sworn of the privy council. He was advanced to the dignity of BARONET 25th November, 1612; created a peer of the kingdom of Ireland in 1616, as Baron of GallenRidgeway; and advanced in 1622 to the earldom of Londonderry. He m. Cicely, sister and co-heir of Heury Mackwilliam (the lady was maid of honour to Queen ELIZABETH), and had issue, ple, bart, and left, with several daughters, two sons, ROBERT and Thomas. The eldest son, IV. SIR ROBERT RIDGEWAY, fourth Earl of Londonderry, m. Lucy, daughter of Sir William Jopson, bart. and had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz. LUCY, m. to Arthur, fourth Earl of Donegal, and d. s. p. 16th July, 1736. FRANCES, m. to Thomas Pitt, esq. M.P. for Wilton, who was created Earl of Londonderry. His lordship died 7th March, 1713-14, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT. Tor Mohun, the old Ridgeway estate in Devon, was sold, about 1768, by the Earl of Donegal to Sir Robert Palk, bart. The scite of the Abbey of Tor was purchased from the first Earl of Londonderry, in 1653, by John Stawell, esq. of Indiho, from whom Sir George Cary, knt. purchased it in 1662, Arms-Sa. a pair of wings conjoined and elevated JOHN ROBARTES, esq. inherited a very ample estate, and dying in 1614, left, by Philippa, daughter of John Gavrigan, esq. of Gavrigan, in Cornwall, an only son, SIR ROBERT ROBARTES, of Truro, who was sheriff of Cornwall in the time of his father, and received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I. at Whitehall, in 1616. He was created a BARONET 3rd July, 1621, and in four years after, (1625) through the influence of the favourite Buckingham, to whom it is recorded that he paid ten thousand pounds, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Robartes, of Truro. He m. Frances, daughter and co-heir of John Hender, esq. of Botreaux Castle, in Cornwall, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Mary, m. to William Rous, esq. of Halton, in Jane, m. to Charles, Lord Lambert. He d. in 1634, and was s. by his son, II. SIR JOHN ROBARTES, second Lord Robartes. This nobleman took an active part against the king in the civil war, and had a command in Essex's army, at the battle of Edge Hill. He was afterwards go vernor of Plymouth, and lord lieutenant of the county of Devon. He retired, however, and lived in privacy at Lanhydrock, during the usurpation of Cromwell. In the end promoting the Restoration, he was favour. ably received by CHARLES, by whom his name was restored to the privy council, and in 1669, he was constituted lord lieutenant of Ireland. In 1679, he was created Viscount Bodmin and Earl of Radnor. His lordship m. first, Lady Lucy Rich, daughter of Robert, EARL OF WARWICK, and had issue, 1. ROBERT, Viscount Bodmin, a man of eminent ability, who d. about the year 1681, at the court of Denmark, where he was ambassador. He m. Sarah, daughter and heir of John Bodvile, esq. of Bodvile Castle, in Carnarvonshire, and left issue, 1. CHARLES-BODVILE, successor to his grand father. 2. Russell, one of the tellers of the Exchequer, m. Lady Mary Booth, daughter of Henry, Earl of Warrington, and had HENRY, who succeeded as third Earl of Radnor. MARY, m. to Thomas Hunt, esq. of 1. THOMAS HUNT, of Mollington 2. GEORGE HUNT, who s. to the property of HENRY, third Earl of Radnor. 1. Isabella, m. to Col. Leigh, of Adlington. 2. Sarah, d. unm. 3. Lucy, m. to the Hon. George Booth, second son of George, first Lord Delamere. 4. Essex, d. unm. 11. Hender, M.P. for Bodmin, d. unm. III. John, d. young. He m. secondly, Isabella, daughter of Sir John Smith, knt. and had nine other children, viz. IV. Francis, who sate in parliament in the times of CHARLES II., JAMES II., WILLIAM III., and Queen ANNE. He was distinguished in litera. ture and science, and was vice-president of the Royal Society. He m. Lady Anne Boscawen, relict of Sir Hugh Boscawen, esq. and daughter of Wentworth, seventeenth Earl of Kildare, and had 1. JOHN, who became fourth EARL OF RAD NOR. 2. Francis, m. Mary, daughter of William Wallis, esq. of Groveby, Wilts, and died in 1734, leaving an only son, John. Mr. Francis Robartes, sen. d. at Chelsea in v. Henry, m. Miss Frances Coryton, and d. s. p. VI. Warwick. VII. Charles, d. unm. 1. Isabella, m. first in 1669, to John, Lord Moore, afterwards second Earl of Drogheda, and secondly to Daniel Wycherly, esq. of Shropshire. IV. Olimpia. v. Essex, m. tu John Speccot, esq. of Penhale, in Cornwall. Lord Radnor is characterised as "a stanch presbyte rian, sour, and cynical; just in his administration, but vicious under the semblance of virtue; learned above any of his quality; but stiff, obstinate, proud, and jealous, and every way intracticable." He d. in 1685, and was s. by his grandson, III. SIR CHARLES-BODOILE ROBARTES, second Earl of Radnor. This nobleman was called to the privy council by King WILLIAM III. and appointed lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of Cornwall, tard warden of the Stanneries, and high sheriff of the duchy. In the reign of GEORGE 1. he was made treasurer of the chamber, constable of Carnarvon Castle, and re-sworn of the privy council. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Cutler, knt. of the city of London, with whom he acquired the mansion of Wimpole, in Cambridgeshire, which he sold to Lord Hardwicke. He died s. p. in 1723, and was sby his nephew, IV. SIR HENRY ROBARTES, third Earl of Radner who d unm. at Paris in 1741, and was s. in his ho nours by his cousin, V. SIR JOHN ROBARTES, fourth Earl of Radnor, who d. unm. in 1764, when all the honours, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT. On the decease of HENRY, third earl and fourth baronet, the estates devolved upon that noble man's nephew, GEORGE HUNT, esq. of Llanhydrock, in Corn THOMAS JAMES AGAR, who assumed the |