Brief Life History of Robert
When Sir Robert Rich II was born in December 1559, his father, Sir Robert Rich, was 22 and his mother, Lady Elizabeth Baldry Baroness of Leighs, was 22. He married Lady Penelope Devereux on 10 January 1581. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 March 1619, in Snarford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59, and was buried in Uttlesford, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .
English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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