Paternal Family Tree: Rich
Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208
On 10th January 1581 [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 21] and [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Baroness Rich of Leez. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 37].
Before 19th August 1590 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland was born to Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 30] and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire [aged 27].
On 19th August 1590 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland was baptised.
In 1605 [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 45] and [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire [aged 41] were divorced.
In February 1605 [his brother] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 17] and [his sister-in-law] Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 15] were married. He the son of [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 45] and [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire [aged 42].
On 26th December 1605 [his step-father] Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire [aged 42] and [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire [aged 42] were married at Wansted House, Essex during a service conducted by Archbishop William Laud [aged 32] (future). The marriage was regarded as uncanonical and resulted in the disgrace of both parties, who were banished from King James I's court circles. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 62]. They were third cousins.
On 7th July 1607 [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire [aged 44] died.
In 1610 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 19] was elected MP Leicester.
In 1614 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 23] was elected MP Leicester.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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In 1616 [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 56] and [his step-mother] Frances Wray Countess Warwick were married. She by marriage Baroness Rich of Leez.
In 1616 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 25] and Isabel Cope Countess Holland were married. He the son of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 56] and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
On 27th September 1616 [his daughter] Dorothy Rich was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 26] and [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. She died aged one in 1617.
Around 1617 [his daughter] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 26] and [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. She married 28th June 1632 her second cousin once removed William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert, son of William Paget 4th Baron Paget Beaudasert and Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert, and had issue.
In 1617 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 26] was appointed Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard.
Around December 1617 [his daughter] Dorothy Rich [aged 1] died.
In 1618 [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 58] was created 1st Earl Warwick. [his step-mother] Frances Wray Countess Warwick by marriage Countess Warwick.
Around 1619 [his son] Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 28] and [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. He married (1) 1641 his fifth cousin once removed Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland and had issue (2) 1661 his first cousin once removed Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland, daughter of Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester and Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville, and had issue.
On 20th March 1619 [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 59] died. His son [his brother] Robert [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Warwick, 4th Baron Rich of Leez. [his sister-in-law] Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 29] by marriage Countess Warwick.
He was buried at St Lawrence's Church, Snarford [Map]. Unusual head and shoulder portrait sculpture of deceased full face, with a profile of his wife [his step-mother] Frances Wray Countess Warwick behind, set in a circular medallion. To either side are pelleted Pilasters supporting an entablature with scrolled Cartouche of arms and flanked by heraldic supporters. The whole is painted and gilded and beneath is a panel containing an inscribed poem. Above his Arms implaled with hers. His are quartered 1&4 
Rich Arms 2&3 Baldry Arms (his mother), hers quartered 1&4 Wray 2&3 Unknown. the monument is perhaps the work of Epiphanius Evesham. Sculpted by Epiphanius Evesham.
Before 6th October 1623 [his daughter] Isabella Rich was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 33] and [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. She married her half sixth cousin James Thynne.
In 1624 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 33] was created 1st Earl Holland. [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland by marriage Countess Holland.
In 1625 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 34] was appointed 421st Knight of the Garter by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 58].
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Before 20th January 1626 [his brother] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 38] and [his sister-in-law] Susan Rowe Countess Warwick [aged 44] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. He the son of [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
On 7th February 1626 [his illegitimate half-brother] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 26] were married. He the illegitmate son of [his step-father] Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire and [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
In July 1627 [his illegitimate half-brother] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 30] was created 1st Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight. [his sister-in-law] Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 27] by marriage Countess Newport in the Isle of Wight.
On 8th November 1627 [his illegitimate half-brother] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 30] was captured at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau in Pont du Feneau, Île de Ré. He was released soon after.
On 8th November 1627 Ralph Bingley [aged 57] was killed in action at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau.
In 1628 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 37] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
Around 1628 [his daughter] Susannah Rich Countess Suffolk was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 37] and [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. She married 1st December 1640 her fifth cousin James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk, son of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk, and had issue.
In 1628 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 37] was appointed Chancellor Cambridge University.
In 1628 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 37] was appointed Constable of Windsor Castle.
In 1628 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 37] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
In 1628 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 37] was appointed Master of the Horse.
In 1632 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 41] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
On 28th June 1632 [his son-in-law] William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert [aged 22] and Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert. She the daughter of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 41] and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were second cousin once removed.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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In 1634 Daniel Mijtens [aged 44]. Portrait of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 43].
Before 3rd May 1635 [his son] Cope Rich was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 44] and [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland.
Around 1636 [his daughter] Mary Rich was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 45] and [his wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. She married 17th December 1657 John Campbell 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland and had issue.
1639. Follower of Anthony Van Dyck [aged 39]. Portrait of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 48].
On 1st December 1640 [his son-in-law] James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk [aged 21] and Susannah Rich Countess Suffolk [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk. She the daughter of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 50] and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. He the son of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. They were fifth cousins.
In 1641 Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland [aged 22] and Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 18] were married. He the son of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 50] and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1642 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 51] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
After 1646 [his brother] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 58] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Wortley Countess Sussex Warwick Manchester were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of Richard Wortley and Elizabeth Boughton Countess Devonshire. He the son of [his father] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and [his mother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 9th July 1648 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 57] entered St Neots with his army of approximately 400 men.
The Battle of St Neots on 10th July 1648 was a skirmish during the Second English Civil War at St Neots in Cambridgeshire. A Royalist force led by Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 57], who was captured, and Colonel John Dalbier, who was killed, was defeated by a hundred veteran troops from the New Model Army, commanded by Colonel Adrian Scrope [aged 47].
Kenelm Digby [aged 23] drowned whilst attempting to cross the River Great Ouse.
On 10th July 1648 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 57] fought for the Royalist army, and surrendered, by his account, on condition his life would be spared. He was executed ten months later.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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After 10th July 1648 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 57] was imprisoned at Warwick Castle [Map].
On 27th February 1649 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 58] was tried and was condemned as a traitor and sentenced to death.
On 9th March 1649 at the Old Palace Yard, Westminster Palace three Royalist Lords were beheaded ...
Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 41] was beheaded. His son Arthur [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Baron Capell Hadham.
Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 58] was beheaded. His son Robert [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Holland. Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 26] by marriage Countess Holland.
James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 42] was beheaded. His brother William [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Duke Hamilton, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 3rd Baron Innerdale by special remainder.
John Owen [aged 49] had been sentenced to death but was subsequently pardoned.
In August 1655 [his former wife] Isabel Cope Countess Holland died.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th November 1662. Thence by water, and so by land to my Lord Crew's, and dined with him and his brother, I know not his name; where very good discourse; among others, of France's intention to make a patriarch of his own, independent from the Pope, by which he will be able to cope with the Spaniard in all councils, which hitherto he has never done. My Lord Crew told us how he heard my Lord of Holland say that, being Embassador about the match with the Queene-Mother [aged 23] that now is, the King [aged 32] of France [Louis XIII, in 1624.] insisted upon a dispensation from the Pope, which my Lord Holland making a question of, and that he was commanded to yield to nothing to the prejudice of our religion, says the King of France, "You need not fear that, for if the Pope will not dispense with the match, my Bishopp of Paris shall". By and by come in great Mr. Swinfen, the Parliament-man, who, among other discourse of the rise and fall of familys, told us of Bishopp Bridgeman (brother of Sir Orlando [aged 56]) who lately hath bought a seat anciently of the Levers, and then the Ashtons; and so he hath in his great hall window (having repaired and beautified the house) caused four great places to be left for coates of armes. In one, he hath put the Levers, with this motto, "Olim". In another the Ashtons, with this, "Heri". In the next his own, with this, "Hodie". In the fourth nothing but this motto, "Cras nescio cujus". Thence towards my brother's; met with Jack Cole in Fleet Street, and he and I went into his cozen Mary Cole's (whom I never saw since she was married), and drank a pint of wine and much good discourse. I found him a little conceited, but he had good things in him, and a man may know the temper of the City by him, he being of a general conversation, and can tell how matters go; and upon that score I will encourage his acquaintance.
[his son] Henry Rich was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and Isabel Cope Countess Holland.
[his son] Charles Rich was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. He married 1662 his fifth cousin once removed Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter, daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire.
[his daughter] Diana Rich was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and Isabel Cope Countess Holland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Rich
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Rich
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Dinley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Dinley
Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rowland Jenks
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Jenks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
father: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Baldry
Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez
Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley 
8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 8th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier 
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bourchier Baroness Ferrers Chartley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Woodville Viscountess Bourchier 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 
6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 
7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
mother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knollys 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Doyley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boleyn 
8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England