List of Papers

Sir Edwin Rich, d. 1640.

X.d.451 (1) Official certification of death, March 23, 1648/1649. Signed by the mayor of Hartlepool, Durham.

Sir Edwin Rich, 1594 - 1675.

I. Manorial Records, Title Deeds, and Estate Papers.

X.d.451 (2) Compotus roll for the Manor of Mulbarton, Norfolk, Michaelmas 1485 - Michaelmas 1486.

X.d.451 (3) Inventory of court rolls... of the Manor of Mulbarton, Norfolk, ca. 1 Ed. III - ca. 32 Eliz., receipted by Edwin Rich, June 20, 1659.

X.d.451 (4 - 5) Rental of the Manor of Mulbarton. Norfolk, Michaelmas 1664.

Two copies, with some differences.

X.d.451 (6) Copy of court roll of the Manor of Roos Hall (Rosehall) and Ashmans, Suffolk for a messuage... in Beccles, August 30, 1644.

X.d.451 (7) License for 31 years from William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, to Edwin Rich to carry the water of four of the latter’s tenements in Durham house yard, near the Strand in the parish of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London, into the Earl’s sewer, May 6, 1657.

X.d.451 (8) Memorandum of an agreement between Sir Edwin Rich and Samuel Vincent, esq. whereby Vincent is to convey to Rich 9 parcels of pasture ground in Newton Flotman and Flordon, [Norfolk] for £600, June 14, 1675.

X.d.451 (9) Receipt for the £600 mentioned in X.d.451 (8), June 15, 1675.

II. Legal and Business Papers.

X.d.451 (10) Official copy of that portion of the will of Sir John Suckling, the first husband of Edwin Rich’s wife Jane, concerning the Manor of Roos Hall, ca. 1646[?].

X.d.451 (11) (Negative photostat). The will and probate of Sir John Suckling at Somerset House, September 30, 1626 and May 11, 1627, including its sentence of confirmation, February 16, 1627/28.

X.d.451 (12) Robert Suckling’s receipt for £20 to Edwin Rich, for three acres of meadow in the Manor of Mettingham, [Suffolk], paid in pursuance of a decreee in Chancery arising out of Rich v. Suckling, June 16, 1653.

X.d.451 (13) Release of errors by Sir Robert Paston, bart., later Earl of Yarmouth, to Sir Edwin Rich, in consequence of an adverse judgment obtained against Paston by Rich in the Court of Common Bench for a debt of £600, July 17, 1666.

X.d.451 (14) The answer of Sir Edwin Rich in Sir John Rous, bart., v. Sir Edwin Rich, concerning the payment of a rent of 7/3d. p.a. from lands in Barsham and Ringsfield, Suffok, part of the lands belonging to Roos Hall or Beccles, n.d. [between 1666 and 1670?].

III. Correspondence.

X.d.451 (15-16) Two letters from Sir Robert Paston, later Earl of Yarmouth, to Sir Edwin Rich, 1671-1672.

Requests money, the second time on account of his son’s marriage.

IV. Miscellaneous Documents.

X.d.451 (17) Note on Palmer’s charity of which Edwin Rich, esq., with Dr. [Ralph] Brownrig and others, was a trustee, ca. 1650.

The charity was to be financed from lands at Holloway.

X.d.451 (18) Receipt for £20 from the Committee for the Militia of London to Edwin Rich, esq. to provide a horse, arms and furniture and a month’s pay for the rider, August 18, 1651.

Richard Rich, 1597 - 1676.

X.d.451 (19) Inventory of the goods and chattels of Richard Rich, late of Mulbarton, Norfolk, deceased, May 30, 1676.

Sir Charles Rich, bart., ca. 1619 - 1677.

I. Title Deeds and Estate Papers.

X.d.451 (20) Bargain and sale by Edwin Rich to his brother and trustee, Charles Rich, of real and personal effects, November 17, 1662.

X.d.451 (21) Assignment of a recognizance for £6000 from Charles Rich to Sir Edward Mansel of Mudlescombe, Carmarthen, bart. and Bussy Mansel, trustees for the debtor, Edward Mansel of Swansea, Glamorgan, esq., April 1, 1666.

X.d.451 (22) A marriage settlement between Sir Charles Rich, bart. and Sir Robert Rich and Dame Mary his wife, the daughter of Sir Charles, assigning a lease of a piece of ground... formerly part of Hatton House in the parish of St. Andrews, Holborn, to Sir Robert and Dame Mary, June 16, 1676. Unsigned.

X.d.451 (23) Receipts from the earl of Salisbury, Christopher, lord Hatton, and the collector of hearth taxes, to Sir Charles and his son-in-law, Sir Robert Rich, for rents and hearth taxes on certain houses in Durham Yard, Hatton Garden, Enfield. 1675-1677, 1681, 1684. 10 items, pinned together.

II. Legal and Business Papers.

X.d.451 (24) A promissory note for £10 from Robert Pilkington of Limestreet, London, to Charles Rich of the New Exchange, “hoshier,” July 14, 1651.

X.d.451 (25-27) Legal papers arising out of the debt of £1800 owed by Edward Montagu, the son and heir of Edward, lord Montagu, to Charles Rich, including a Release of errors from Ralph Montagu to Charles Rich of a judgment in the Court of King’s Bench, and requests from Ralph Montagu and Edward, baron Montagu to Charles Rich to assign the judgment obtained by Rich in the Court of King’s Bench to Edward Thornhill of Boughton, Northamptonshire and Roger Collis of Weekley, Northamptonshire, 1659-1673.

X.d.451 (28) Agreement for one year between Charles Rich, hosier, and John Wells of St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, frame work knitter of stockings, May 7, 1672. Neither sealed nor signed.

John Wells agrees not to work any worsted stockings, his stock having been bought by Charles Rich, and Rich agrees to buy all stockings of a certain specified type which Wells works himself.

X.d.451 (29-34) Papers arising out of Sir Charles’s executorship of the will of his brother, Sir Edwin: four receipts for bequests to the Poor of Enfield, to Richard Rich, and to Peter and Elizabeth Civel, 1675-1676.

Receipt by John Shaw of Colchester for £50 paid in order to carry out work commissioned by Sir Edwin in Durham yard, May 9, 1676. The answer of Richard Rich, his brother, in Charles Rich v. Richard Rich, February 5, 1675/76.

X.d.451 (35) Quitclaim by Ann Smith of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, widow, to Sir Charles Rich, April 26, 1676.

III. Official Papers.

X.d.451 (36-38) Expense accounts [incurred as Keeper of state coaches], 1658-1659. Attested by Sir Oliver Flemming, [master of the ceremonies].

IV. Miscellaneous Papers.

X.d.451 (39) Note by John Burrell, minister of St. Peter’s, Thetford, noting the dates of baptism of Sir Charles’s brothers, and their wives, ca. 1675. Endorsed by Sir Charles.

X.d.451 (40) Receipt from the City of London to Sir Charles Rich, citizen and haberdasher, for £400 in lieu of serving as sheriff of London and Middlesex, June 27, 1676. Signed by Sir Thomas Player, chamberlain of the City.

Lady Elizabeth (Cholmeley) Rich, later the wife of John Berners, ca. 1623-1694.

I. Business Papers.

X.d.451 (41) Will and probate dated July 21, 1691 and March 13, 1693/94.

X.d.451 (42) Inventory of the goods... of Dame Elizabeth Rich of Kingston, Surrey, deceased, February 28, 1693/94.

II. Correspondence.

X.d.451 (43) Letter from Lady Rich to Henry Pilkington asking for her marriage articles, [1677?].

X.d.451 (44-48) Letters to Lady Rich from: Thomas Pilkington, May 27, 1677; Edward Pilkington, July 12, 1677; Jane Pilkington, July 26, 1677; Robert Greenway, 1692-1693.

Several of these letters concern her right to a full third of her husband Sir Charles’s estate; those from Robert Greenway mention a Mr. Wharton.

Sir Robert Rich, bart., 1648 - 1699.

I. Title Deeds.

X.d.451 (49) Articles of agreement between John Sheffeild of Navestock, Essex, and Sir Robert Rich for a three year lease of a house in Stondon, Essex, by Sir Robert, July 13, 1680.

X.d.451 (50) Release from Peter Civel... to Sir Robert Rich... of certain rights in lands heretofore belonging to Sir Edwin Rich and Sir Charles Rich, provided this does not prejudice their annuity of £100, made in pursuance of an order in the High Court of Chancery in Peter Civel and Elizabeth his wife v. Sir Robert Rich and Mary his wife, June 24, 1684.

X.d.451 (51) Counterpart of the Assignment of the mortgage of a messuage in the parish of St. Martins-in-the-fields and St. Pauls, Covent Garden, London, by Cope Rich, since deceased, from Sir Robert to Katherine Slater, widow, and others, April 4, 1687. First membrane only.

X.d.451 (52) Bond in £68000 entered into by Nathaniel Rich, sen. and Nathaniel Rich, jun., Sir Robert’s father and brother, with Sir Robert Rich as security for a bond of £34000 which Sir Robert had entered into with the Crown on the appointment of Nathaniel Rich, jun. as Receiver General within the county of Essex, June 22, 1699.

II. Legal and Business Papers.

X.d.451 (53-75) Papers arising out of Sir Robert’s executorship of the will of his father-in-law, Sir Charles Rich, 1678-1692.

Account of book debts of Sir Charles, [1677?]; these are of small sums lent to 142 people, many well known. Receipt for funeral expenses from Sir Patience Ward to Sir Robert, March 27, 1678. 21 receipts for legacies, from John and Elizabeth Lorkin of Bromfield, Essex, from Nathaniel Rich, sen., from George Balderston, from John Berners and Elizabeth Rich, his wife, the widow of Sir Charles, and from Peter Civel.

X.d.451 (76-78) Papers arising out of bills in Chancery, Civel v. Rich, Rich v. Rich, John Berners and Elizabeth his wife v. Sir Robert Rich and others, concerning the settlement of Sir Charles’s estate, [1678-1684].

X.d.451 (79) Consent by John Berners, Peter Civel and others to an agreement made by Sir Robert Rich with Colonel Digges, executor of the will of Sir George Moore, bart., November 29, 1683.

X.d.451 (80) Declaration by John Berners and others that they have consented to the settlement made by Sir Robert Rich of a debt for which William, now earl of Devonshire, and Charles, lord Clifford had been bound to Sir Charles Rich, December 19, 1685.

X.d.451 (81-84) 4 receipts, 1691 - 1693.

Includes one for fees paid by Sir Isaac Rebow of Colchester on receiving the honour of knighthood, 1693.

X.d.451 (85) Accounts, 1696-1697.

III. Official Papers.

A. Official papers belonging to the Rich Family.

X.d.451 (86-87) Papers of the Committee for regulation, i.e., the committee of merchants for the regulation of navy and customs, 1650-1651. 2 ff., from a book of receipts, orders and expenses.

X.d.451 (88) Letter to the King from the Navy office written in answer to his request that they give an account of the practice “in our demanding from foreigners the homage due to the King of England’s ships within his Majesty’s dominions,” January 21, 1661/62. (copy in Sir Charles Hedge’s hand: see X.d.451 (134)). 2 ff.

X.d.451 (89) Heads for discourse to the Parliament for encouraging navigation compiled by a member of Trinity House, London, 1678. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (90) Order from the Treasury to pay Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, keeper of the Privy Seal, £360 in lieu of the ancient diet, July 17, 1682.

Signed by Robert Howard.

X.d.451 (91) Report by Richard Gibson of Sir Richard Munden’s errors in his journal to Sta Hellena [in 1673], August 7, 1683. 6 ff.

Aut. sig. Given “me”, i.e. Sir Robert Rich, by Gibson. This report originally accompanied a transcript of the journals of Sir Richard Munden and Captain Thomas Wilshaw. A similar ms, the letter being dated April 7, 1683, is described in J.R. Tanner’s Bibliotheca Pepysiana, no. 2350.

X.d.451 (92) Remarks on the order of Council... for Noli prosequ[i which] with other things would have been argued if a hearing had been ad[mitted?], 1689. 4 ff.

Discusses in particular the position of the Jews and the remission of Alien duty and includes copies of the petitions of Thomas Pennington and of divers merchants in and about the city of London, to the King in Council, William’s order in Council for collecting the Alien duty outward, the merchants’ address of thanks to William, and the petition of the English merchants to the House of Commons.

X.d.451 (93) List of Press warrants granted by Sir Thomas Lee, one of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty, to certain officers, June 1689-June 1690. 2 ff.

B. Official papers arising out of Sir Robert Rich’s position as one of the lords commissioners for executing the office of Lord high admiral of England, 1691-1699.

X.d.451 (94) Autograph note on the date of his commission and of his first signing in the Letter book and Order book, November 1691.

X.d.451 (95) Journal, n.d., February 5 - July 20, 16[9]3. 1 vol., autograph.

Brief account of his daily activities with notes on the movements of ships, their victualling and supply, on his appointments, on papers signed, letters written and received, on resolutions of the Board and on his attendances in the Cabinet.

X.d.451 (96) Receipt from John Cresset and Henry Phipps to Sir Robert Rich for the tax on his salary, October 26, 1696.

a. Cases, Petitions, Reports, Proposals, etc.

X.d.451 (97) Proposals for manning a squadron of ships or the whole royal navy with an easy charge, which “I” doubt not will prove very satisfactory... n.d. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (98) Report of the character of captains that served in the fleet the previous summer by Admiral Russell, later Earl of Orford, November 1691. Brief comments. Typescript in National Maritime Museum, London. 6 ff.

X.d.451 (99) Draft form for the King’s granting his tenths of a privateer to the person setting out the ship as a privateer, addressed to the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord high admiral of England, 1692. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (100) Account of wet and dry docks and graving places, written in answer to an enquiry of Sir Robert Rich by E[dmund] Dummer, [surveyor of the navy], November 19, 1692. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (101) Letters patent addressed to the lords of the Admiralty... outlining the jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty, and citing statutes determining it, September 8, 1693. (copy) 11 ff.

X.d.451 (102) Summary of reports concerning Sir Francis Wheler and the victualling of his squadron, November 1693 - December 1694. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (103) Report on the King of Sweden’s fleet, ca. 1694. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (104) Report of the principal officers and commissioners of their Majesties’ navy on the proposal of “this wiseacre” [f. 10] George Everett, shipwright [printed as The pathway to peace and profit... 1694. Wing E3548], [to the lords of the Admiralty], June 27, 1694. Copy. Lists the duties... of each kind of workman. 12 ff.

X.d.451 (105) Questions of the [House of] lords to the Admiralty board, concerning the movements... of Sir George Rooke, February [7], 1694/95. 2 ff.

Printed with slight variations in the Journals of the House of Lords, XV, p. 482.

X.d.451 (106-107) Questions from the House of Peers concerning the proceedings of His Majesty’s fleet [and particularly Sir George Rooke’s role], and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty’s answers thereto, March 31 - April 12, 1697. 14 ff.

2 copies of the questions and answers of March 31. Printed with some omissions in the Journals of the House of Lords, XVI, p. 154.

X.d.451 (108) Petition of Captain John Perry, lately condemned at a Court martial for cowardice... to the Lords Commissioners, [ca. 1695?]. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (109) The case of the paymaster of the navy concerning methods of remuneration and of his right to poundate in addition to his salary, ca. 1698. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (110) An account of the number of his Majesty’s ships of each rate intended to be kept in sea pay... December 16, 1698. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (111) Call for a list of the officers of the fleet that have been turned out in the fleet and have afterwards been employed again, by which there will be found great partialities... ca. 1698-1699. 1 f.

b. Letters, Orders, etc.

X.d.451 (112) Calculation of charges on goods imported, n.d. 2 ff.

X.d.451 (113) Letter from the Navy board to the lords of the Admiralty, January 7, 1694/95. 4 ff.

Copy. About protecting men for Captain Thomas Crawley.

X.d.451 (114) Invoice of the cost and charges of rusk or biscuit, and oil provided... for the use of the fleet by Messrs. Hodges Haynes, and Terrell, 1695. 1 f.

X.d.451 (115) Orders for victualling addressed by the Admiralty office to the Navy board, April - October, 1698. 2 ff.

Copies.

C. Official papers arising out of Sir Robert Rich’s position as vice-admiral of the county of Suffolk, 1692-1699.

X.d.451 (116) Orders and instructions for impressing seamen addressed to Sir Robert Rich by the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord high admiral, February 23, 1693/94.

Signed by Falkland, J. Lowther, H. Preistman, and J. Sotherne.

IV. Correspondence.

Negative microfilm of Sir Robert Rich’s correspondence is available (Film Fo. 3720).

A. Letters to Sir Robert Rich from the following people:

X.d.451 (117) John Aldred, jun., written on board the Deptford in Cadiz (Cales) Bay, November 15, 1694.

X.d.451 (118) W. Beane, June 26, 1696.

X.d.451 (119-120) [John] Benbow, written on board the Suffolk, Sole (Soule) Bay, and on board the Monmouth, Dunkirk, June 16, 1696 - July 27, 1697.

In the first he discusses his plan to capture Dunkirk; in the second he lists the ships with him.

X.d.451 (121) Sir John Castleton, bart., written at Stuston, [Suffolk], October 22, 1698.

X.d.451 (122) Sir Neville Catelyn, written from Kirby, [Norfolk], October 24, 1698.

X.d.451 (123-124) Elizabeth (Rich) Civel, Sir Robert’s sister-in-law, written from Mulbarton, [Norfolk], 1694-1697.

Enclosed in the earlier letter is one to Captain Andrew Leake at Spithead about her son Cholmeley.

X.d.451 (125) Margaret Civel, Sir Robert’s niece, March 20, 1695/96.

A request for the remainder of the legacy left her by “my lady”, i.e. her grandmother, Elizabeth Rich Berners.

X.d.451 (126) Andrew Douglas (Dowglass) written from Dover Downes, November 29, 1694.

Describes the bad conditions on board.

X.d.451 (127) Francis Drake, January 13, 1697/98.

Addressee probably Sir Robert Rich.

X.d.451 (128) John Eade, [a school master], written from Dun[wich], February 5, 1696/97.

Has not received his wheat; requests a warm, decent room in the hospital.

X.d.451 (129) Foster, Edmund, January 29, 1697/98.

X.d.451 (130) Thomas Foulis, written on board the Restoration at Spithead, July 12, 1697.

X.d.451 (131) Ra. Graing, February 7, 1694/95.

Discusses the status of [Dunwich?] as an incorporated town.

X.d.451 (132) Robert Halsted, July 7, 1697.

X.d.451 (133) (Negative photostat) Thomas Harvey, written from Cadiz, January 11, 1696/97.

Announces the arrival of the Turkey convoy. In need of supplies.

X.d.451 (134) Sir Charles Hedges, December 12, 1695.

Accompanying it is a copy, in Hedges’s hand, of a letter from Sir William Trumbull to the lords of the Admiralty asking for information on the customary attitude of the Kings of Sweden and Denmark to His Majesty’s men-of-war, December 9, 1695.See X.d.451 (88)

X.d.451 (135) William Hollinshed, John Syred, and John Bradey, written from Orford, [Suffolk], January 31, 1697/98.

Their sole right to recover wrecks... has been infringed; have been hindered in their attempt to recover an iron wreck lost on the Whiting Sand.

X.d.451 (136) Richard Horsey, written from London, October 9, 1688.

Writes of going abroad; unlike Rich, he does believe the Prince of Orange will invade England, telling him “in the familiar term of a late Play, that you are a Country Putt a meere Prigg,” - a reference to The Squire of Alsatia, by Thomas Shadwell. Act I, Scene i.

X.d.451 (137) Sir John Houblon, September 5, 1697.

Writes of Sir Robert’s son-in-law, Richard White, and quotes part of a letter from Sir William Hodges to him, Sir John, August 19/9, 1697.

X.d.451 (138) James Launy, written on board the Reserve, at Spithead, November 21, 1694.

Needs his wages.

X.d.451 (139) M. Leman, written from Beacondale, February 4, 1697/98.

Asks for a position for his cousin, Charles Snelling, in the Virgin Prize.

X.d.451 (140) Elizabeth Lock, widow, written from Yoxford, [Suffolk], Jan 21, 1697/98.

Petitions that he use his interest to remove a soldier quartered on her.

X.d.451 (141) John Martin, [possibly Sir Robert’s steward or bailiff], written from Roos Hall (Rosehall), May 4, 1696.

X.d.451 (142) Thomas Neale, November 30, 1694.

Writes about the affairs of Dunwich; Captain Pacy had been chosen bailiff there.

X.d.451 (143) John Nicholls, written from Beccles, [Suffolk], October 10, 1694.

Requests his interest on behalf of his cousin, Lay, of Ipswich.

X.d.451 (144-146) Samuel Pacy, written from Lowestoft and Bly[th]burgh, April 1693 - November 1694.

Discusses local affairs.

X.d.451 (147) William Pacy, written from Yarmouth, November 23, 1694.

Writes about prizes.

X.d.451 (148) Thomas Papillon, May 7, 1692.

Recommends bearer, Thomas Coleby of the Victualling office, to the nearly vacant position of Comptroller of the Victualling.

X.d.451 (149) John Postle, written from Southwold, [Suffolk], October 19, 1694.

Recommends his brother, James, as a Riding surveyor.

X.d.451 (150) Sir Isaac Rebow, written from Bath, August 23, 1697.

Writes about Exchequer bills.

X.d.451 (151-165) Sir Charles Rich, bart., Sir Robert’s eldest son, written on board the Gloucester in Smyrna Bay, from Messina, from Cadiz Bay, on board the Dragon, from the Downs, on board the G[l]oucester in the Downs and in Portsmouth harbour, on board the Queen in Torbay, from Plymouth Nore, and from Weymouth Nore, 1696-98.

X.d.451 (166) Elizabeth (Kerr) Rich, Sir Robert’s step-mother, from Stondon, [Essex], August 28, 1697.

Asks a favour for Captain de Witt.

X.d.451 (167) Henry Rich, May 6, 1696.

X.d.451 (168-169) Mary (Rudd) Rich, Sir Robert’s sister-in-law, n.d.

Thanks him for his kindnesses to her family.

X.d.451 (170-178) Nathaniel Rich, Sir Robert’s father, written from Stondon, [Essex], and elsewhere, n.d., 1697-1699.

Many refer to business arising from his position as Receiver general of assessments in Essex.

X.d.451 (179-186) Nathaniel Rich, Sir Robert’s brother, written from Colchester, Chelmsford, Halstead, Westminster, Rumford, 1694-1698.

Many refer to the same business as his father’s letters.

X.d.451 (187) Nathaniel Rich, Sir Robert’s nephew, May 12, 1697.

News of his writing and cyphering.

X.d.451 (188-189) Sir Robert Rich, bart., Sir Robert’s second son, April 9, 1697. Also, a letter from Sir Robert to this son, Robin, written from Hammersmith, July 25, 1699.

X.d.451 (190-192) Robert Rich, Sir Robert’s nephew, written from Kinsale, on board the Weymouth at Kinsale and from another place, n.d., 1697-1698.

X.d.451 (193) Joseph Roydhouse, written from “Sheerness Severne,” January 2, 1697/98.

X.d.451 (194) Abraham Sallowes, a butcher from Beccles, [Suffolk], written from London, July 14, 1697.

His creditors are after him.

X.d.451 (195) Simon Shephard, January 21, 1697/98.

Asks for a third Rate.

X.d.451 (196) Robert Stevens, written on board the Burlington at Sheerness, July 26, 1697.

Wants his former surgeon, Mr. Price, to accompany him.

X.d.451 (197) Benjamin White, attorney, December 27, 1695.

Originally accompanied an Order of the Lord Keeper.

X.d.451 (198) Jer. White, written from Edmond Baker’s house at Rust Hall, near Tunbridge Wells, [Kent], September [?] 2, 1697.

X.d.451 (199-209) Richard White, Sir Robert’s son-in-law, written on board the Mary Hammose, on board the Mary Galley, Yarmouth Roads, from Plymouth, from Berehaven, [Ireland], on board the Severn, Kinsale, from Whitecross St., [Finsbury, London], from Anzuan (Johanna), [one of the Cormoro islands in the Mozambique Channel], 1693-1700. Nos. 200-201 mention the burial of Captain [Christopher] Moore; No. 209 has an endorsement by Elizabeth (Rich) Civel, July 5, 1701.

X.d.451 (210) Richard Young, a friend of Sir Robert’s father, written from Bristol, January 1, 1697/98.

Asks him to pay off a John Baller who had been impressed in the Gloucester three years before.

X.d.451 (211) ? - The fragment contains the name of the addressee, Sir Robert, only, Ma[rch?] 4.

B. Letters to and from other people.

X.d.451 (212) Letter from the Earl of Nottingham, later Earl of Winchilsea, to Lieutenant General Ginkel, later Earl of Athlone, written from Whitehall, September 12, 1691.

Copy. About the defense of Limerick.

X.d.451 (213) Letter from Benjamin Solley to Edmund Foster, attorney of Marlesford, near Wickham Market, Suffolk, written from Barsham [near Beecles, Suffolk]. September 14, 1694.

Foster was to serve as an arbiter between Solley and Sir Robert Rich about some dairy cattle.

X.d.451 (214) Letter from William Weddell to John Aldred, merchant in Seething lane, London, written from Norwich, December 3, 1694.

Announces the election of the present mayor, Mr. John Ward, as M.P. for Norwich.

Lady Mary (Rich) Rich, d. 1714.

I. Business Papers.

X.d.451 (215) Note of the money which came to her from her mother, Lady Elizabeth Rich, on her death, and of other money, [1694].

X.d.451 (216) Petition to the King on behalf of her daughter Elizabeth White, widow of Richard White, for a pension, ca. 1700.

Draft.

X.d.451 (217) Petition to the King for financial help, [1702?].

Draft.

X.d.451 (218) Order from the Treasury to pay Lady Rich £400, February 3, 1701/02.

Copy by Mary Rich.

X.d.451 (219) Receipt to Dame Mary Rich from the borough of Thetford for the annuity of £20 granted by Sir Edwin Rich in his will for the use of the Poor, December 18, 1704.

II. Correspondence.

X.d.451 (220) Letter from Lady Rich to her nephew, Civel Rich, ca. 1698.

X.d.451 (221-222) Letters from Civel Rich to his aunt, Lady Rich, written from Skellow, Yorkshire, and another place, ca. 1698 - ca. 1699.

X.d.451 (223) Letter from a lady to Lady Rich, n.d.

Gives a recipe for milk water.

Sir Robert Rich, bart., 1685 - 1768.

X.d.451 (224) Receipt to Sir Robert Rich from Robert Bonner, February 19, 1714/1715. Probably for election expenses. Sir Robert had been elected to Parliament for the Borough of Dunwich, [Suffolk], on February 1, 1714/1715.

Civel Rich, d. 1716.

X.d.451 (225) Survey of the Manor of Rockland, [near Mulbarton [?], Norfolk], ca. 1710.

Charles Rich, ca. 1731 - 1808 and other members of the family.

X.d.451 (226) Letter from Henry Carrington to Charles Rich at Rotherhithe, written from Norwich, January 17, 1773.

Reports the dates of baptism of two sons of Civel Rich, the addressee’s father, Edward Aaron Rich, and uncle, William Rich.

X.d.451 (227-230) Genealogical papers of Charles Rich, his sister, Elizabeth (Rich) Ward Massam, his son, Charles Rich, and grandson, Charles Rich Nelson, ca. 1775 - ca. 1820.

Miscellaneous Document.

X.d.451 (231) Demise by Sir Robert Howard of Clun, Salop, to Richard Lingham of London, merchant, of land near two townships of Kempton, Clunton and Lower Down, in the parish of Clunbury (Clwmb[r?]y). June 13, 1639.

Collection Title:	Rich Family. Collection of papers, 1485-ca. 1820
Preferred Citation:	MS X.d.451 (1-231)
Extent:	4 boxes (231 items)
Repository:	Folger Shakespeare Library
Abstract:	Some of the family and estate papers of the Rich Family of Mulbarton, Norfolk, and of Roos Hall and Ashmans, Suffolk, principally of: Sir Edwin Rich, d. 1640; Sir Edwin Rich, 1594-1675; Richard Rich, 1597-1676; Sir Charles Rich, bart., ca. 1619-1677; Lady Elizabeth Rich, later wife of John Berners, ca. 1623-1694; Sir Robert Rich, bart., 1648-1699; Lady Mary Rich, d. 1714; Civel Rich, d. 1716; Sir Robert Rich, bart., 1685-1768; and Charles Rich, ca. 1731-1808. Primarily autograph letters signed (ALS). Included are manorial records and deeds for Mulbarton and other places in Norfolk, for Roos Hall (Rosehall) near Beccles, Suffolk, for Stondon, Essex, for houses in Durham house yard, Hatton House and Hatton Garden and elsewhere in London and in Middlesex; a negative photostat of the will and probate of Sir John Suckling, 1626 and 1627, at Somerset House; the will and probate of Lady Elizabeth Rich, 1691 and 1694; inventories of the goods of Richard Rich, 1676 and Lady Elizabeth Rich, 1694; draft of an agreement between Charles Rich, hosier, and a frame work knitter of stockings, John Wells, 1672. The papers of Sir Robert Rich include a few of his official papers as M.P. for Dunwich, Suffolk, 1689-1699, as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, 1691-1699, and as vice-Admiral for Suffolk, 1692-1699; his journal, n.d., Feb. 5-July 20, 16[9]3; correspondence, 1688-1700; and the report by Richard Gibson of Sir Richard Munden’s errors in Sir Richard’s journal to St. Helena [in 1673], Aug. 7, 1683. There is also one deed for Clunbury, Shropshire, 1639.

Guide to Letters and Papers of the Rich Family, 1485-ca.1820

MS X.d. 451 (1-231)

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Sir Edwin Rich, d. 1640.

Sir Edwin Rich, 1594 - 1675.

I. Manorial Records, Title Deeds, and Estate Papers.

II. Legal and Business Papers.

III. Correspondence.

IV. Miscellaneous Documents.

Richard Rich, 1597 - 1676.

Sir Charles Rich, bart., ca. 1619 - 1677.

I. Title Deeds and Estate Papers.

II. Legal and Business Papers.

III. Official Papers.

IV. Miscellaneous Papers.

Lady Elizabeth (Cholmeley) Rich, later the wife of John Berners, ca. 1623-1694.

I. Business Papers.

II. Correspondence.

Sir Robert Rich, bart., 1648 - 1699.

I. Title Deeds.

II. Legal and Business Papers.

III. Official Papers.

IV. Correspondence.

Lady Mary (Rich) Rich, d. 1714.

I. Business Papers.

II. Correspondence.

Sir Robert Rich, bart., 1685 - 1768.

Civel Rich, d. 1716.

Charles Rich, ca. 1731 - 1808 and other members of the family.

Miscellaneous Document.

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