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unusual facts about Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich



Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich

Rich is a supporting character in the Shardlake crime novels by C. J. Sansom, which are set in the reign of Henry VIII.

The founder of Felsted School with its associated alms houses in Essex in 1564, he was also a persecutor and torturer of Protestants.

These donations were transferred in 1564 to the foundation of Felsted School for instruction, primarily for children born on the founder's manors, in Latin, Greek and divinity.

Rich took part in the prosecution of bishops Stephen Gardiner and Edmund Bonner, and had a role in the harsh treatment accorded to the future Mary I of England.


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