Robert Rich (Bermuda settler)

Lord
Robert Rich
Esquire
Lord Robert Rich Esquire
	Title page of "Newes from Virginia: the lost flocke triumphant" (1610)
Born	fl. 1585; Kingdom of England
Died	1630; Somers Isles (Bermuda)
Other names	Richard Rich
Occupation(s)	Soldier, adventurer, chronicler
Notable work	"Newes from Virginia: the lost flocke triumphant" (1610)

Lord Robert Rich (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Richard Rich^{[note 1]}) (b. c. 1585, d. 1630) was an English soldier and traveler.

Robert aspired to colonize Virginia, and set out in 1609 to the Jamestown, Virginia settlement. During the journey, a tropical storm caused the ship, the Sea Venture to be run aground on the reefs of the uninhabited St. George's Island, Bermuda. Along with Rich, George Somers, Thomas Gates, William Strachey, Silvester Jourdain, and other settlers were castaways.

Robert Rich wrote a "verse pamphlet", "Newes from Virginia: the lost flocke triumphant."^{[note 2]}^[3] Along with the writings of William Strachey and Silvester Jourdain, became well known in England by 1610, when Thomas Gates and Christopher Newport retold the saga in London.^[4]^[5] In 1865 this work was rediscovered in a Viscount Charlemont library in Ireland by Shakespeare researcher John O. Halliwell. Halliwell printed a small amount of copies for distribution.^[6]

Raised with a strong pious outlook, he and his brother (Nathaniel Rich, board member of the Somers Isles Company) were allies to the Puritans and to his cousin, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick.^[7]

Robert Rich returned to Bermuda in 1616 or 1617, and died there in 1630.^[8]

Notes

Footnotes

^ Lord Robert Rich is listed as "Richard Rich, Esq." on the Sea Venture Memorial in Bermuda.^[1]^[2]
^ Full title: "Nevves from Virginia: The lost flocke triumphant. With the happy arriuall of that famous and worthy knight Sr. Thomas Gates: and the well reputed & valiant captaine Mr. Christopher Newporte, and others, into England. With the maner of their distresse in the Iland of Deuils (otherwise called Bermoothawes) where they remayned 42. weekes, & builded two pynaces, in which they returned into Virginia. By R. Rich, Gent. one of the voyage."

References

^ Dunlop, Dale (December 28, 2014). "St George Bermuda - Find Out Why It Is a World Heritage Site".
^ "Sea Venture Monument -- St. George's Parish BM". waymarking.com.
^ "Newes from Virginia. The lost Flocke Triumphant by Lord Robert Rich (1610)". Encyclopedia Virginia.
^ Brown, Alexander (1898). The First Republic in America: An Account of the Origin of this Nation, Written from the Records Then (1624) Concealed by the Council, Rather Than from the Histories Then Licensed by the Crown. p. 142. ISBN 9780722265451.
^ "The Wreck of the Sea Venture: The Untold Story". The Bermudian Magazine. April 27, 2023.
^ "Early Settlement of Virginia and Virginiola: As Noticed by Poets and Players in the Time of ..." Johnson, Smith , & Harrison. March 22, 1878 – via Internet Archive.
^ "RICH, Nathaniel (1585–1636), of Warwick House, Holborn, London and Stondon Massey, Essex | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
^ "Sea Venture 1609". packrat-pro.com.

Attributions

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rich, Richard" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
"Rich, Nathaniel (1585?-1636)" . Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 – via Wikisource.

External links

Media related to Category:Books about Bermuda at Wikimedia Commons

(Unknown)

Richard Rich
1st BR
(1496/7–1567)

Elizabeth Jenks
(1510–1558)

Ann or Jane Machell
(b. 1557)

Richard Rich
(illegitimate)

Robert Rich
2nd BR
(c. 1537–1581)

Elizabeth Baldry

Robert Rich (c. 1585-1630)

Sir Nathaniel Rich
(1585–1636)

Honora Worlick

Sir Edwin Rich
(1561–1600)

Robert Rich
3rd BR
1st EW
(1559–1618)

Penelope Devereux
(1563–1607)

Elizabeth Hampden (died 1655)
(cousin of John Hampden)

Colonel Nathaniel Rich
(d. c. 1701)

Elizabeth Cholmeley
(d. 1694)

Sir Charles Rich
1st Bt
(c. 1619–1677)

Sir Edwin Rich
(1594–1675)

Sir Robert Rich
2nd Bt
(c. 1648–1699)

Mary Rich
(d. 1714)

Isabel Cope
(d. 1655)

Henry Rich
1st BK
1st EH
(1590–1649)

Robert Rich
4th BR
2nd EW
(1587–1658)

Frances Hatton
(1590–1623)

Isabella Rich
(b. c. 1590)

Elizabeth Griffith
(b. c. 1692–1773)

Sir Robert Rich
4th Bt
(1685–1768)

Sir Charles Rich
3rd Bt
(c. 1680–1706)

Mary Boyle
CW
(1625–1678)

Charles Rich
6th BR
4th EW
(1619–1673)

Robert Rich
5th BR
3rd EW
(1611–1659)

Lady Anne Rich
(1604–1641/42)

Edward Montagu
2nd EM
(1602–1671)

Sir Robert Rich
5th Bt
(1717–1785)

Sir George Rich
6th Bt
(1728–1799)

Sir James Thynne
(1605–1670)

Lady Isabella Rich
(b. 1623)

Cope Rich^[i]
(1634–1676)

Robert Rich
7th BR
5th EW
2nd EH
2nd BK
(1620–1675)

Lady Anne Montagu
(d. c. 1689)

Robert Montagu
3rd Earl of
Manchester
(1634–1683)

John Campbell
1st EBH
(1636–1717)

Lady Mary Rich
(1632–1666)

Cope Rich^[i]
(d. 1706)

Charlotte Myddleton
(1680–1731, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddelton)

Edward Rich
8th BR
6th EW
3rd EH
3rd BK
(1673–1701)

Lady Elizabeth Rich
(d. 1725)

Francis Edwardes
(d. 1725)

Earls of Breadalbane and Holland
(Campbell family)

Edward Rich
10th BR
8th EW
5th EH
5th BK
(1695–1759)^[ii]

Edward Henry Rich
9th BR
7th EW
4th EH
4th BK
(d. 1721)

Barons Kensington
(Edwardes family)

Key

BR: Baron Rich

Bt: Baronet (Rich baronets, of London)

EW: Earl of Warwick

CW: Countess of Warwick

BK: Baron Kensington

EH: Earl of Holland

EM: Earl of Manchester

EBH: Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

Boxes with heavy borders follow the progress of Rich titles.
Blue boxes indicate members of the family granted a new title.

Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spouse not known
^ Edward Rich had no sons; consequently, all of the titles Baron Rich (Earl of Warwick, Baron Kensington and Earl of Holland) expired on his death.

[3] Lord Robert Rich is listed as "Richard Rich, Esq." on the Sea Venture Memorial in Bermuda.^[1]^[2]

[4] Full title: "Nevves from Virginia: The lost flocke triumphant. With the happy arriuall of that famous and worthy knight Sr. Thomas Gates: and the well reputed & valiant captaine Mr. Christopher Newporte, and others, into England. With the maner of their distresse in the Iland of Deuils (otherwise called Bermoothawes) where they remayned 42. weekes, & builded two pynaces, in which they returned into Virginia. By R. Rich, Gent. one of the voyage."

[1] Dunlop, Dale (December 28, 2014). "St George Bermuda - Find Out Why It Is a World Heritage Site".

[2] "Sea Venture Monument -- St. George's Parish BM". waymarking.com.

[5] "Newes from Virginia. The lost Flocke Triumphant by Lord Robert Rich (1610)". Encyclopedia Virginia.

[6] Brown, Alexander (1898). The First Republic in America: An Account of the Origin of this Nation, Written from the Records Then (1624) Concealed by the Council, Rather Than from the Histories Then Licensed by the Crown. p. 142. ISBN 9780722265451.

[7] "The Wreck of the Sea Venture: The Untold Story". The Bermudian Magazine. April 27, 2023.

[8] "Early Settlement of Virginia and Virginiola: As Noticed by Poets and Players in the Time of ..." Johnson, Smith , & Harrison. March 22, 1878 – via Internet Archive.

[9] "RICH, Nathaniel (1585–1636), of Warwick House, Holborn, London and Stondon Massey, Essex | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

[10] "Sea Venture 1609". packrat-pro.com.

[Spouse_not_known-11] Spouse not known

[12] Edward Rich had no sons; consequently, all of the titles Baron Rich (Earl of Warwick, Baron Kensington and Earl of Holland) expired on his death.

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