tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513034568756106415.post8953405486887288241..comments2023-10-28T01:47:09.746-07:00Comments on Mary Tudor: Renaissance Queen: Thursday, 20 July 1553 – Judith and Holoferneslittle_miss_sunnydalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04834404563322701533noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513034568756106415.post-26603762506384988622010-07-21T03:42:41.649-07:002010-07-21T03:42:41.649-07:00Sir Richard Rich did indeed survive to Elizabeth’s...Sir Richard Rich did indeed survive to Elizabeth’s reign. Under Mary he was involved in the persecution of heresy in Essex and though he did not sit on Elizabeth’s Privy Council, he did act as an advisor on occasion. He became an important local individual, founded a school, almshouse, gave money to the Church, etc. He died in his late 60s and is buried in an elaborate tomb.<br /><br /><br />I believe More once noted that Rich was a man ‘of no commendable fame’. A few years ago Rich was selected as the ‘worst Briton’ of the sixteenth-century in a poll ran by the BBC History Magazine!little_miss_sunnydalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834404563322701533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513034568756106415.post-39234747069841782232010-07-20T19:10:07.269-07:002010-07-20T19:10:07.269-07:00Sir Richard Rich must be one of the most contempti...Sir Richard Rich must be one of the most contemptible figures of the Tudor dynasty, willing to as you said switch sides easily, betray great men, and perjure himself. Did he survive Mary's reign to swear allegiance to Elizabeth, I wonder?Stephanie A. Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14796489639420491857noreply@blogger.com