Person:Miles Riggs (1)

There is an entry in the Register at Roydon, Essex on 8NOV1586 for the burial of "Miles RIGGES nurse child". Miles himself had been buried on September 7, 1583 and his wife on March 26, 1579 (almost 8 years before this burial). So this entry probably does not refer to a 'nurse child of Miles Rigges', but rather to a 'Miles Rigges who was a nurse child'. Miles could therefore have been another child of Richard's, named after Richard's father, born after Francis but before Ralph. A nurse child was one who was being suckled by a wet nurse rather than by the mother. Ralph was born on June 19, 1586 (and was buried on October 8, 1586, a month before 'Miles Rigges nurse child'), and therefore Richard's wife would probably have been unable to cope with continuing to suckle Miles as well as suckling Ralph, especially if, since he died when less than 4 months old, Ralph was a weak and/or sickly baby who needed extra attention.