Person:Richard Riggs (2)

The Parish Register for Roydon, Essex commences in 1567 and thus show no record of Richard's christening. Richard "RIDGES" married Elizabeth CHAMBERS at Roydon, Essex on 05SEP1575.[S1]. Elizabeth RIGGS, wife of Richard, was buried at Roydon, Essex on 25MCH1603.[S1] No record has been found in the Roydon Parish Register for Richard's death but, by inference (since Elizabeth when buried was described as his wife and not as a widow), he was still alive in March 1603. In 1589, Richard "RIGGES" was a juror for the half-hundred of Harlow at the Petty Sessions court held there on 01OCT1589. He and his fellow jurors reported that an inhabitant of Roydon "keeps an alehouse and there sells bread and ale without licence, contrary to the form of the Statute", but that "in all other vill(age)s and hamlets, all is well". The Roydon Parish Registers show a number of entries for the christenings and burials of sons and daughters of a Richard Ridges/Rigges/Riggs between 1578 and 1589, and for the burial of his wife in 1603.