Sir Edwin Rich (c. 1594 – 16 November 1675) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.
William Kempe remarked on the generous hospitality after Edwin senior provided entertainment for him during the "Nine Daies Wonder", a dance he performed on road ways between London and Norwich passing through Thetford.
[1] The rich family later moved to Norwich and Edwin went on to be educated at Trinity College, Cambridge[2] and Lincoln's Inn.
[6] In 1651, he was appointed Commissioner for Assessment for the County of Middlesex[7] After the Restoration, Rich was knighted, on 10 July 1666.
Our Lyef is like an Hower Glasse, and our Riches are like Sand in it, which runnes with us but the time of our Continuance here, and then must be turn'd up by an other.