Richard Madox (11 November 1546 – 27 February 1583)[1] was an English explorer, who served as a chaplain aboard Edward Fenton's voyage headed for the Moluccas and China in 1582.
[1] He initially attended Shrewsbury School and then became an undergraduate at All Souls College, Oxford University, when he was 20.
[1] Madox, along with John Walker, was appointed to the position of chaplain on Edward Fenton's Galleon Leicester, which set sail on 1 May 1582.
[3] During the voyage on the Galleon Leicester, Madox resorted to writing in a cipher, and then in Latin and Greek, in order to ensure his diary remained secret.
[4] As well as recording events on board, his diary during the voyage described various examples of flora and fauna which he encountered.