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John Richards ( - fl. 1645)
In his diary of his French travels in 1645 (dated 28 August), Bargrave refers to an excursion with "Young Mr Rickad Sr Peter Rickads sonn of Kent in England being my companion." This is probably the "John Richards" named as one of his charges in the diary's first entry. If this is the case, Brennan (2000) argues, "This individual was probably, John, the third surviving son of Sir Peter Rycaut, who was knighted by Charles I in 1641 and held extensive estates in Kent. Another of his sons, Paul (1629-1700), travelled with Robert Bargrave to the Levant in 1661) (p. 101, n.4). Relevant locations: Residence at Kent, EnglandRelationships: Alexander Chapman (-fl. 1645) was a friend of John Richards
Alexander Chapman (-fl. 1645) was a travelling companion of John Richards
John Raymond (-fl. 1645) was a friend of John Richards
John Raymond (-fl. 1645) was a travelling companion of John Richards
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The Exile of Two Kentish Royalists During the English Civil War.
References in Documents:
On the day and yeare aboue written, (I (being
Fryday
Gouernor to 2 young gentle-men, viz rr
hauing likewise thr
at
boate, haueing some Germans, English and
Scots aboard th
Leard that came ouer, wee had a Conuey th
vs by the Admiralls appoyntment, caled the
Speedy
of Owrdnance, ch
wind being Easterly. Abowt 2 in the morning
wee came to an anker at Sharlees poynt, a
league or more from
the morning wee wayed anker and went in
to the Harbor, and so on shore at
where hauing first our portmantles opened
and searched, wee were had to the Maiors
howse whoe being not within, we went and
tooke up our Inn
turday I saw the
to the
40000 men (as there I was told) he was then going
owt to the army not being aboue 8 leagues
off: many of his souldiers were in the towne
neere vpon 100 waggons of amunition as ma
ny mules laden, th
and galantry, and yet I found the towne very qui
to the great Church where was a solemne
morning wee went thither againe, and on
the after noone wee went to see, the first
the Nunnerie and its chappell, then the Mo
nasterie of the Franciscan Fryers. One of
them (ch
treated vs courteously, and n
first locked the doore after vs, and then he
shewed vs the library, hall, chappel, conclaue
and dormitories, chth
owt
any bedding, but only a bedsted
th
canuess. th
bare footed except on the soale.
was darke and meane except a hansom walke
in the garden, theire whole number he saide
was but 17 but that there was 30000 of that
order in the Christian world.
Then wee went to another Conuent caled
the minorites, vulgarly minums ch
Order of another tt
de Pole
of the order (an auncient man) being sweeping
of it, came to mee and spake french, but
I answered him in Latine, (hauing not as yet
the french Language) he replyed in Latine that
I was welcome. Then I demaunded whether
it was not lawfull for vs to see theire Col
ledge, then he locked the dore and Carryed
vs through a vestry into the Cloisters, and
so all ouer the howse, in theire Conclaue
there he told mee that once a weeke at the
leaste, euery one of the (being but 14) were
bound to come priuately and before
picture there of t
fess theire sinns, and aske pardon.
The other
nor eate any thing but what is giuen them,
and thay them selues begg abowt and theire
habitation meane. This last order Hath some
indowment, (but smale as he told mee) may take
as much mony as you will giue, Eate plentifully
but yet only of the fish, and theire habitation
hath some beauty and theire lodgings are
good and easie. He of the Capuchion order
spake somewhat disgracefully of this other
order, saying thay were weake, and not
strengthned to endure enough for
sake: at his beds feete stood a picture which
I taking it to be t
but that is was a brother which was beatifie
some 60 yeares agoe, and he esteemed him as
his peculiar sainct.
The minorite I spake th
and a preist, speaking very ready Latine,
he saide thay eate no flesh, nor eggs, nor butter,
but hauing
mony, so I gaue him that kept the dore 8
for cht
since and so vp and told mee of many miracles that
hee did, all ch
This man spake something disgracefully of the
other order, saying thay were not learned but
ignorant men, and did many things in
diferentely through theire ignoraunce.
On the 28 of Aug. I went to visit Father
the Je
suits.
28 Aug.
Carew the English, and Father Sproud the
Scottish Jesuite, r Rickad Sr
Peter Rickads sonn of Kent in
ing my companion: thay had vs vp into
the library (wch is the topp of theire high
building) there wee fell vpon seuerall
points. Thay saide those of the church of
England were Jouinians because thay
not onely preferd marriage before vir
ginety, but allsoe abhord virginety and
the vowing of it; Then Father Sproud
tooke downe a peece of St Hierom and
turn'd to his first booke against
where he shewed me St Hieroms words
wch onely amounted to this, that he pre
ferred virginety before wedlocke, to
if it cold be faithfully kept: I told
him that St Paule saide so too, and
so did I too: But I cold finde no
where either in St Paule or Antiqui
ty that made for the vowing of vir
ginety, because it is the guift of
god and not in the powre of Man:
Hee wold not beleeue that wee were
only against the vow but allso against
virginety it selfe, especially in preists,
vppon wch I cited him the 32 Article of
our Church, wch is that a Preist
Or any other Christian may or may not
not marry as they shall iudge it best to serue
serue to godliness.
Then wee fell vppon transubstantiation,
Then to the vse of reliques and Images,
Then to Inuocation of saintes, &t,
Vpon which thay tooke downe
Chronologiā, And owt of that booke thay
wold maintaine all theire tenets, commen
ding the booke exceedingly, and saying yt
it neuer was nor cold be answered by
the Protestants. I answered, that a booke
of that nature, it being a chronologie
ought well to be examined before it be
credited, and to examine such a booke
wold require a greate deale of time, and
therefore
nothing wth mee more then the Autho
rity of Functius the Cronologer did
wth them, whoe denieth, and Indeauo
reth to Prooue by the course of time,
that St Peter neuer was at Rome
And then how shold the Pope be his suc
sessor.
The greate bell then rang to a procession
wch caused me to aske them whether that
bell did not call thē, and so wee might
be some hindrance to thē, thay said no,
thay were not tyed to goe to processions,
and indeed I neuer saw thē or the Pere
Orators at any Procession: I had a desire to
see the procession and so tooke my leaue. Thay
are exceeding courtious.
Feb. 18. being Sunday, One Monsr Christien
an Alman, and an Hugonot, Gouerner to
nots or re
formes Tē
pleak
Mr Crauen an English young gentleman
wth mee and r Richards
2 miles (or little more) frō
the Hugonots or Reformes (The Papists call
them Hugonots, Thay call them selues the re
formed) Haue a meeting place, wch thay call
Temple: The place is like a gentile barn
smale barne, wth 3 or 4 little glass win
dowes, no steeples, nor bels, nor Commu
nion table or Alter, nor font, nor pewes
nor anything like a Church but a pul
pit, a little raysed wth 3 stepps. There
formes all in the middle for the women, and
seats round abowt for the men: with
On L long sea
For the Ministers and the Elders. Th
ber of peple there was abowt 300, some of co
dition and quality, there being 2 coaches
and 4 or 5 Caroches. The Order of ser
uice was Thus.
First an old man in a blewish purple suit (in
the place of our clarke) reade a chapter owt
of St Mathew. Then he sett a psalme (wch
are turned into verse wth noates to them as ours are
but of another tone) after that he read the
cōmandements naming the 20 chapter of
Exodus where thay are written. that donn
The Minister came owt of a little dore
wch goeth in to a kinde of study. Hee
went into the Deske or pulpet. There
first he reade a prayer owt of a little book
that he
the people some standing some kneeling and
none sitting) Then he sett a psalme, wch
being sang he made a very short prayer
of his owne concluding wth the Lords pray
Then named his Text being Rom. 6 chap
1 vers.
nous en peché a fin que grace abonde⸮
Ainsi n'aduienne.
aginst the Papists and as plainly as one cold
speake, wth to much action and vehemence
in the whole course of his sermon, speaking
so very fast that I cold not vnderstand
him but some times wn his fury was ouer.
He was a young spruce young man, about
4 or 5 and twenty yeares of age: his habit black
being a wide sleeued gotuff
the bachelors of art at Cambrige, only it
had a little rounde cape) like such as the
Aduocats were in France, faced with silke,
his he had very long hare, and on
his hatt (wch was on his heade all sermon)
long black broade ribonds, so that he
did not looke like a Puritan
but like a blade. His sermon (for all
that I cold vnderstand) was more words then
matter, more of action and voice then of
solid substance and reason. In diuerse
he iustly accused (I thinke) the Papists
but he rayused some arguments for thē
wch he did not thoroughly answere.
His sermon Ended.
prayer owt of the forme of prayer in
the little booke, putting in his prayer for
the
family: for the mayer and Esthenies
of the City &t then ended with the
Lords prayer, then sett a psalme wch
Christning
of a child
donn there was a childe to be Christ
ned, This young minister was godfather
so he came owt of the deske, and ano
ther minister went vp (a grauer man
abowt 40 yeares of age) On the side of the
deske is a shelfe, on which all the
Sermon time there stood a siluer yewer
full of water and a towell laide ouer it.
There was first a long prayer or two read
A seruant maid broth in the child (being all
alone) and youe hauing a fine cloath ouer
it and on the face a noasegay, shee gaue
the childe to a gentle woman that was
Godmother, and the godmother gaue it to
the minister that was godfather, whoe
time of prayers before the deske. The
prayers being ended the minister came
owt of the deske and one of The elders
powred wate into his hand (as mutch as
his hand cold hold) wch hee powred on the
childs face naming the childe saying
And so the
Je vous baptise au nom
fils et le sprit Sainct, Amen.
baptisme ended wthowt any other prayers. Then
the younger man went into the deske and
repeated the beleefe and saying a prayer
concluding wth Pere nostre, He gaue
the blessing, and so wee parted.
There were a cople asked for the bands
matrimony
asked.
of Matrymonie wch is the same with
ours in
the Church of Rome.
In the midst of the latter prayer that he read
he put in some petitions for a woman that w
sick wch desired the prayers of the congregat