Sir Richard Ingoldsby (knighted 1617)
Sir Richard Ingoldsby, KB, of Lethenborough, Buckinghamshire, was the son of Sir Richard Ingoldsby of Lethenborough, the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1606, and of his first wife Elizabeth Palmer. She was the daughter of William Palmer, of Waddesdon, Buckingamshire and Joyce Pigott,.
He was knighted on 22 October 1617 by King James I, during a royal visit to his father-in-law's house at Hinchingbrooke.Family
He married before 1614 Elizabeth Cromwell,, the daughter of Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchingbrooke House, who was the uncle and godfather of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector. Elizabeth was previously married to Henry Neale, Sr., by whom she had three sons.
Ingoldsby and his wife had twelve surviving children, and one who died in infancy:
