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Origin of Surname
The original Le Riche was probably a rich man, although other suggestions have been made for the derivation of the name, which is not among the earliest of Jersey surnames.
The name probably has a number of distinct separate origins. It may have developed from a nickname for a wealthy man, derived from the Middle English, Old French term "riche". The origin may also be the medieval English given name "Rich", usually a short form of the male personal name Richard, but also, in some cases, from any of the other compound names with the same first element, such as "Richer".
Richard is an Old Germanic personal name, composed of the elements "ric", power, with "hard", hardy, brave, strong; the name is found occasionally in Anglo-Saxon England, but was popularized by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. Finally, the surname Rich, also found as Riche, Ritch and Ritchman, may be of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a topographical or locational name deriving from the Olde English term "ric", stream, drainage channel.
Early recordings include: Mosse le Riche (1195, Gloucestershire), Ricardus de la Riche (1200, Hampshire), and William Riche (1296, Sussex). A Coat of Arms granted to the family is quarterly gold and azure, a chevron between three roundles, each charged with a lion rampant all counterchanged. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Godwinus Le Riche, which was dated 1177, in the "Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of King Henry 11.
Early records
Although there are suggestions that the name has been present in Jersey, in one form or another, since the 13th century, we have been unable to confirm that these records have any connections with later Le Riches.
Le Riche is found in the Extente of 1528 and Raynold Le Riche appears in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550.
Variants
- Le Riche, c1340
- Rykeys 1236
- Leriche, Normandy form
Family records
Family trees
- Descendants of David Le Riche
- Descendants of Matthieu Le Riche
- Descendants of Thomas Le Riche
- Descendants of Thomas Le Riche - 2 This tree addresses some of the problems found in the three earlier trees
- Descendants of Philippe Le Riche, a new tree largely based in Trinity, with no apparent connection to any of the above trees Added 2018
Two linked trees received in 2019 and belatedly added to the site in 2020, with some unsubstantiated details, mainly vague dates, omitted
- Descendants of Thomas Le Riche - 3
- Descendants of Jean Le Riche - 2
- Descendants of Edmond Le Riche Added 2022
Church records
- Le Riche baptisms in Jersey
- Le Riche marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Le Riche marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Le Riche burials in Jersey
Great War service
Family wills
Burial records
Family businesses
- Le Riches Stores
- F J Le Riche was a draper and tailor at 14 King Street in the 1880s
- Thomas Le Riche was a woollen draper at 19 King Street in the 1840s and '50s
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Occupation curfew cards
Curfew pass issued to S E Le Riche during the Occupation as a member of the St Brelade Honorary Police [1]
Family album
David Thomas Le Riche, Philip John Le Riche, Mrs Helleur (aunt), Edwin David Le Riche, Lilian May Le Riche, Stanley Francis Le Riche, George Ernest Le Riche, Elizabeth Carteret Le Riche, nee Helleur, Walter George Le Riche
Alice Jane Le Riche (1865-1916) with her daughter Eva Annie (1892- ), who married George Rust
Charles Le Riche, born at Gorey in 1836, the son of Hugh (1801- ) and Nancy Anne, nee Ahier (1803-1874)
Catherine Melina Vines (1843- ) who was the second wife of Charles Le Riche
Arthur Le Riche, son of Charles and Melina, nee Vines, with his family in Wales
R Le Riche (back row, right) was a member of the league champions BOBA football team in 1946-47
Anne Rachel Skelton, nee Le Riche (1845- )
Annie Le Riche
Jean Le Riche 1808-1908
Lydie Le Riche and Wilfred Pallot wedding
Frederick John Le Riche (1897-1961) and David
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Family gravestones
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Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Trinity Church cemetery
Trinity Church cemetery
Trinity Church cemetery
Trinity Church cemetery
St Peter’s Church cemetery
Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
St John’s Church cemetery
St John’s Church cemetery
Philadelphie cemetery
St Peter parish cemetery
St Peter parish cemetery
St Brelade Church cemetery
St Brelade Church cemetery
St Brelade Church cemetery
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
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Notes and references
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