Sir Richard Ingoldsby, KB, of Lethenborough, Buckinghamshire, was the son of Sir Richard Ingoldsby (d. 1635) of Lethenborough, the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1606,[1] and of his first wife Elizabeth Palmer. She was the daughter of William Palmer, of Waddesdon, Buckingamshire[2] and Joyce Pigott, (b. 20 Dec 1548, married 28 Aug 1572).[3]
He was knighted on 22 October 1617 by King James I, during a royal visit to his father-in-law's house at Hinchingbrooke.[4]