Richmal was born in Manchester on 7 March 1769 and baptised on 31 March.The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register O ice: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 63 She was one of the seven children of James Mangnall of Hollinhurst, Lancashire, and London, and Richmal, daughter of John Kay of Manchester to survive infancy. One brother, James, became a London solicitor, another died in the East Indies in 1801. Her parents died about 1781, when she was adopted by an uncle, also John Kay, a Manchester solicitor.ODNB entry: Retrieved 14 February 2012. Subscription required.
