Ryves, Edmund

Summary

Father: John Ryves
Mother: Joan Samon

Birth: c1564
Birth Source: Alumni Oxoniensis

Death: 1632
Death Source: Will & Probate

Spouse1: Mary Nicholas

Narrative

Children of Edmund Ryves and Mary Nicholas:

1. John Ryves
2. Susanna Ryves
3. Edmund Ryves, b. c1628
4. Matthew Ryves, b. c1631
5. Jane Ryves

The Alumni Oxoniensis has the following to say about Edmund:

Ryves, Edmumd (Rives), of Hants, pleb. ST. MARY HALL, matric. 27 Nov., 1581, aged 17.

Edmund Ryves of Drayton in Hampshire wrote his will on 8 Mar 1631/2 and it was proved 7 Nov 1632. In addition to wife Mary, he mentions children John, Susan, Edmund, Matthew, and Jane. He also mentions his uncle "Mr. Augustyne Ryves," his father-in-law John Nicholas, brother in law Dr. Matthew Nicholas and brother-in-law George Thomas.

From Reliques of the Rives:
Edmund Ryves matriculated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 27 November 1581, aged 17, as "of Hants, pleb" (Foster). According to the Harleian Mss. he married Mary, daughter of John Nicholas, Gentleman, which is confirmed by a letter written 27 April 1640 by John Nicholas, signed "your assured loving father," and addressed "to Edward Nicholas, Esq." (Sir Edward Nicholas, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Admiralty) in which reference is made "to your sister Ryves" (State Papers Dom. Charles I, vol. 451, 60).

Sources

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p69
Archive.org - Foster, Joseph. (1891). Alumni Oxoniensis: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714, Vol. 3, p1295
1632 Will - Edmund Ryves - Diocese of Winchester, 1632a076/1-3