Ryves, George
Summary
Father: John RyvesMother: Ann Burley
Birth: c1588
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives
Death: 3 July 1666
Death Source: Reliques of the Rives
Spouse1: Mary Hussey
Spouse2: Elizabeth Ryves, daughter of Henry Ryves
Narrative
Children of George Ryves and Mary Hussey:- John Ryves, b. 1614
- Elizabeth Ryves, b. 1616
Children of George Ryves and Elizabeth Ryves:
- Arethusa Ryves, bap. 1626. m. Mr. Haysome or Haytham
- George Ryves, bap. 28 Oct. 1627
- Charles Ryves, bap. 26 Nov. 1628
- Henry Ryves, b. c1630; m. Elizabeth; living in 1695.
- Thomas Ryves, b. c1633
- Richard Ryves, bap. 23 Sept. 1635
- Robert Ryves, bap. 4. Dec. 1639
- Elizabeth Ryves, b. c1640; m. Henry Rose
From Reliques of the Rives:
George Ryves of Ranston, born about 1588, died 1666, matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford, 15 November 1605, aged 16, as "of Dorset, armiger; perhaps B. C. L., 24 Jan. 1627/8; D. C. L., from All Soul's College, 5 July, 1634"; admitted to the Middle Temple, 23 Jan. 1609/10, as "son and heir of John Ryves of Randleston or Ranston of co. Dorset, gent." (Foster) (Ingpen).
That he was a man of affairs, just in his dealings and of more than ordinary judgment is made plain in the testimonies even of his kin, for no less than three of his relatives paid tribute to him in their wills by appealing to him to undertake various testamentary tasks on their behalf. Robert Ryves, of Fifehead appointed in his will (1658) "my loving Cozens Mr. George Rives of Randleston and Mr. John Fussell of Blandford to bee my executors in trust during the minority of my said Sonnes Robert and John Rives." Similarly, Richard Ryves, first cousin once removed of George Ryves, provided in his will (1633) "my cosen George Rives of Randleston, my cosen John Fussell of Blandford ... to be my overseers." Another cousin, Richard Ryves, of Childe Okeford, stipulated in his will in 1630 that his children should be ruled by his wife "both in their breeding and preferment in marriage with the advice of my Cosen George Ryves of Randleston."
George5 Ryves died 3 July 1666 and was buried in Shroton Church (Ewerne Courtney) where the following monumental inscription was erected to his memory: Georgius Ryves de Randleston, Arm. Hic Sepultus Est Julii 9, 1666.
He married 1st, Mary, daughter of Thomas Hussey of Winterborn Thompson, co. Dorset, and, according to Hutchins, and had by her (see above).
George Ryves, of Randleston, married, 2nd, Elizabeth Ryves, his second cousin, daughter of Henry Ryves, of Barton Stacie, co. Hants, their son, George Ryves, becoming ultimately heir of Damory Court. Mrs. Elizabeth Ryves was bequeathed £100 by Sir John Ryves in 1624 as "my niece Elizabeth Ryves, daughter of my brother Henry Ryves," She was buried at Ewerne Courtney 12 November 1643.