Ryves, John

Summary

Father: Robert Ryves
Mother: Margaret Gillot

Birth: 4 June 1567
Birth Source: Parish Registers

Death: c 27 Oct 1634
Death Source: Reliques of the Rives

Spouse1: Ann Burley

Narrative

Children of John Ryves and Ann Burley:

1. George Ryves, b. c1588
2. Margaret Ryves, b. c1591, m. Leonard Welsted
3. John Ryves, b. c1593
4. Millicent Ryves, b. c1594; m. John Foyle
5. Richard Ryves, b. about 1597
6. Robert Ryves, b. c1599
7. Ann Ryves, b. c1604, m. Ralph Stawell
8. Elizabeth Ryves, b. c1607

Baptisms from Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Registers:

• Mr John Ryves had a woman childe baptized the xiiith daie of June and named Margarett (1591)
• Mr John Ryves of Randelston had a manchild baptized the 8th of Aprill named John (1593)
• Mr John Ryves of Randelston had a manchild christened the xith daye of November and named Robert (1599)
• Anne the daughter of Mr John Reeves & Mrs Anne his wyfe was baptised the xvith of December (1604)
• Elizabeth Rives the daughter of Mr John Rives of Randelstone was baptized the xxiith day of March 1606 (1607)

The visitations of Dorset from 1623 indicate that John was of Randleston and lists him as the son and heir of Robert of Randleston. He also states he married Anna daughter of George Burley of Long Parish in "com. South." Concerning their children, the following information is given:

• Georgius Rives de Randleston in com. Dorset fil. et haer (m.) Maria filia 1 Tho. Hussey de Tompson in com. Dorset Ar. (George Ryves of Randleston in County Dorset son and heir (m). Maria daughter of Thomas Hussey of Tompson in County Dorset ?)
• 2. John aet. 28 (John age 28)
• 3. Ric'us aet. 26 (Richard age 26)
• 4 Rob'tus aet. 22 (Robert age 22)
• Margareta uxor Leonardi Welsted filis primogeniti Leonardi Welsted de Milton Abbis in com. Dorset. (Margaret married Leonard Welsted firstborn son of Leonard Welsted of Milton Abbas in County Dorset)
• Millicenta 2 filia ux. Jo: Foile filij promogeniti Jo: Foile Shaftesburie (Millicent 2nd daughter married Jo: Foile firstborn son of Jo: Foile Shaftsebury)
• Anne
• Elizabeth

The Alumni Oxoniensis has the following to say about John:

Ryves, John, of Dorset, gent Hart Hall, matric entry under date 2 May, 1581, aged 15; student of Middle Temple 1582, as son and heir of Robert, of Ranston, Dorset, gent; father of George 1605. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

From Middle Temple Records:
(1583/4) 15 Feb. Mr. John, son and heir of Robert Ryves of Randelstone, Dorset, gent., generally; fine 53s. 4d. Bound with Messrs. Richard Swayne and John Ryves. Mr. John Swaine, late of New Inn, gent., son and heir-apparent of Robert Swaine of Randelstone, Dorset, gent., generally; fine, 20s.

He does not seem to have sought further advancement in the legal profession and was fined in October 1601 for refusing to serve as a reader at the Middle Temple.

He had probably taken up residence at Downton prior to his election there as its MP in 1614. Once in the Commons, he appears to have made little contribution to the brief Addled Parliament.

Burials from Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Registers:

• Anne Rives the wife of Mr John Rives of Randelston was buried the xii day of Aprill 1609
• John Ryves Esquire was buryed October ye 27th 1634

From Reliques of the Rives:
John Ryves, heir of Randleston, who was born 4 June 1567, according to the inq. p. m. (supra) of his father, was baptized at Ewerne Courtney 3 August 1567. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford, 2 May 1581, "aged 15" (Foster), but apparently did not take his degree, as he proceeded to the Middle Temple where he was admitted 15 February 1582-3 as the "son and heir of Robert Ryves of Randleston, co. Dorset, gent." (Ingpen). He was made the executor of his brother, Robert Ryves, in 1596, and sold his estate at Lynch, in the Isle of Purbeck (inherited no doubt from his mother), 7 April 1624. His will is not extant but he would seem to have been the John Rives who was buried at Ewerne Courtney 27 October 1634. According to Hutchins, he married Ann Burley (buried at Ewerne Courtney 12 April 1609), daughter of George Burley, of Long Parish, co. Southampton, by whom he had: (see above).

Sources

Burial:       Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Combine (BM&B) Register, PE/IWC: RE1/1

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p26
Archive.org - Edited by John Paul Rylands. (1885). The visitation of the county of Dorset, taken in the year 1623, p80
Archive.org - Foster, Joseph. (1891). Alumni Oxoniensis: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714, Vol. 3, p1295
Archive.org - Middle Temple Records (1904), p258
History of Parliament (1604-1629) - History of Parliament Trust
The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, John Hutchins, 1774
Register of University of Oxford
Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Combine (BM&B) Register, PE/IWC: RE1/1