Ryves, Robert

Summary

Father: John Ryves
Mother: Amye Harvey

Birth: c1544
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death: Jul 1576
Death Source: Burial

Spouse1: Margaret Gillot

Narrative

Children of Robert Ryves and Margaret Gillot:

1. John Ryves, b. 4 June 1567
2. Robert Ryves, b. 4 June 1567
3. James Ryves
4. Richard Ryves, b. 1568
5. Mathew Ryves, b. 1571
6. Elizabeth Ryves, b. c1573, m. George Mervyn
7. Margaret Ryves, m. Richard Galdston

Baptisms from Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Registers:

• Mr Robert Ryves had a man child baptized the third of Auguste named Robert (1567)
• James Ryves was Baptized the xxix Day of Auguste (1568)
• Mr Robert Ryves had a man child baptized the xxth Daye of Novemb by the name of Richard (1569)
• Mr Robert Ryves had a son baptized the 23 daye of Maye and named Mathew (1571)
• Mr Robert Ryves had a Daughtr baptized the xxvth day of Aprill by the name of Elizabethe (1573)

Burial from Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Registers:

• Mr Robert Ryves was buried 27 July (1576)

Remarriage of widow from Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Registers:

• Master Robert Swayne Mrs Margret Ryves widdow were maried 29 Octob (1576)

The visitations of Dorset from 1623 indicate that Robert was of Randleston and lists him as the second son of John of Damery Court. He also states he married Margaret daughter of William Gillet of Kingston in the Isle of Burbeck. Concerning their children, the following information is given:

• Joh'es Ryves de Randleston in com. Dorset filius primogentius (m.) Anna filia Geo. Burley de Longe Parish in com. South (Eldest son John Ryves of Randleston in County Dorset m. Anne, daughter of Geo. Burley of Long Parish in County South.)
• Rob'tus Ryves de Blandford in com. Dorset 2 filius (m.) Maria filia ...Jordaine de Lime in Co. Dorset (2nd Son Robert Ryves of Blandford in County Dorset (m.) Maria daughter of ....Jordaine of Lime in County Dorset)
• Jacobus 3 filius duxit Francesca fil. Thome Auerie in com. Wiltes. (3rd Son James married Francesca daughter of Thomas Auerie in County Wiltshire)
• Ricardus Rives 4 sonne duxit Editha filia Joh'es Seamore de Hanford in com. Dorset Ar. (4th son Richard Rives married Editha daughter of John Seamore of Hanford in County Dorset ?)
• Matheus Ryves 5 filius duxit Maria filia Markes James de Insula Vectis (5th son Matthew Ryves married Maria daughter of Mark James of Isle of Wight)
• Elizab: ux. Geo: Marvin de Knoell in com. Wiltes. (Elizabeth married George Marvin of Knoell in County Wiltshire)
• Margareta ux. Ric'i Goldston de Alderberie in com. Wiltshire (Margaret married Richard Godlston of Alderbury in County Wiltshire)

From Reliques of the Rives:
Robert Ryves, of Randleston, born about 1544, died in 1576, and was buried at Ewerne Courtney, 27 July 1576. Aside from Hutchins the sole testimony for him is contained in his inq. p. m., as follows:

Court of Wards, Inq. P. M.
Vol. 7, No. 65.
An inquisition taken at Dorchester on September 4th the 18th year of the reign of Elizabeth Queen of England (1577) after the death of Robert Ryves, gentleman. The jurors say upon their oaths that the said Robert Ryves was seised long before his death of the manor of Randleston alias Raulston and of lands (there follows a long description of them 0in Randleston and other places in co. Dorset. John Ryves is the son and next heir of the said Robert Ryves and he was of the age of eleven years on June 4th last. Margaret was the wife of the said Robert Ryves and she is still living in full life at Randleston alias Raulston. . . .

Hutchins states that he married Margaret Gillot, daughter and coheir of William Gillot (Gillette), of the Isle of Purbeck, aged 42 in 1594, who remarried after the death of Robert Ryves at Ewerne Courtney, 29 October 1579, Robert Swayne, of Gunvill, and that Robert Ryves had by her (see above).

Research Notes

James Rives Childs in his book Reliques of the Rives indicates that his son James was the James Ryves who died in 1632, leaving a will probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. He also indicated he lived in London although the will does not state this. So far, no burial record matching this individual in either Dorset or London registers has been found.

Sources

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

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p25
Archive.org - Edited by John Paul Rylands. (1885). The visitation of the county of Dorset, taken in the year 1623, p80
Iwerne Courtney, Dorset Parish Combine (BM&B) Register, PE/IWC: RE1/1