George Ryves (c. 1562 – 31 May 1613) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
He was born in Dorset, second of the eight sons of John Ryves (1532-1587) of Damory Court near Blandford and Elizabeth Marvyn, daughter of Sir John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, and his first wife Jane Baskerville. He came from a gifted clan: of his brothers, Sir Thomas Ryves was an acknowledged expert on maritime law, and another brother, Sir William Ryves, had a highly successful career as a Law Officer and High Court judge in Ireland. Bruno Ryves, Dean of Windsor was a cousin. His widowed mother made her home with George in New College, and died at a ripe age in 1609.
Ryves was educated at Winchester College, where he gained a scholarship aged 12 in 1574,[1] and New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1579, graduating B.A. 1582, M.A. 1586, B.D. 1594, D.D. 1599.[2]
In the church, Ryves became chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester and canon of Winchester Cathedral in 1598, and held the following livings:[2]
- Rector of Blandford St Mary, Dorset (1589)
- Rector of Alverstoke, Hampshire (1591)
- Rector of Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire (1600)
- Rector of Colerne, Wiltshire (1606)
- Rector of Old Alresford, Hampshire (1608)
Ryves was elected Warden (head) of New College, Oxford, in 1599, a post he held until his death in 1613.[3] During his time as Warden of New College, he was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1601 until 1602.[4][5]
Ryves was involved in the translation of the King James Version. Gustavus Paine notes that a letter from Thomas Bilson to Thomas Lake refers to Ryves as "one of the overseers of that part of the New Testament that is being translated out of Greek".[6]
References
- ↑ Kirby, T. F. (1888). Winchester Scholars. p. 132. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- 1 2 Foster, Joseph. "Rokebye-Ryves". Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. British History Online. pp. 1277–1295. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "New College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 144–162. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ University of Oxford (1888). "Vice-Chancellors". The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ Paine, Gustavus S (1977). The Men Behind the King James Version. Baker. p. 72.