Dr. Brune Ryves

Bruno Ryves (1596–1677) was an English royalist churchman, editor in 1643 of the Oxford newsbook Mercurius Rusticus, and later dean of Chichester and dean of Windsor. Both Ryves's Christian name and surname were variously spelled by his contemporaries: Brune, Bruen, Brian, Bruno; and Reeves, Rives, Ryve, Reeve, and Ryves. Contents [hide] 1 Life 2 Works 3 Notes 4 References [edit]Life

He was son of Thomas, and grandson of John Ryves of Damory Court, Dorset. Sir Thomas Ryves and Sir William Ryves were his first cousins. He was educated at Oxford, subscribing as a clerk of New College in 1610. He graduated B.A. in 1616, and in the following year became a clerk of Magdalen College, proceeding M.A. 9 June 1619, B.D. 20 June 1632, and D.D. 25 June 1639. He was admitted of Gray's Inn in 1634. In the meantime he was instituted to the vicarage of Stanwell in Middlesex, where he made a name by his preaching; he obtained in September 1628 the additional benefice of St. Martin-le-Vintry. About 1640 he became chaplain to Charles I. The inhabitants of Stanwell petitioned against him in July 1642: he was deprived of his benefices, and a parliamentary preacher appointed. He was expelled with his family, but sheltered by Lord Arundel at Wardour Castle. A patent of June 1646 created him dean of Chichester, but he remained dependent on charity at Shafton in Dorset until after 1649, when he made at least one journey abroad, bearing to Charles II some money which had been collected among his adherents. At the Restoration he was in July 1660 installed dean of Chichester and master of the hospital there; he was also sworn chaplain-in-ordinary to the king, and appointed dean of Windsor (and Wolverhampton), being installed on 3 September 1660. He became scribe of the order of the Garter the following January. As administrator of the charity of the poor knights of Windsor, he had to deal with the appeals of decayed royalists. He was presented to the rectories of Haseley, Oxfordshire, and Acton, in Middlesex. In January 1662, when there was unseasonable hot weather, he preached to the House of Commons at St. Margaret's, on Joshua vii. 12, showing how the neglect of exacting justice on offenders was a cause of God's punishing a land. Practising what he preached, he had his curate at Acton harass Richard Baxter, who was drawing large audiences in defiance of the conventicle act. Baxter was eventually imprisoned for six months, causing Ryves damage with a reputation as embittered. Ryves died at Windsor on 13 July 1677, and was buried in the south aisle of St. George's Chapel. By his wife, Kate, daughter of Sir Richard Waldram, knt., of Charley, Leicestershire, he had several children. [edit]Works

Besides sermons, Ryves was the author of Mercurius Rusticus; or the Countries Complaint of the Barbarous Outrages committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdom. Nineteen numbers appeared from June to December 1643, and were republished together, in 1646, 1647, and 1685. George Wither started a parliamentary Mercurius Rusticus as a counter. The assaults on Sir John Lucas's house, Wardour Castle, and other mansions are narrated, while a second part starts on damage done to the cathedrals. The intention was to scare the reader with the brutality of parliamentary troopers.[1] It was frequently bound up, under the common title of Angliae Ruina, with the Querela Cantabrigiensis of John Barwick. Ryves assisted Brian Walton in his work on the London tithes, and contributed to his polyglot bible. [edit]Notes

^ Nigel Smith, Literature and Revolution in England, 1640–1660 (1994), p. 198. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Ryves

Brune Ryves Royalist Dr. Brune Ryves was probably the most noteworthy of the Ryves in England. The D.N.B. lists him as scholar, author and chaplain to both Kings Charles I and II; Vicar of Stanwell in Middlesex. When Cromwell and athe Parlimentary forces arrested Charles I and civil war brokeout, Dr. Ryves was evicted; his property all confiscated; he and his wife and four children sought shelter from the cold rain under a hedge. Lord Arundel, hearing of their plight, sent his carriage to rescue Dr. Ryves, and took the destitute family into his home at Castle Wardour as his guests. Dr. Ryves made at least one trip abroad to carry funds to Charles II (collected by his friends in England.) When the restoration came in 1660, Dr. Ryves was installed as Dean of Chichester, and Master of the Hospital there. He was made Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the King and Appointed Dean of Windsor. Some letters indicate that Dr. Ryves may have considered migrating to Virginia. There are numerous documents about the sufferings of this family during the Commonwealth. Dr. Ryves is buried at Windsor in the aisle joining on the south sideto his Majesty's Chapel of St. George. Kathryn Waldrum was born after 1594 in England. She died about 1667 in England. She married Dr. Brune Ryves. They had the following children: - Brune Ryves was born about 1636 in England. He died after 1680. Brune was employed as merchant and ship owner in England. He was interested in overseas trade. - Joseph Ryves was born about 1638 in England. He died about 1680 in London, England. Joseph was employed as woolen draper in Lond, England. - Thomas Ryves was born about 1640 in England. He died about 1679 in England. - Jane Ryves was born after 1640 in England. - Katherine Ryves was born about 1647 in England. - Dorothy Ryves was born about 1650 in England.

Dr. Brune Ryves translated the Bible from the Greek version to KJV... He is buried between King Charles 1 and 2. Here he is mentioned in notes attached to our 9th Grt Gr-father Timothy.

Prominent Oxford Family His status was such that he earned mention in Wood’s “Survey of the Antiquities of Oxford.” Timothy is the only son to bear his first name in all of the branches of the Reeves family, and his children would be the only ones to name children Timothy in the future. Timothy was admitted to the University of Oxford to learn the art of brewing on 11 March 1611. Hutchins identifies Timothy as a parishioner of St. Mary Magdalene in Oxford City, and as Steward of the University of Oxford. He was listed in the Oxford records as a “privileged person.” Most likely Timothy earned preferment at Oxford through his uncles, Dr. George Ryves (warden of New College in 1599, chancellor of Oxford in 1601) and Sir William Ryves (chancellor-at-law in 1615, and J.P. of the Parish of St. Mary Madgalene in 1618.). He was orphaned at a very young age, and was probably taken in by George and Sir William. It is known that he named two of his children after them. In 1646, Oxford, the city in which Charles I sought refuge from the Civil War, surrendered to Parliament. A close relative of Timothy’s, Dr. Brune Ryves, Chaplain to Charles I, was in Oxford at the time of the surrender. He was given, under the articles of surrender, “…full liberty at any time within six months to doe to any convenient Port and Transport himselfe with his servents, Goods, and Necessaries beyond the Seas.” Although Dr. Ryves did not, it is assumed that Timothy and his sons were granted the same right.