An Autobiography of an Ancient Athlete & Antiquarian

AUTOBIOGRAPHY 3 legacies to the Cathedral. It may, however, be that he had some official connection with the See of Norwic!:i or with the Abbey of St. Benet's at Holm, which latter had a manor at Smallburgh. His sons William 1 and Thomas migrated to North Walsham. From the younger son, Thomas Rye, I can trace my descent. r. He was a butcher 2 of North Walsham in 1569. and died before 1586. His son 2. William Rye had settled at Cromer before 1589, where his uncle gave a bequest to his children. He pro– bably went to Cromer through his father marrying Alice Spelman, of Cromer, or through his own marriage with - Springall, of Cromer. His will is dated 1603, and in it he mentions his son, 3. Edward Rye 3 , born after 1582, was no doubt father of 4. Edward Rye, of Cromer, living there in 1673, who· may be the same or the father of 5. Edward Rye the elder, of Cromer, who died 1698 (for his signature see illustration), who by his wife Anne had 6. Edward Rye the younger, of Cromer, whose will is– dated 1710, and who left (a) Edward Rye, of Cromer, who married Martha 1 From the elder branch (which rose to a position of some importance) descended William !.{ye, Sheriff of Norwich in 1645; William Rye, Sheriff in 1829; and Dr. John Rye, one of the founders of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, who married in 1795 Anne, daughter of Sir Berney Brograve, and was father of George Aug. Rye Brograve, who d.s.p.m. Both he and his cousin, Capt. G. H. Rye,R.N. who fought under Nelson, and the Jermyns, who married into the Suffolk family, improperly used the old arms of Ryes of Hingham and Derbyshire. 2 Robert Rye, probably his brother, was a butcher in St. Stephen's, Norwich, in 1588, where he carried a black bill at the Musters there. 1 The first Edward I find is Edward Rye, born 1547, and the last of his names, the 16th of our family, is my grandson, Edward Beloe Ry{:, born 1902.