William Ryley
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| Died | 1667 | ||
| Occupation | Officer of arms at the College of Arms in London | ||
William Ryley (d. 1667) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He began his career as a clerk at the record office in the Tower of London under Sir John Borough, Garter king of arms. He entered the College of Arms as Rouge Rose pursuivant in 1630 and was promoted to Bluemantle Pursuivant in 1633.[1] As Bluemantle he was involved in the visitations of Buckinghamshire [2]and Oxfordshire in 1634.[3] In 1638 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn[4] and he was appointed Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary herald in 1641.[1] He accompanied Charles I to Oxford in 1641, but was sent back to London to look after the records.[5] In 1646 he was promoted to Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, so he could marshal the state funeral of the Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex|Earl of Essex.[6] In 1659 he was appointed Clarenceux king of arms, but was demoted at the Restoration to his pre-war status of Lancaster herald.[1] When William Prynne was appointed keeper of the records, Ryley and his son William (d. 1675) were named as deputies. He died in July 1667 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ryley, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24423. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Rylands, W. Harry (1909). The Visitation of the County of Buckingham. Harleiam Society.
- ↑ Turner, William Henry (1871). The visitations of the county of Oxford. Harleian Society.
- ↑ Lincoln's Inn Admissions Register, Vol. 1. 1896. p. 236.
- ↑ Broadway, Jan (2011). William Dugdale. p. 64. ISBN 9780956742803.
- ↑ Broadway, Jan (2011). William Dugdale. p. 76. ISBN 9780956742803.
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