'Ryther1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Ryther of Harewood Castle, Ryther of Ryther, Ryther of Scarcroft
[Some of this information was previously uploaded on a temporary page on 22.12.05, extended 21.05.06.]
| Walter de Ryther (d c1166) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Hamelin Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Ryther (d 1212) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Gilbert Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir William Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1280) Lucy Ros (dau of John de Ros, son of Robert, 1st Lord of Helmsley) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Robert Ryther (d 07.11.1322) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Ryther (d 10.1363) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Tunstall (dau of William Tunstall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Ryther or Ryther (d by1379) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Totheby (dau of Sir William de Totheby) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Ryther of Ryther and Castle Harewood (d c1426) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sybil of Aldburgh (d 03.09.1439) | |||||||||||||||
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| William Ryther of Ryther and Castle Harewood (d c1426) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sybil of Aldburgh (d 03.09.1439, dau of Sir William de Alburgh of Harewood Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William Ryther of Ryther and Castle Harwood (d 01.10.1440) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud de Umfraville (b c1393, d 04.01.1434/5, dau of Sir Thomas de Umfraville of Harbottle Castle) wife of William, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Ryther of Ryther and Castle Harwood (d 19.04.1475) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation only mentions Sir William's marriage to Eleanor FitzWilliams. Various web sites show that his 1st wife was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Gascoigne (dau of William Gascoigne) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Maud Ryther probably of this generation, shown by various web sites as of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Nevile of Liversedge, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 1502) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Eleanor Fitzwilliam (dau of John Fitzwilliam of Spotborough by Margaret Clarell) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Robert Ryther, Sheriff of Yorkshire (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sir Ralph Ryther (d 02.04.1520) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Catherine Constable (dau of Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Eleanor Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Aske of Aughton | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (dsp) - Robert, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Maude Percy (dau of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Henry Ryther (dsps?) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Acclom (younger) of Moreby | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Thomas Ryther possibly the Thomas of Harewood who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes or Anne Scrope (dau of Sir Henry le Scrope, 6th Lord of Bolton) wife of Thomas, possibly mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Ryther of Greenhithe or Greenwich (younger son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Grove (dau of John Grove of Kent) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Ryther of Canterbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hales (dau of Sir James Hales) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Ryther of Harewood (a 1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Atherton (dau of William Atherton of Harewood) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Ryther 'of Harewood Castle' (b c1571) | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). (div) (Mary) Swifte (dau of Sir Robert Swifte) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bateman | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Edith, Anne, Ellen, Muriel | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Ralph, Sir Robert (dsp), Sir William (had issue) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Nicholas Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Hussey | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Ryther of Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Vavasour (dau of Sir William Vavasour) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Ryther of Scarcroft, Yorkshire (d c1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Clough (dau of Edmund Clough of Thorpe Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Ryther of Scarcroft (b 1593/4, a 04.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Dolman (dau of Sir Robert Dolman of Gunby) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Ryther (b 1630/1, a 04.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Langdale (dau of Philip Langdale of Lanthrop) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue - John (b 1659/60), Robert (d young), Thomas (b 1663/4), Henry (b c01.1666), Mary (b 1598/9) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Robert Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Richard Ryther (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Blakestone of Monk Fryston | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Frances Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Rawlins of London | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Barston of Thorner | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Anne Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ East of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Christopher Favell (of Altofts family) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - Robert (dsp), Thomas (dsp), Ellen (d unm), Mary (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| Probably of this generation but (if so) not known of which marriage was ... | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Isabel Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Guy Fairfax of Steeton Castle (d 1495) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Gilbert Ryther (of Aylesfordswell (Alford Well) 'and Sutton' | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabell named in Visitation (Yorkshire, 1584-5+1612, Wright of Plowland) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Maud Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sotheby | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Alice Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wright of Plowland (a c1500) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - George (dsp), 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| C. | ?? Ryther | ||||||||||||||
| The family of the undermentioned Thomas is identified in the continuation as "descended from Sir William Ryther of Ryther". We speculate that Thomas was connected as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Ryther presumed father or grandfather of ... | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Ryther of Lynstead, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Isabella Ryther (d 1440) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Thwaites of Lofthouse (d before 11.10.1469) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : various web sites
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Foster 1875, Yorskshire, 1584/5+1612, Ryther of Harewood), Visitation (Yorkshire, Dugdale 1666, Ryther of Scarcroft)
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