Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir William Ryther (d.c.1424) of Ryther by Sibyl (c.1366-1439), da. of William, Lord Aldeburgh (d.1388), sis. and coh. of Sir William Aldeburgh (d.1391) of Harewood, Yorks. m. Maud (c.1393-bef. Apr. 1437), CIPM, xxi. 831-3; xxiv. 696-8. da. of Sir Thomas Umfraville† (d.1391) of Harbottle, Northumb., and Hessle, Yorks., by Agnes (d.1420), da. of Thomas Grey (d.1369) of Heton, Northumb.; sis. and coh. of Sir Gilbert Umfraville (d.1421), at least 2s. 1da. Kntd. by Mar. 1416.
Offices Held
Commr. of inquiry, Yorks. Sept. 1424 (concealments), Northumb., Yorks. Dec. 1435 (on petition of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, for restoration); sewers, Yorks. (W. Riding) July 1433; oyer and terminer, Yorks., York Aug. 1433 (complaint by the abbot of St. Mary’s, York); gaol delivery, York Nov. 1433 (Sir Ralph Greystoke); array, Yorks. (E. Riding) July 1434; to assess subsidy, Yorks. Jan. 1436.
Sheriff, Yorks. 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, Lincs. 10 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430, Yorks. 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431, 3 Nov. 1434 – 7 Nov. 1435, 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Ryther, Yorks.
Rither, Ryder, Rythere
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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