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Ryves has been described as one of the most gifted members of a gifted family. Elrington Ball however criticizes him as one of those judges who owed everything to
Strafford, and later betrayed his trust by working closely with Parliament in bringing down both Strafford and his friend Bolton.
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Ryves' second wife was
Dorothy Waldron, daughter of John Waldron or Waldram. She was probably a sister of Elizabeth Waldron, who married William's brother Thomas. She remarried after Ryves' death John Ferrar of Dromore. They had one daughter Dorothy, who married as his third wife
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i.e. he gave verbal instructions on his deathbed as to the disposition of the estate to those present, of whom we know the name of one, Mrs
Verschoyle. Of his children, Charles, John and Elizabeth received legacies (George died about the same time as his father).
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Jackson, Bingley and Latham. By this marriage he had nine children, three daughters and six sons, of whom seven reached adulthood, including:
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in 1639 and served as one of its trustees. Unlike Davies he seems to have made no effort as
Attorney General to influence Government policy: he has been described as simply "a cog in the administrative machine".
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of his will. She was still living in 1675, when she transferred her claim to £3000, which was due to her first husband as the arrears of his salary as
Speaker of the Lords, to her son-in-law Lord Barrymore as a
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William and his brother Thomas both made full use of their family connection with Sir John Davies, and on Davies' recommendation, William succeeded him as
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