Richard Ryve (also Reve) (d. 1594) was a

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from 1560 to 1594.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Career

He was educated at

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where he graduated BA in 1534, MA in 1537. He was appointed: *Rector of Berkhamsted 1552 *School master of Berkhamsted Grammar School 1552 *Rector of Marsh Gibbon 1561 *Prebendary of Westminster 1560 *Chaplain to

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He was appointed to the eleventh stall in

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in 1560 and held the canonry until 1594.

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