Captaine William Ryder

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Captaine William Ryder



Textual information


William Ryder married Priscilla Tweedy, daughter of the mariner and merchant Captain Roger Tweedy, on Jun 4th 1636.

A Prerogative Court of Canterbury will is available for "Sir William Ryder" (he was knighted in 1661) with probate date Oct 2 1669.

William Ryder's native language was English

Draft chronology

Summary chronology
1600-1629
1607 or 1608 - Born possibly at Wembury in Devon[1]
1630-1639
June 4th 1636 - Marriage with Priscilla [alt. Prisilla] Tweedy, daughter of the mariner and merchant Captain Tweedy, in parish of Saint Gregory Saint Paul[2]
1640-1649
May 17 1643 - Baptism, Elizabeth daughter of William and Priscilla Rider, parish of Saint Olave, Hart Street, London[3]

Jul 3 1646 - Baptism, George, son of William and Priscilla Ryder, parish of Saint Olave, Hart Street, London[4]

Jun 3 1648 - Letter, Item 18. Londres. William Rider[5]
May 15 1649 - Letter, Item 318. Londres. William Rider[6]
1649 - One of dedicatees of William Bullock's Virginia impartially examined (London, 1649)[7]
Nov 18 1649 - Accounts of losses sustained by Captaine William Rider et al.; submitted as evidence in English High Court of Admiralty[8]

1650-1659
Apr 1650 - Letter, Item 657. Londres. William Rider[9]

Apr 6 1650 - Deposition of Willimus Rider in English High Court of Admiralty[10]
Jun 4 1650 - Letter, Item 659. Londres. William Rider[11]
Sep 29 1650 - Letter, Item 750. Londres. William Rider[12]
Dec 8 1650 - Letter, Item 808. Londres. William Rider[13]

Apr 3 1651 - Letter, Item 954. Londres. William Rider[14]

Mar. 7 1654 (poss. 1655) - One of signators on petition of "Portugall merchants" to the Lord Protector[15]
Mar. 7 1654 (poss. 1655) - One of signators to a letter from the commissioners for the southern expetion to the Lord Protector. Complete list of signators was Andrew Riccard, Maurice Thompson, William Williams, John Limbery, Martin Noell, William Rider, William Williams, and Thomas Alderny.[16]

Feb 3 1654/1655 - Deposition of Captaine William Ryder in English High Court of Admiralty[17]

Oct 1656 - Agreed to take bulk of English East India company's space in their Blue warehouse[18]
Oct 9 1656 - Made executor of will of Jeremy Blackman, merchant, of Saint Andrew Undershaft, together with fellow executor Jeremy Blackman, son of Jeremy Blackman. Probate granted Nov 25 1656[19]

Nov 6 1657 - Third of twenty-eight signators on a petition to his Highness Oliver Lord Protector seeking support of the East India Company[20]

1660-1669
1660 - Marriage of Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of William Ryder, to Richard Myddleton (b.1631; d.1700), merchant

Mar 12 1660/1661 - William Ryder, alderman, of London, appointed Knight Bachelor[21]
ca.1661 - Purchased Kirby's Castle, Bethnall Green, a mansion built in 1570 by merchant John Kirby[22]
Jun 10 1661 - Election by the Court of Trinity House of Edward, first Earl of Sandwich KG, as Master and Captain Sir William Ryder as Deputy[23]

MRP: 20th March 1661/62, Letter from Sir William Rider to Charles Conyers
22th March, 1661/62, Letter from Wm Rider, Nic Hurlestone, [?Briab Hassison], Edm. or Edw. ?Johnson, Swanley to Sir GO, Trinity House
MRP: 24th March 1661/62, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO

Jan 10 1663 - Warrant to prepare a bill for King's signature containing a grant to the Royal African Company, identifying Sir William Ryder Kt as a grantee[24]
MRP: 24th March 1662/63, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London
MRP: 26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith & William Rider, London
MRP: 26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith & William Rider, London, Letter 2
MRP: 26th March 1663, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London

MRP: 3rd January 1665/66, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO, Bethnall Green
MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from Wiliam Rider & George Smith
MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO

MRP: 16th April 1667, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London
Apr 18 1667 - Complaint exhibited in Court of Chancery by William Cutler esquire against Sir William Ryder, Sir Richard fford, John Buckworth and Richard ?Oitly concerning the export of copper from Sweden to Ginney[25]
MRP: 22nd August 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO, Bethnal Green
MRP: October 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO
MRP: 15th October 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO, London

Oct 2 1669 - Probate granted for will of Sir William Ryder of Stepney, Middlesex[26]
[[1]]URIs of the form "[[2]]" are not allowed.



Draft floating box

Captain William Ryder [later Sir William Ryder] biographical information
Name
Title Firstname Lastname
Captaine William Ryder
Wm: Rider signature, HCA 13/63 f.13r
Will: Rider signature, HCA 13/70 f.240r
Signature
Name variants
Captaine William Ryder
Captaine William Rider
William Rider
Willimus Rider
Wm: Rider (signature, 1650)
Will: Rider (signature, 1655)
William Ryder
Sir William Rider
Sir William Ryder
Captain Sir William Ryder


Overview
Person Occupation Citizen Birth year Death year Birth place Res parish Resident town
Captaine William Ryder Merchant The date "1607 or 1608" was not understood.The date "1607 or 1608" was not understood. 1669 Unknown Saint Andrew Undershaft London


Evidence from HCA
Volume Date Deponent Deposition start
HCA 24/111 Nov 18 1649 Accounts of losses sustained by Captaine William Rider et al. Tools: HCA 24/111
HCA 13/63 Apr 6 1650 Willimus Rider HCA 13/63 f.12r Annotate
HCA 13/70 Feb 3 1655 Captaine William Ryder HCA 13/70 f.239v Annotate


Background note on Sir William Ryder

Depositions -Ryder as deponent

HCA 13/63: Deposition: Willimus Rider parochia Sancti Andrew Undershaft London cives et mercator einsdem civitatis aetatis 42 annorum; Date: April 6th 1650; Case: Ex parte Capitanes Whittey con Hucket et al[27]

HCA 13/70: Deposition: Captaine William Ryder of the parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft London Merchant, aged 48 yeares; Date: Feb 3 1654/1655; Case: Andrewes and Clutterbuck against Hasilgrave[28]

Depositions - Ryder mentioned

HCA 13/73: Deposition: Robertus Browne de Stepney in comitatu Middlesex nauta aetatis 32 annorum; Date: November 7th 1660; Case: English merchants against the Dutch East Inida Company on behalf of the Constantinople Merchant, the Mayflower, the Dragon, The Merchants Delight, the Marigold, the Anne, and the Samaritan[29]

Cases - Ryder as plaintiff or defendant

HCA 24/111: An Account of the losses sustayned by Captaine William Rider Captaine Jeremie Blackman Lucas Lucie John Robinson John Harris William and George Branton and others, which were Owners and freighters of the shipp called the Roe Buck of London, being taken and surprised by Prince Rupert neere the porte of Lisobone in Portugall the 18th of November 1649[30]

Personal Answers

None

Miscellaneous

HCA 23/19: Interria ministrata et ministranda ex parte et parte, Dmm Willmi Ryder Militis Willimi Cutler et Gregij Cock testis [?quiXXXXung] ex parte et per ptem Johis Herman Wymakert et seies, Johannem Vanhatten Egidin Puisiem et Jacobu Kordt utungh product sXX producteand sequitur; Date: Undated[31]

Letters

20th March 1661/62, Letter from Sir William Rider to Charles Conyers
22th March, 1661/62, Letter from Wm Rider, Nic Hurlestone, [?Briab Hassison], Edm. or Edw. ?Johnson, Swanley to Sir GO, Trinity House
24th March 1661/62, Letter from William Ryder to Sir George Oxenden

24th March 1662/63, Letter from William Rider to Sir George Oxenden, London
26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith and William Rider, London
26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith and William Rider, London, Letter 2
26th March 1663, Letter from William Rider to Sir George Oxenden, London

3rd January 1665/66, Letter from William Ryder to Sir George Oxenden, Bethnall Green
March 1665/66, Letter from Wiliam Rider and George Smith
March 1665/66, Letter from William Rider to Sir George Oxenden

16th April 1667, Letter from William Rider to Sir George Oxenden, London
22nd August 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir George Oxenden, Bethnal Green
October 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir George Oxenden
15th October 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir George Oxenden, London


  1. ↑ Date of birth deduced from age given in two HCA depositions, which give his age as 42 in April 1650 and 48 in Feb 1655; HCA 13/63 f.12r; HCA 13/70 f.239v
  2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKGT-D2N : 10 December 2014), William Rider and Prissilla Tweda, 04 Jul 1636; citing Saint Gregory By Saint Paul, London, London, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 375,028
  3. ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p. 52
  4. ↑ W. Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, 1563-1700 (London, 1916), p. 55
  5. ↑ José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 115
  6. ↑ José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 118
  7. ↑ "...To his much esteemed Friends, M. Samuel Vassell, Captaine Richard Cranley, Captaine Thomas Davis, Captaine Benjamin Cranley, Captaine William Ryder, Captaine Peter Andrews, and the rest of the Gentlemen Adventurers to the English Plantations beyond Sea...", Title page, William Bullock, Virginia impartially examined, and left to publick view, to be considered by all iudicious and honest men under which title is comprehended the degrees from 34 to 39, wherein lyes the rich and healthfull countries of Roanock, the now plantations of Virginia and Mary-land ...(London, 1649), EEBO edition
  8. ↑ HCA 24/111, unfol.
  9. ↑ José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 121
  10. ↑ HCA 13/63 f.12r
  11. ↑ José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 121
  12. ↑ José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 122
  13. ↑ José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 123
  14. ↑ José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 124
  15. ↑ Thomas Birch (ed.), A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe ...: December 1654 to September 1655 (London, 1742), p.200
  16. ↑ Thomas Birch (ed.), A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe ...: December 1654 to September 1655 (London, 1742), p.203
  17. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.239v
  18. ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, October 7, 1656 (Court Book, vol.xxiii, p. 542), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p.115
  19. ↑ [[Tools: PROB 11/259/491 Will of Jeremy Blackman of Saint Andrew Undershaft 25 November 1656|PROB 11/259/491 Will of Jeremy Blackman of Saint Andrew Undershaft 25 November 1656
  20. ↑ The Clothworkers' Company Archive, metadata record: Papers collected by Samuel Gregory - vol 2, CL/G/MSS/Gregory/7/165
  21. ↑ William A. Shaw, The Knights of England, vol.2 (London, 1906), p.233
  22. ↑ London Gardens online, Bethnal Green Gardens site details, viewed 23/07/2016
  23. ↑ On This Day in Trinity House History – 10 June 1661, viewed 23/07/2016
  24. ↑ Item 408, 'America and West Indies: January 1663', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 5, 1661-1668, ed. W Noel Sainsbury (London, 1880), pp. 119-122. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol5/pp119-122 [accessed 13 July 2016].
  25. ↑ TNA, C78 864, manuscript image viewed at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no684/IMG_0379.htm
  26. ↑ PROB 11/331/110 Will of Sir William Ryder of Stepney, Middlesex 02 October 1669
  27. ↑ HCA 13/63 f.12r
  28. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.239v
  29. ↑ HCA 13/73 f.639r; HCA 13/73 f.640v
  30. ↑ HCA 24/111, unfol.
  31. ↑ HCA 23/19 Item 237

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