William Beauchamp Rye 1724-1780
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William Beauchamp RYE 1724-1780=
Biographical Note
Son of George Rye, archdeacon of Oxford. BA Charist Church, Oxford 1743, MA 1747, BMed 1751, DMed 1759. At the time of his death he was described as a physician in Bath.
Books
Rye used an engraved armorial bookplate, made when he was a student of Christ Church (Franks 25827). In his brief nuncupative will, all his property (including his books) was left to his wife Hannah.
Sources
- Will of William Beauchamp Rye, The National Archives PROB 11/1065/40.
- Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J., Franks bequest. Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed ... by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, London, 1903-4.