John Paul Rylands, FSA (1846 – 22 March 1923, Birkenhead), was an English barrister, genealogist and topographer.
John Paul Rylands | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1846 |
| Died | 22 March 1923 |
| Alma mater | Middle Temple |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Mary Isabel (c.1862-1946) |
John Paul Rylands was the son of Thomas G. Rylands of Highfields, Thelwall in Cheshire who died in 1900.[1][2] He was admitted to the Bar from the Middle Temple. He married Mary Isabel (c. 1862–1946),[3] who bore him two sons in the 1880s.[4] He died on 22 March 1923 at Birkenhead.[5]
Works
edit- (ed.) The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, by Robert Glover, 1882
- (ed.) Cheshire and Lancashire funeral certificates, A.D. 1600 to 1678, 1882
- (ed.) The visitation of the county of Dorset, taken in the year 1623, by Henry Saint-George, 1885
- (ed. with George Grazebrook) The Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Tresswell, 1889
- Notes on book-plates (ex libris) : with special reference to Lancashire and Cheshire examples, and a proposed nomenclature for the shapes of shields, 1889
- (ed.) Lancashire and Cheshire wills and inventories, 1563 to 1807, now preserved at Chester, 1897
- (ed.) Pedigrees made at the visitation of Cheshire, 1613 : taken by Richard St.-George esq., Norroy king of arms and Henry St.-George, gent., Bluemantle pursuivant of arms; and some other contemporary pedigrees, 1909
References
edit- ^ "Deaths". The Manchester Guardian. 17 February 1900. p. 6.
- ^ D4298 Rylands collection, Cheshire Record Office
- ^ The Times, 16 January 1946, p. 1
- ^ The Times, 24 April 1883; The Times, 15 June 1885
- ^ The Times, 26 March 1923, p. 1
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