He was born in Dorset, second of the eight sons of John Ryves (1532–1587) of Damory Court near Blandford and Elizabeth Marvyn, daughter of Sir John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, and his first wife Jane Baskerville.
He came from a gifted clan: of his brothers, Sir Thomas Ryves was an acknowledged expert on maritime law, and another brother, Sir William Ryves, had a highly successful career as a Law Officer and High Court judge in Ireland.
His widowed mother made her home with George in New College, and died at a ripe age in 1609.
[2] In the church, Ryves became chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester and canon of Winchester Cathedral in 1598, and held the following livings:[2] Ryves was elected Warden (head) of New College, Oxford, in 1599, a post he held until his death in 1613.
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