He was the son of Thomas Trye (d. 1671) and Anne (d. 1703), daughter of Richard Jones of Hanham, Gloucestershire.
[3] He also inherited the manor of Haresfield, Gloucestershire, which his grandfather had purchased during the civil war.
[5] By 1685 he had married Mary (d. 1724), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Horne of Horncastle, a township in Hemsworth, Yorkshire.
[3][1] In 1690 his election as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester was disputed on the grounds that as he was not a freeman he was ineligible, but had rallied the poorer freemen in his support.
[3] In 1709 he stood in a by-election, but following violent scenes during the poll was defeated by the Whig who had the support of the most of the corporation.