GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000110
NameJohn Ryther
TitleMr
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Congregationalist
Livedb. ca. 1632-01-01 - d. ca. 1681-06-01 (new)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 10 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 11 on Matthew 11:28 -- notetaker (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Hebrews 6:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Isaiah 50:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Isaiah 7:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Jeremiah 31:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Luke 13:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Mark 10:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Zechariah 9:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Hebrews 6:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Isaiah 50:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Isaiah 7:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Jeremiah 31:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Luke 13:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Mark 10:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Zechariah 9:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Hebrews 6:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Isaiah 50:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Isaiah 7:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Jeremiah 31:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Luke 13:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Mark 10:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Isaiah 50:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Isaiah 7:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Jeremiah 31:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Luke 13:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Mark 10:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 5 on Isaiah 50:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 5 on Luke 13:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 5 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 6 on Isaiah 50:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 6 on Luke 13:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 6 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 7 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 8 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 9 on Matthew 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ephesians 4:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 12:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 3:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 5:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 50:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 50:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Joel 2:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 1:29 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 20:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 5:25 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 10:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 21:36 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Malachi 4:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 6:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 6:50 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 5:30 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 5:30 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 35:18 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 4:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 62:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesBradford -- ParishFrodingham -- ParishNorth Ferriby -- ParishWapping -- ParishSidney Sussex College -- Place of Study
Source of DataRichard Snoddy; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 24429)
Other NoteBorn between 1631 and 1635 in Yorkshire to John Rither, a tanner and Quaker. Admitted sizar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1650. Vicar of Frodingham and Bromby from 1655 until ejection in 1660. Became vicar of North Ferriby, Yorkshire, but was ejected again with the Act of Uniformity in 1662. Preached from his house in Brough, but forced from there with the Five Mile Act in 1666. Became pastor of an Independent church at Bradford-dale in 1668. Imprisoned in 1669 for preaching at chapelries in Halifax. Relocated to London in 1669. His new congregation there built a meeting-house in Wapping, Middlesex. Ordained Independent minister in 1670. Gained a reputation as the "Seaman's Preacher" and convicted again of illegal preaching, but he managed to evade arrest, allegedly with the help of his congregation of sailors. Published a series of sermons on Jonah in 1672, A Plat for Mariners, which was republished many times into the nineteenth century. He and his wife Margaret had a son John, also a preacher, and a daughter, Rachel. Died June 1681.
GEMMS record createdOctober 15, 2015
GEMMS record last editedApril 30, 2022