Robert Ryece (1555–1638) was an English antiquary who wrote A Breviary of Suffolk in 1618, a book which was not published until 1902.[1]
Ryece's family are recorded living in Preston St Mary, a village in Babergh Hundred, Suffolk since the fifteenth century, owning the manor house Preston Hall. He was the third member of the family to be called Robert. He married Mary Appleton (1574–1630), of Little Waldingfield."[1]
He and his wife were buried in St Mary's Church, Preston.[2]: 296