RYLE, John, of Lincoln.

A John Reyles was one of the four ‘middling subjects’ committed to the Fleet prison in 1393 as a result of the disputes between the ‘high and mighty’ rulers of Lincoln and the rest of the commonalty over the election of civic officers and other matters of privilege. Through the arbitration of John of Gaunt, he and his associates were allowed to return to Lincoln in September of that year. This man may just possibly have gone on to hold office himself and become an MP, but it is debatable whether his intransigence would have been so readily forgiven by the ruling faction (CCR, 1392-6, p. 162).