RYE, (Hertfordshire) or REE, in the p. of Stansted-Abbots towards Hodsdon, is famous for that, from thence called the Rye- House plot, said to be formed here, for assassinating K. Cha. II. on his return from Newmarket. The manor was purchased by Edw. Baesh. in the R. of Henry VIII. but lately became the property of Edm. Field, and his descendants. The Ld. of the manor has a bridge here over the Lea, and a causey through the meadows, which is a more direct and a better road, not only to the neighbouring villages, but for coaches and other carriages by Stortford to Norfolk and Suffolk; for which they pay toll to the Ld. of the manor.