Background
Born in June 1816, he was only son of Henry Riley of Southwark, an ironmonger.
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Born in June 1816, he was only son of Henry Riley of Southwark, an ironmonger.
He was educated at Chatham House, Ramsgate, and at Charterhouse School (1832-1834). He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1840 and Master of Arts
He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, but at the end of his first term migrated to Clare College where he was admitted on 17 December 1834, and elected a scholar on 24 January 1835. In 1838 he obtained a Latin essay prize. in 1859, after which he moved to Corpus Christi College. On 16 June 1870 he was incorporated at Exeter College, Oxford.
Riley was called to the bar at the Inner Temple on 23 November 1847, but early in life he began hack work for booksellers to make a living, by editing and translation.
On the creation of the Historical Manuscripts Commission (royal warrant of April 1869) Riley was engaged as an additional inspector for England, and given the task of examining the archives of various municipal corporations, the muniments of the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, and the documents in the registries of various bishops and chapters. Riley died at Hainault House, the Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, on 14 April 1878.
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