Education
Emmanuel College.
Emmanuel College.
Rivett was probably admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 29 May 1612 and awarded Bachelor in 1616. In about 1649 Rivett purchased the estate of King"s Somborne from Richard Gifford. He was elected Member of Parliament for Stockbridge in the Third Protectorate Parliament in 1659.
In 1660, Rivett was elected Member of Parliament for Stockbridge in the Convention Parliament.
Rivett"s daughter Margery married Oliver Street John of Farley Chamberlayne th whom the manor of King"s Somborne passed.
In 1654, Rivett was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire in the First Protectorate Parliament.