Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Ive, Paul
IVE, PAUL (fl. 1602), writer on fortification, appears to have been a member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1560, though he was never matriculated. In 1597 he received money from the crown for the fortification of Falmouth and for the transportation of prisoners into Spain. In January 1601–2 he was employed in fortifying the isle of Haulbowline, near Cork, and Castle Ny Park, to command the haven of Kinsale.
He is the author of: 1. ‘Instructions for the warres, Amply, learnedly, & politiquely, discoursing of the method of Militarie Discipline,’ from the French of ‘Generall, Monsieur William de Bellay, Lord of Langey,’ London, 1589, 4to, dedicated to Secretary William Davison [q. v.] 2. ‘The Practise of Fortification, in all sorts of scituations; with the considerations to be used in declining and making of Royal Frontiers, Skonces, and renforcing of ould walled Townes,’ London, 1589, 1599, 4to, dedicated to William Brooke, lord Cobham, and Sir Francis Walsingham, kt.
[Masters's Corpus Christi Coll. ed. Lamb; Pacata Hiberniæ, p. 252; Cooper's Athenæ Cantabr. ii. 241, 550; Ames's Typogr. Antiq. (Herbert), p. 1243; Dep.-Keeper's Records, 4th Rep., App. ii. 172; Addit. MS. 5873, f. 19.]