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RAYNES, THOMAS, brother of Edward Raynes (in school list 1801, qv ); bapt. 3 Apr 1788; adm. 13 Sep 1799 (Clapham); KS 1802; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1806, adm. pens. 19 May 1806, scholar 1807; BA 1810; ordained; Curate, Ripe, Sussex 18 Feb 1811, Chalvington, Sussex 1 Nov 1811; Rector of Waldron, Sussex, from 7 May 1821; m. 19 Nov 1825 (IGI) Maria Jane, widow of Lieut. John Daxon, 37th Foot, and dau. of Rev. Thomas Fuller, Heathfield, Sussex; buried Waldron, Sussex 13 Mar 1850, aged 62.

RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Edward Raynes, Besthorpe, Notts.; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1731, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732; BA 1734/5; MA 1742; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 22 Dec 1734; Rector of Hangleton, Sussex, from 31 Jan 1740/1; Rector of Isfield, Sussex, from 16 Feb 1741/2; m. 28 May 1745 Anne, third dau. of James Chambers, Seaford, Sussex; d. 16 Apr 1755.

RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Ven. Edward Robert Raynes, Archdeacon of Lewes, and Harriot, dau. of Rev. Thomas Porter, Rector of East Hoathley and Ripe, Sussex; grandson of Edward Raynes (qv); bapt. 27 Apr 1785; adm. 10, Sep 1798 (Clapham); in school list 1801, May 1803; left 1803; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1803; BA 1807; MA 1810; ordained; Senior Chaplain, Garrison Church, Portsmouth; of Belmont, East Hoathley, Sussex; m. 7 Nov 1826 Mary, only dau. of Edward Fuller, Hooe, Sussex; d. 6 Aug 1838.

RAYNES, ---; younger brother of --- Raynes (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS 12 Dec 1548 (Acts of Chapter, i, 277).

RAYNES, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1548 (Acts of Chapter, i, 277).

RAYNER, WILLIAM, son of Michael Rayner, St. Matthew Fiday Street, London; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. 18 Dec 1682, aged 18, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – void 1697; BA 1686; MA 1690; ordained; Head Master, Barnstaple GS 1690-8; Master of Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Somerset, from 1698; “remarkable for an exact knowledge of the classicks and a peculiar felicity in explaining them” (see Hearne’s Collections, x, 264); Rector of West Monckton, Somerset, 5 Apr 1710-9; Vicar of Collaton Raleigh, Devon 1716-21; Rector of Wyke Regis, Dorset, from 1719; m.; d. 19 Mar 1729/30.

Rayner, William Vernon, son of William Rayner, M.R.C.S., of London, by Julia, daughter of William Dentith, of Manchester; b. July 17, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left July 1898; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1904; practised in Smith Square, Westminster; was living at Buenos Ayres in Aug. 1914 and on the declaration of war returned to England and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, and became a Lance-Corporal; served in France, and was sent home wounded March 1916, returned to the front in June 1916, and reported 'missing' three weeks later, when the advance was made near Bethune; presumed killed in action July 23, 1916; unm.

Rayner, Herbert, brother of William Vernon Rayner (q.v.); b. May 1, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (H); left July 1898; an engineer; enlisted in the Univ. and P.S. Corps in 1914 and served in his capacity as engineer in war work at home; m.

Rayner, Eric George Ewart, son of Harry Alexander and Gertrude Alice Rayner; b. 26 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (G); left July 1929; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1934; RA 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) Aug. 1945; adm. a solicitor Mar. 1946; man. dir. Schweppes (Home) Ltd, vice-chairman Cadbury Schweppes Ltd 1969; m. 14 May 1945 Katharine Anne, d. of Sir John Augustus Hope Bt, of Craighall, and widow of Flt Lieut. Raymond Davis DFC; d. 13 Apr. 1978.

RAYNE, THOMAS, son of Robert Rayne, St. Lawrence Jewry, London, and Martha (Hamond ?); bapt. St. Lawrence Jewry 6 Sep 1715; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1723; left 1733; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1733; BA 1737; MA 1740; ordained deacon (Winchester) 24 Dec 1738 (as Raynes); Vicar of Winwick, Northants 1737 [check]; Chaplain, 2nd Troop, Horse Guards 20 Dec 1740 (still 1759); Rector of Ilsington, Devon 19 Dec 1745-8; Vicar of Broadwindsor, Dorset; Vicar of Netherbury and Beaminster, Dorset (disp. to hold with Broadwindsor 1760); Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 25 Aug 1759; m.; d. 31 Dec 1788.