RAINSFORD, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-7.
RAINSFORD (or RAYNSFORD), HENRY; b. 1582; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1596, adm. scholar 1597; BA 1600/1; MA 1604; BD 1611; DD 1630; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1602 – c. 1616; ordained deacon (Ely), priest (Peterborough) 23 Sep 1610; Rector of Croxton, Cambs., 1610; Rector of Hatfield, Herts., 29 Mar 1613-46; Prebendary of Lincoln from 18 Jul 1618; Rector of Great Stanmore, Middlesex 16 Nov 1618-48; Vicar of Tewin, Herts., from 1648; lic. to m. 22 Jul 1628 Mary, dau. of John Montforde (qv); buried Tewin, Herts. 12 Feb 1650/1.
RAINE, THOMAS, brother of John Raine (qv); b. 21 Jun 1793; adm. 30 Jun 1807; left Midsummer 1808; joined merchant navy; ship’s officer on Australia run 1814-27; partner, Raine & Ramsay, general merchants, shipowners and agents, Sydney, New South Wales 1822-8, when partnership was dissolved and he became a bankrupt; subsequently a prominent resident in the Bathurst district, New South Wales; an active Presbyterian and a founder of the Scots Church, Sydney; m. 30 Mar 1826 Fanny Eleanor, dau. of Gen. --- Worsley; d. 6 Jun 1860.
RAINE, JOHN, son of Richard Raine, barrister, and Mary Beatty; b. c. 1786; at school under Vincent (Dictionary of Australian Biography); articled to --- Molles, solicitor, Chancery Lane, London; arrived in Hobart, Tasmania 1819; owned ships trading between Hobart and Sydney; notary public 1822; settled in New South Wales 1823; of the Darling Mills, Parramatta, New South Wales; m. Harriet ---; d. at sea off Australian coast 20 Dec 1837.
RAINDON, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1743/4; left 1746 (Rainsdon in school lists). [perhaps Henry Rainsdon, son of John Rainsdon, and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Sepulchre, London 15 Jun 1731 (IGI); perhaps of Morden College, Blackheath, Kent, gentleman, will PCC 3 May 1777]
RAINBOWE, EDWARD, son of Rev. Thomas Rainbowe, Vicar of Blyton, Lincs., and Rebecca, dau. of Rev. David Allen, Rector of Ludborough, Lincs.; b. 20 Apr 1608; adm. 1621 (Wood, Athenae Oxon., iv, 865); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, scholar Jul 1623; migrated to Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, scholar, matr. Easter 1625; BA 1626/7 (incorp. Oxford 15 Jul 1628); MA 1630; BD 1637; DD 1643; Master of School, Kirton in Lindsey 1630; ordained 1632; Curate, The Savoy Chapel, London; Goche Fellow, Magdalene Coll. 1633-42, Dean 1637; Vicar of Childerley, Cambs., 1637; Master, Magdalene Coll. 1642–50, when expelled by Parliament for refusing to take the Engagement; Vicar of Little Chesterford, Essex 1652; Rector of Benefield, Northants 23 Mar 1658/9 – res 1664; reinstated as Master of Magdalene Coll. 1660 – Jul 1664; Chaplain to Charles II; Dean of Peterborough 5 Jan 1660/1 – Jul 1664; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ., 1662-3; consecrated Bishop of Carlisle 10 Jul 1664; a famous preacher and generous benefactor to the poor of his diocese; m. 1652 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Henry Smith DD, Master of Magdalene Coll., Cambridge; d. 26 Mar 1684. DNB.
RAIMBACH, MICHAEL THOMSON SCOTT, eldest son of Abraham Raimbach, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, London, engraver, and Julia Harriot --- (IGI); b. 27 Mar 1808; adm. 16 Jan 1822 (G); left Bartholomewtide 1826; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge; 21st Wrangler 1830; BA 1830; MA 1833; Instructor, Royal Navy 13 Jul 1837; retd. 1865; m. 23 Dec 1845 Margaret, youngest dau. of James Snape, Chester; d. 20 May 1887.