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RAM, GEORGE, third son of Sir Abel Ram, Kt, Ramsfort and Clonatin, co. Wexford, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Eleanor, dau. of Stephen Palmer, Dublin; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Aug 1688, matr. 1691; MA Dublin 1695; LLD 1718; High Sheriff, co. Wexford 1710; MP (I) Newborough from 1713; buried St. Werburgh’s, Dublin 22 Oct 1725.

RAM, ABEL, son of Stephen Ram MP, Ramsfort, co. Wexford, and Lady Charlotte Stopford, sixth dau. of James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown (I); b.; adm.; in school list 1795; KS (aged 14) 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1800, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1800, but did not matr.; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 17 Mar 1801; Lieut., 16 Aug 1803; Capt., 18 Sep 1806; retd. 30 May 1811; served in Peninsular War; High Sheriff, co. Wexford 1829; m. 19 Dec 1816 Eleanor Sarah, only dau. of Jerome William Knapp, Charlton House, Berks.; d. 14 Jan 1833.

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.

RADLEY, HENRY, son of Henry Radley, Middlesex; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 14 Apr 1639 (IGI); adm.; in school lists 1656; KS 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, aged 18, adm. sizar 4 Jun 1658, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; BA 1661/2; signed for priest’s orders (London) 10 Mar 1665/6; Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs., from 3 May 1676; d. 1679.

RADCLIFFE, SIR EDWARD, brother of Jeremiah Radcliffe (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS 1566-9 (Chapter Muniments 54011-8); left 1569; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, matr. as sizar Easter 1570; BA 1573/4; migrated to Corpus Christi Coll. ; MA 1577; MD Orleans (incorp. Cambridge 1584, Oxford 1600); Physician to James I; knighted 30 Jan 1604/5; of Sevington, Kent, and Orwell, Cambs. ; m. 9 Nov 1587 (IGI) Martha, second dau. of William Wilcock, London; buried Hitchin, Herts. 27 Sep 1631, aged 78.

RADCLIFFE, MILES, only son of Jonathan Radcliffe, Northumberland Street, Westminster, merchant, and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch 10 Mar 1768 (IGI); adm. 26 Jul 1779; KS (aged 15) 1783; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1788, adm. pens. 22 May 1788, scholar 8 May 1789; adm. Middle Temple 31 Mar 1787; drowned while bathing in the river Cam 10 Jun 1791.

RADCLIFFE, JEREMIAH, second son of Ralph Radcliffe, Hitchin, Herts., schoolmaster and playwright, and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Marshall, Hitchin, Herts.; b.; adm.; QS in 1564; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1566, adm. scholar 1567, matr. Easter 1567; 6th in “ordo” 1570/1; BA 1570/1; MA 1574; BD 1581; DD 1588 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1600); Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1572, Junior Dean 1582-3, 1584-6, Senior Dean 1586-8, 1596-7, Senior Bursar 1587-9, 1591-2, Vice-Master from 1597; ordained; Vicar of Shudy Camps, Cambs. 1579; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1580-9; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1584-7; Vicar of Heversham, Westmorland 1588-91; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 1590; one of the translators of the Apocrypha; buried Orwell, Cambs., 4 Mar 1611/2.

RADCLIFFE, CHARLES; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1563, adm. scholar 1567; BA 1567/8; MA 1571; ordained priest (Lincoln) 30 Oct 1572; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1571-83; d. c. 1583.

RACSTER, JOHN, son of John Racster, Norfolk; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1580; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1584, adm. scholar 1585; BA 1588/9; MA 1592 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1594); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 4 Oct 1591, Major Fellow 11 Mar 1591/2 – c. 1597; ordained; Rector of Suckley, Worcs., from 1596; author, A Booke of the Seven Planets or Seven Wandering Motives of Wm. Alabaster’s Wit retrograded or removed, 1598, in answer to The Seven Motives for his Conversion by William Alabaster (qv); in the dedication of his book Racster writes “the same schoole bred us both, the same university nourced us both, the same colledge maintained us both, the same master preferred us both, the same roofe, nay the same bed, sometimes contained us both”; m.; d. 1640.

RABBET, MICHAEL; b.; adm.; QS in 1568; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1571, adm. scholar 1572, matr. Easter 1572; BA 1575/6; MA 1579 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1584); migrated to Gonville and Caius Coll., Fellow and Tutor Nov 1579 – Lady Day 1587; BD 1586; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 8 Feb 1581/2; Rector of Cricket Malherbie, Somerset 1581; Rector of Streatham, Surrey, from 1585; adm. Gray’s Inn 20 Feb 1596/7; Rector of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London, 13 Feb 1603/4 – 1617; one of translators of the Bible; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 19 Oct 1619 Margaret Gifford; d. 5 Feb 1630/1, aged 78.