RUMSEY, EDWARD, son of Capt. Edward Rumsey, Crickhowell, Breconshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Major Harvey, Eythorne, Kent; bapt. St. Botolph, Aldgate, London 16 Apr 1713 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1725; KS 1727; d. at school 6 Mar 1730/1.

RUMBALL, THOMAS DRURY, brother of Henry Medlicott Rumball (qv); b. 26 Dec 1861; adm. 22 Sep 1870; QS 1876; left May 1880; d. at Scutari 8 Dec 1880.

Ruddock, Thomas Vigor, son of Thomas David Ruddock of Huddersfield and Dorothy Frances Mary, d. of John Hardwicke of Portishead, Somerset; b. 2 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (KS); left July 1924; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924 (open schol.), BA 1928, MA 1931; ord. deacon 1932, priest 1933 (Portsmouth); Curate Newport I. of Wight 1932-6; Rector of Somerton, Oxfordshire, 1939-48; Chaplain RAFVR in WW2 (Sqdn Ldr); Vicar of Ashley Green, Chesham, Bucks, 1948-58; Rector of St Leonard's Lasswade, Midlothian, 1958; m. 12 June 1945 Hilda Ena, d. of R. T. Brackey of Newport I. of Wight; d. 2 Dec. 1961.

Rudd, George Boyd Franklin, son of George Edward Rudd, of Leicester, by Mary Ellen, daughter of George Benjamin Franklin, of Knighton, Leics; b. July 3, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1914, and cricket for Leicester 1919-26; served in France 1915-8; temp. Capt. 6th Batt. Leics Regt. Nov. 8, 1917; wounded and taken prisoner April 1918; asst. master and subsequently Head Master of Stoneygate School, Leicester; m. Sept. 14, 1922, Georgina Isabel, only daughter of Frederick Thomas Kearns, of Addington, Surrey; d. 1957·

ROYSTON, ROGER; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1677; BA 1677/8; MA 1698; ordained priest 2 May 1681; had warrant to succeed Arthur Squibb (qv) as Vicar of Netherbury, Dorset 29 Mar 1692; Rector of Cheadle, Cheshire, from 13 Sep 1694; m.; buried Cheadle 9 Dec 1722, aged 67.

ROWLAND, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662; BA 1664/5.

ROWLAND, DAVY; b.; adm.; QS 6 Apr 1554 (Acts of Chapter I, 281b).

ROWE, NICHOLAS, son of John Rowe, Lanerton, Devon, Serjeant at Law, and Elizabeth, dau. of Jasper Edwards (qv); bapt. 30 Jun 1674; adm.; KS 1688; left 1691; adm. Middle Temple 4 Aug 1691, called to bar 22 May 1696; abandoned law for writing for the stage; his play Ambitious Stepmother was performed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1700, Tamerlane in 1702 and The Fair Penitent in 1703; edited Shakespeare’s works, 1709; Under-Secretary to Secretary of State for Scotland Feb 1709 – Jul 1711; Poet Laureate from 1 Aug 1715; Secretary of Presentations, Chancery, from 5 May 1718; his verse translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia was published just after his death; a collected edition of his plays and occasional poems appeared in 1727; m. 1st, Antonia, dau. of Anthony Parsons, Auditor of the Revenue; m. 2nd, 1717 Anne, dau. of Joseph Devenish, Buckham, Dorset; d. 6 Dec 1718. Buried Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

ROWE, JACOB, son of Isaac Rowe, Fowey, Cornwall; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1741/2; KS 1746; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Apr 1748, scholar 14 Apr 1749; BA 1752; MA 1755; ordained deacon (Ely) 9 Jun 1753, priest (London) 23 Dec 1754; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1756; Curate, Norton and Luddenham, Kent 1762-4, when dismissed as being “drunken and mad”. [Rev. Jacob Rowe, Topsham, Devon, will PCC 28 Jun 1765, 235]

ROW, CHEYNEY; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1641; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114); m. 28 Jul 1664 Elizabeth Stone (IGI); d. 1699 (will proved PCC 12 Dec 1699, he of Higham Hill, Essex, name spelled Cheyney Rowe).