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RAVIS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Ravis, Malden, Surrey, and Mary, widow of Robert Benson, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, and Knaresborough, Yorks., and dau. of Thomas De Lisle, Reigate, Surrey; b. c. 1560; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 6 Jul 1575, Westminster Student to 1591; Ravis and Edward Carew (qv) were at first refused admittance to their Studentships, but were ultimately admitted after an appeal to Lord Burghley; BA 1578; MA 3 Mar 1581/2; BD 1589; DD 1595; Proctor 1588; ordained 1582; Vicar of All Hallows, Barking, London 27 Dec 1591 – May 1598; Prebendary of Westminster 2 Feb 1592/3-1607; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1596 – 1604/5 (the first OW to hold that preferment); Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1596-8; Vicar of Islip, Oxfordshire 7 Jul 1598; Vicar of Wittenham Abbas, Berks., Oct 1598; attended Hampton Court Conference 1604; one of Oxford Committee deputed to translate part of New Testament; consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 17 Mar 1604/5; translated to London 18 May 1607; a determined opponent of nonconformity; m. Alice, sister of Rev. Robert Tinley DD (subsequently wife of Sir John Borlase, Kt, Master of the Ordnance); d. 14 Dec 1609. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.