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Thomas Ram
Born1564
Died24 November 1634(1634-11-24) (aged 69–70)
EducationEton College
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge
OccupationPriest
Years active1599 - 1634
ReligionChristian
ChurchAnglican

Thomas Ram (1564 – 1634) was an Anglican priest in the early seventeenth century.[1]

Born at Windsor, he was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge.[2] He was appointed Chaplain to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1599;[3] Vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in 1600;[4] Dean of Cork in 1601;[5] Dean of Ferns in 1604;[6] and Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in 1605.[7]

He died in Dublin on 24 November 1634.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/ John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. iii Kaile – Ryves (1924) p416
  3. ^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  4. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p83 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  5. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p238 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  6. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p349 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  7. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p335 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  8. ^  "Ram, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Dean of Cork
1601–1604
Succeeded by
Preceded by Dean of Ferns
1604–1625
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
1605–1634
Succeeded by