Ralph Ravens was an English clergyman and academic. He was nominated in 1604 as one of the translators for the Authorised King James Version, in the Second Oxford Company, but his status is unclear. It is said that he was substituted, for reasons unknown, and did not actually take part in the project. It has been suggested that the Second Oxford Company, in which Richard Edes

Richard Edes

Richard Edes was an English churchman. He became Dean of Worcester, and was nominated one of the translators for the Authorised King James Version, in the Second Oxford Company, but died in the earliest stages of the project....

 had died, had two substitutes, namely Leonard Hutten

Leonard Hutten

-Life:Born about 1557, he was educated on the foundation at Westminster School, and was elected to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1574. He graduated B.A. on 12 November 1578, and M.A. on 3 March 1582, commenced B.D. on 27 April 1591. and was admitted D.D. on 14 April 1600. In January 1587 he was...

 and John Aglionby

John Aglionby

John Aglionby was an eminent divine, of an ancient family whose name was De Aguilon, corrupted into Aglionby. The son of Edward Aglionby and Elizabeth Musgrave, of Crookdayke, was admitted a student of Queen's College, Oxford, in 1583...

. On the other hand Ravens may have taken part in early meetings as a Greek scholar.

Life

From London, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School

Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood

Merchant Taylors' School is a British independent day school for boys, originally located in the City of London. Since 1933 it has been located at Sandy Lodge in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire ....

 from 1571, and matriculated at St. John's College, Oxford in 1575, aged 18, becoming a fellow in the same year. He graduated B.A. on 22 June, 1579, and M.A. on 29 May, 1583; he proceeded B.D. on 27 October, 1589, and D.D. 20 January, 1596. He is mentioned as Rodolphus Ravens in the Speculum of John Case.

He was ordained in 1587, by Thomas Cooper

Thomas Cooper (bishop)

Thomas Cooper was an English bishop, lexicographer, and writer.-Life:He was born in Oxford, where he was educated at Magdalen College...

. He was vicar of Kirtlington

Kirtlington

Kirtlington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about west of Bicester.-Archaeology:The Portway is a pre-Roman road running parallel with the River Cherwell on high ground about east of the river. It bisects Kirtlington parish and passes through the village. A short stretch of it is now...

, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

, from 1591, Dunmow

Dunmow

Dunmow may refer to:*Great Dunmow, a town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England*Little Dunmow, a village located about 3 miles outside the town of Great Dunmow...

, Essex

Essex

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 from 1597, and rector of Great Easton

Great Easton

Great Easton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District of Leicestershire, England. The parish had a population of 558 according to the 2001 census. The village sits in the Welland Valley in the rolling south Leicestershire countryside....

(also as Eyston Magna), Essex, from 1605.