Robert Ram
Church of England clergyman
About Robert Ram
Lived 1595 – 1657 (aged 61–62).
Robert Ram (c.1595-1656) was an Anglican priest in the early seventeenth century. He was a younger son of Thomas Ram, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.
Robert Ram went to Trinity College Dublin. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in 1611, Master of Arts in 1614 and became a Fellow in 1615. He was incorporated as Master of Arts by the University of Cambridge in 1615.
He became Vicar of St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding in 1626. In 1637 he established a Parish Library,
He was the author of The Soldiers’ Catechism which was issued to the New Model Army, along with The Souldiers Pocket Bible compiled by Edmund Calamy the Elder.
John Turner wrote in 1684, in regards to Charles II, that the Soldier's Catechism “was without question none of the meanest instruments in bringing his royal father to the block."
He returned to his parish duties in May 1646, and remained in Spalding until his death in March 1656
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Robert Ram died in 1657.
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