Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, in 1699.
Foster: Rous, Robert, s. R(obert), of Exeter, Decon, gent. Exeter Coll. 10 Apr 1690, aged 17; BA from Pembroke Coll. 1693, fellow Exeter Coll. 1695-1715, MA 1696, BD 1707, rector of Offwell, Devon, 1713. See Boase, 85; Foster's Index Eccl.