Raymond was educated at King's College London (Bachelor of Divinity 1941).
During the same period he was also a Lecturer at Lincoln Theological College and at the University of Nottingham where his subjects were Hebrew and Old Testament.
In 1961 he was appointed Vicar of Whittlebury with Silverstone, Northamtonshire, and Examining Chaplain and Director of Ordinand Training for the Diocese of Peterborough.
In New Zealand he was also a Commissioner for the Diocese of Polynesia from 1962 and was appointed an Honorary Cannon of Auckland Cathedral in 1963.
In 1972 he was appointed Secretary for Home Mission and Research for the SPCK, and then, from 1973 until 1977, Warden of St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Clwyd, Wales.
London, Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd. 1986 God’s Address to his Church.