Ralph Brownrigg
Ralph Brownrigg or Brownrig (1592–1659) was bishop of Exeter from 1642 to 1659. He spent that time largely in exile from his see, which he perhaps never visited.[1] He did find a position there for Seth Ward.[2] He was both a Royalist in politics, and a Calvinist in religion,[3] an unusual combination of the period. Brownrigg opposed Laudianism in Cambridge during the 1630s and at the Short Parliament Convocation of 1640. Nominated to the Westminster Assembly,[4] he apparently took no part in it.
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Life
He studied at Ipswich, and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge.[5] He was awarded an M.A. in 1614 and a D.D. in 1626.[6] He was Rector of St Margaret of Antioch, Barley, in Hertfordshire, in 1621.[7]
He was Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge,[8] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, but in 1646 was ejected from both these positions, by the Parliamentary government.[9]
He took refuge with Thomas Rich, lord of the manor of Sonning.[10]
Works
He continued to preach, for example at the Temple Church,[3] and a collection of sermons of his was published posthumously.[11]
Notes
- ↑ Ralph Brownrigg
- ↑ The Galileo Project
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ...a conforming Puritan in close theological agreement with the now dominant faction, [1].
- ↑ History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines
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- ↑ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ St Margaret of Antioch, Barley « United Benefice of Barkway, Buckland and Reed with Barley
- ↑ From 1631
- ↑ PDF, p. 159.
- ↑ Parishes - Sonning with Earley, Woodley and Sandford | British History Online
- ↑ andreweslehmberg at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
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| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge 1635-1645 |
Succeeded by William Spurstow |
| Church of England titles | ||
| Preceded by | Bishop of Exeter 1642–1659 |
Succeeded by John Gauden |
