Ralph Cudworth (died 1624)

[20] To it he added his own commentary on the sixth chapter,[21] which he dedicated to the puritan Norfolk magistrate, sheriff and MP, Sir Bassingbourn Gawdy of West Harling.

Cudworth himself indicates that this is his first published writing: "Not having taken pensill in hande before... the first fruits of my labours, a simple floure growing in a schollars garden.

[23] He was presented by Robert, Lord Rich to the Vicariate of Coggeshall, Essex (1606),[24] to replace Thomas Stoughton who had been deprived by High Commission for nonconformism.

However, he resigned this position (March 1608), and was licensed to preach from the pulpit (ad contionand) by the Chancellor and Scholars of the University of Cambridge (November 1609).

[25] After John Davenant had been appointed Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity (February 1609/10), Cudworth confided, to Samuel Ward,[26] his plans to apply for the rectorate of Aller, Somerset, which advowson belonged to the college.

[28] Cudworth married Mary Machell (c.1582–1634) at Southwark (18 June 1611)[29] who had been a nurse ("nutrix") to Henry, Prince of Wales, eldest son of James I.

Lewknor was a central figure (with the Jermyn and Heigham families) among the puritan East Anglian gentry, and had strong connections with Emmanuel College.

Martha's nephew, Sir Robert Jermyn of Rushbrooke Hall, Suffolk (Lewknor's close parliamentary associate) also endowed a Fellowship at the college,[37] and his two sons studied at Emmanuel during the 1590s.

[47] His edition of the Galatians commentary was republished (1617),[48] and he wrote (January 1618) to James Ussher of Emmanuel seeking advice and criticism of a work, The Cases of Conscience in Family, Church and Commonwealth on which he was engaged, sending also news of old college friends and complaining of the agueish climate at Aller.

[51] Cudworth died at Aller (Autumn 1624), declaring a nuncupative will (7 August 1624) before Anthony Earbury,[52] the puritan Prebendary of Wherwell and Vicar of Westonzoyland (1617–39),[53] and Dame Margaret Wroth.