Ralph Ewens

[2] Ewens was appointed to the council administering the English jointure lands of Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI and I, and acted as surveyor and auditor under the leadership of Robert Cecil.

[5] Ralph Ewens had researched the dower lands given to previous queen consorts, and the activities of the council of Catherine Parr, in the archives of the Rolls Office in August.

[11] Ewens worked on drafting a lease for Gerard's garden and the palace tennis court in July 1604.

[12] As Clerk of the Commons, Ewens noted the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in the margin of an official journal.

[15] Richard Ewens and his son-in-law John Messenger bought Fountains Abbey in May 1627 from Humphrey Wharton of Gillingwood Hall.