Ralph Knevet

[1] He was admitted at Peterhouse, Cambridge, on 13 September 1617, aged 16, and was awarded LLB in 1624.

[2] He joined the family of Sir William Paston, probably as a chaplain or tutor.

[3] Knevet was an avowed disciple of George Herbert, and has been described as a "learned and spasmodically talented poet".

[4] He wrote the play Rhodon and Iris dedicated to Nicholas Bacon and presented it at the Florist's Feast in Norwich on 3 May 1631.

[6] Knevet took Holy Orders and became Rector of Lyng, Norfolk in 1652 and remained there for the rest of his life.