William Gouge

[2][3][4] Before moving to London, he was a Fellow and lecturer at Cambridge, where he caused a near-riot by his advocacy of Ramism over the traditional methods of Aristotle.

[8] He took an interest in Sir Henry Finch's Calling of the Jews, and published it under his own name; this led to a spell of imprisonment in 1621, since the publication displeased James I of England.

[13][14] It argued that the wife although above the children is below the husband and the father figure "is a king in his owne house",[15] and was an important conduct book of its period, running to later editions.

They had married in the early 17th century, in effect by arrangement, when Gouge was put under pressure by his family.

[25][26] His massive Commentary on the Whole Epistle to the Hebrews appeared in 1655 in three volumes, replete with detail and sermon outlines.

Five of his uncles were noted Puritans: Laurence Chaderton and William Whitaker married sisters of his mother, while Nathaniel, Samuel and Ezekiel Culverwell were her brothers.