 Ralph Brownrig was born in Ipswich. His father died when he was quite young, and he was raised by a judicious Christian mother. He was educated at Pembroke College, beginning there when he was only 14. He received the B. A., B. D., and D. D. degrees. He was elected “fellow” there sooner than the statutes permitted because the college did not want to lose him.
After a 10 year pastorate in Barley, Hertfordshire, he was made master of St. Catharine’s Hall, Cambridge in 1631. When Joseph Hall moved to Norwich, Brownrig was made Bishop of Exeter. He was a strict Calvinist, but was comfortable in the Church of England. Because of this, though nominated to be part of the Westminster Assembly, Brownrig declined.
Nothing of his was published in his lifetime, but after his death a volume of 40 sermons in the high-church Anglican style was published. |
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