Ralph Brownrigg | |
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| Bishop of Exeter | |
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| Diocese | Diocese of Exeter |
| In office | 1642–1646 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Hall |
| Successor | John Gauden |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 15 May 1642 by John Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1592 |
| Died | 7 December 1659 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Pembroke Hall, Cambridge |
Ralph Brownrigg or Brownrig (1592–1659) was bishop of Exeter from 1642 to 1646. He spent that time largely in exile from his see, which he perhaps never visited.[1] He did find a position there for Seth Ward.[2] He was both a Royalist in politics, and a Calvinist in religion,[3] an unusual combination of the period. Brownrigg opposed Laudianism in Cambridge during the 1630s and at the Short Parliament Convocation of 1640. Nominated to the Westminster Assembly,[4] he apparently took no part in it.
- ^ Ralph Brownrigg
- ^ The Galileo Project
- ^ ...a conforming Puritan in close theological agreement with the now dominant faction, [1].
- ^ History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines