About Ralph Cockerell
Ralph Cockerell was a politician.
Ralph Cockerell (died 1576?) was an English politician and clergyman, who served as MP for Ludgershall and rector of Acton, Middlesex.
Cockerell's early life is unknown, though he had connections in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. He was probably the Cockerell who graduated B.A. at Cambridge in 1523/4. In 1534, he co-signed a letter from the scholars of Trinity Hall, Cambridge to Thomas Cromwell, defending a member of the college against a charge of treason. In this capacity he was a member of the Convocation of 1563 as a clerical proctor for Surrey, voting for the "six articles" compromise (which was defeated) and signing a petition of the Lower House for discipline. In 1573, Cockerell was party to a case in the Court of Requests: John Garaway of Buckhurst, Sussex complained that Cockerell had dishonestly procured from a third party an indenture made some four years previously by which Garaway was to pay Cockerell £50 a year for a lease of the rectory and advowson of Acton.
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English politician and clergyman
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Ralph Cockerell died in 1576.
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