ODNB (Article: 70079); ACAD (Venn) (ID: CLVL608R); AO (Foster); Ann Hughes, ‘A Moderate Puritan Preacher Negotiates Religious Change’, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 65.4 (2014), 761-779; Hannah Yip.
ODNB (Article: 70079); ACAD (Venn) (ID: CLVL608R); AO (Foster); Ann Hughes, ‘A Moderate Puritan Preacher Negotiates Religious Change’, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 65.4 (2014), 761-779.
The exact birth date of Richard Culverwell is unknown. Originally from Somerset, he matriculated as a 'plebeian' at Exeter College, Oxford on 7 April 1598 at the age of sixteen. He graduated B.A. in 1601/2. In 1605, he was an exhibitioner, and he proceeded M.A. from Gloucester Hall on 27 June 1607 (incorporated at Cambridge in 1608). Culverwell married Margaret Horton, daughter of the London merchant Thomas Horton. His eldest son was Nathaniel Culverwell (bap. 1619, d. 1651), the philosopher and theologian. Richard Culverwell was awarded the degree of B.D. from Exeter College on 13 December 1617 (incorporated at Cambridge in 1626). On 30 March 1618, he became rector of St Margaret Moses, Friday Street. According to Ann Hughes, Culverwell was 'always a conformist [...] none the less involved in godly networks in the city, and a participant, somewhat tangentially, in intra-Puritan disputes' (Hughes, p. 764). Culverwell was buried at his church on 12 April 1644.