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120:. In 1783, Jane Austen, aged seven, was sent with her sister Cassandra and cousin Jane Cooper to board with the widowed Mrs Cawley, in Oxford then Southampton. The arrangement ended when Jane and Cassandra contracted a serious fever: Mrs Cawley did not notify the family, but Jane Cooper did, and Mrs Austen and Mrs Cooper travelled to Southampton to bring the girls home. Mrs Cooper caught the infection and died in October 1783. 350: 338: 326: 198: 418: 79:
in East London in 1759. He built a new parsonage at Stepney in 1763–1764, mostly at his own expense. He resigned at Stepney in 1770, on his election as Principal of Brasenose.
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root, which greatly reduced the symptoms, relieving his breath and reducing the swelling in his legs. This story came to the attention of the botanist
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On 21 April 1768, Cawley married Ann Cooper (1736–1787), daughter of Gislingham Cooper, a London goldsmith and banker resident in
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He was elected Principal of Brasenose in September 1770, holding the office until his death on 31 August 1777.
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He was ordained deacon on 20 May 1744 and priest on 8 June 1745, both ordinations performed by
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Towards the end of his life, Cawley suffered from a heart condition, for which he took
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Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
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Mrs Cawley's brother Edward Cooper was married to an aunt of
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The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835
314: 19:(1720 – 31 August 1777) was an English clergyman and 271:"Withering and the foxglove: the making of a myth" 611: 57:1766. He was a Fellow of Brasenose 1744–1760. 412: 186: 419: 405: 152: 150: 148: 146: 144: 142: 294: 156: 640:Principals of Brasenose College, Oxford 428:Principals of Brasenose College, Oxford 268: 249:Brasenose College, University of Oxford 245:"Principals – list of past and present" 139: 612: 379:Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford 218:"Cawley, Ralph (CCEd Person ID 24509)" 101:pharmaceutical company in the 1920s.) 630:18th-century English Anglican priests 400: 584:David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham 202:. Oxford: Parker and Co – via 41:, matriculating in 1738, graduating 635:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford 13: 159:"Mrs Cawley and Brasenose College" 14: 656: 348: 336: 324: 66:Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 262: 237: 210: 180: 168:. Vol. 38. pp. 58–65 130: 1: 157:Boardman, Elizabeth (2003). 7: 269:Krikler, Dennis M. (1985). 71:He was appointed Rector of 10: 661: 434: 385: 376: 368: 363: 104: 39:Brasenose College, Oxford 123: 113:. They had no children. 544:Charles Buller Heberden 534:Edward Hartopp Cradock 64:, Bishop of Oxford in 549:Charles Henry Sampson 275:British Heart Journal 193:"Cawley, Ralph"  77:St Dunstan's, Stepney 287:10.1136/hrt.54.3.256 32:Wigan Grammar School 569:Noel Frederick Hall 554:William Stallybrass 37:He was educated at 26:Cawley was born at 494:Francis Yarborough 645:People from Wigan 607: 606: 564:Maurice Platnauer 529:Richard Harington 395: 394: 386:Succeeded by 364:Academic offices 91:William Withering 652: 474:Daniel Greenwood 469:Samuel Radcliffe 464:Thomas Singleton 459:Alexander Nowell 449:Thomas Blanchard 421: 414: 407: 398: 397: 369:Preceded by 361: 360: 353: 352: 351: 341: 340: 329: 328: 327: 320: 309: 308: 298: 266: 260: 259: 257: 255: 241: 235: 234: 232: 230: 214: 208: 207: 195: 184: 178: 177: 175: 173: 163: 154: 137: 134: 111:Henley-on-Thames 660: 659: 655: 654: 653: 651: 650: 649: 610: 609: 608: 603: 524:Ashurst Gilbert 519:Frodsham Hodson 514:William Cleaver 430: 425: 391: 382: 374: 359: 349: 347: 335: 325: 323: 315: 313: 312: 267: 263: 253: 251: 243: 242: 238: 228: 226: 216: 215: 211: 185: 181: 171: 169: 166:The Brazen Nose 161: 155: 140: 135: 131: 126: 107: 12: 11: 5: 658: 648: 647: 642: 637: 632: 627: 622: 605: 604: 602: 601: 596: 591: 589:Roger Cashmore 586: 581: 579:Barry Nicholas 576: 571: 566: 561: 556: 551: 546: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 516: 511: 506: 501: 496: 491: 489:Robert Shippen 486: 481: 476: 471: 466: 461: 456: 454:Richard Harris 451: 446: 441: 435: 432: 431: 424: 423: 416: 409: 401: 393: 392: 387: 384: 375: 370: 366: 365: 358: 357: 345: 333: 311: 310: 281:(3): 256–257. 261: 236: 209: 188:Foster, Joseph 179: 138: 128: 127: 125: 122: 106: 103: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 657: 646: 643: 641: 638: 636: 633: 631: 628: 626: 623: 621: 618: 617: 615: 600: 597: 595: 592: 590: 587: 585: 582: 580: 577: 575: 572: 570: 567: 565: 562: 560: 557: 555: 552: 550: 547: 545: 542: 540: 539:Albert Watson 537: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 510: 509:Thomas Barker 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 485: 482: 480: 477: 475: 472: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 444:John Hawarden 442: 440: 439:Matthew Smyth 437: 436: 433: 429: 422: 417: 415: 410: 408: 403: 402: 399: 390: 389:Thomas Barker 381: 380: 373: 367: 362: 356: 346: 344: 339: 334: 332: 322: 321: 318: 306: 302: 297: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 272: 265: 250: 246: 240: 225: 224: 219: 213: 205: 201: 200: 194: 190:(1888–1892). 189: 183: 167: 160: 153: 151: 149: 147: 145: 143: 133: 129: 121: 119: 114: 112: 102: 100: 96: 95:Mother Hutton 92: 88: 83: 80: 78: 74: 69: 67: 63: 62:Thomas Secker 58: 56: 52: 48: 44: 40: 35: 33: 29: 24: 22: 18: 574:Herbert Hart 504:Ralph Cawley 503: 499:William Gwyn 377: 372:William Gwyn 278: 274: 264: 252:. Retrieved 248: 239: 227:. Retrieved 221: 212: 197: 182: 170:. Retrieved 165: 132: 115: 108: 84: 81: 70: 59: 36: 25: 17:Ralph Cawley 16: 15: 625:1777 deaths 620:1720 births 599:John Bowers 594:Alan Bowman 479:Thomas Yate 118:Jane Austen 99:Parke-Davis 614:Categories 484:John Meare 383:1770–1777 204:Wikisource 23:academic. 559:Hugh Last 343:Education 331:Biography 28:Farnworth 87:foxglove 355:England 317:Portals 305:3899150 254:29 July 229:29 July 172:29 July 303:  296:481892 293:  105:Family 73:Selham 53:& 49:1744, 45:1742, 21:Oxford 162:(PDF) 124:Notes 301:PMID 256:2022 231:2022 174:2022 55:D.D. 51:B.D. 47:M.A. 43:B.A. 291:PMC 283:doi 616:: 299:. 289:. 279:54 277:. 273:. 247:. 220:. 196:. 164:. 141:^ 68:. 34:. 420:e 413:t 406:v 319:: 307:. 285:: 258:. 233:. 206:. 176:.

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Oxford
Farnworth
Wigan Grammar School
Brasenose College, Oxford
B.A.
M.A.
B.D.
D.D.
Thomas Secker
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Selham
St Dunstan's, Stepney
foxglove
William Withering
Mother Hutton
Parke-Davis
Henley-on-Thames
Jane Austen






"Mrs Cawley and Brasenose College"
Foster, Joseph
"Cawley, Ralph" 
Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
Wikisource
"Cawley, Ralph (CCEd Person ID 24509)"

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