deaths
October 27, 1617
Ralph Winwood, English lawyer and politician, English Secretary of State (born 1563)
Ralph Winwood
Sir Ralph Winwood was an English diplomat and statesman to the Jacobean court.
Secretary of State (England)
In the Kingdom of England, the title of Secretary of State came into being near the end of the reign of Elizabeth I, the usual title before that having been King's Clerk, King's Secretary, or Principal Secretary.