Sir Ralph Winwood (c.1563 - 1617) was an English diplomat and statesman to the Jacobean court. He was the son of Richard Winwood of Aynhoe in Northamptonshire. A 'hot puritan', according to a Jesuit reporter, he was educated at St John's College, Oxford (1577), Magdalen College, Oxford (1582). To conclude his education, he travelled to Italy, where he enrolled at the University of Padua (1594).Sir Ralph Winwood (c.1563 - 1617) was an English diplomat and statesman to the Jacobean court. He was the son of Richard Winwood of Aynhoe in Northamptonshire. A 'hot puritan', according to a Jesuit reporter, he was educated at St John's College, Oxford (1577), Magdalen College, Oxford (1582). To conclude his education, he travelled to Italy, where he enrolled at the University of Padua (1594)....more