Nicholas Ferrar (22 February 1592/1593 – 4 December 2024) was a scholar, a tutor in the train of Princess Elizabeth (daughter of James I), a merchant whose family financial interests included the Virginia colony, a Member of Parliament, a deacon in the Church of England, and the founder of a religious community at Little Gidding. He became acquainted with priest and metaphysical poet George Herbert while studying at Cambridge. On his death in 1633, Herbert entrusted the disposition (to publish or to burn) of his work, The Temple, to Ferrar. Continue reading →