Udall, Ephraim

Udall, Ephraim a loyal Puritan divine of the 17th century, was educated at Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he took his degree of A.B. in 1609, and that of A.M. in 1614. His only preferment appears to have been the rectory of St. Augustine's, Watling Street, London, but the time of his admission is not stated. He was sequestered in 1643, having declared openly for episcopacy' and the liturgy. He died in May, 1647.Mr. Udall published, A Coal from the Altar: — A Sermon on Ps 29:11 (1629. 4to): — Communion Comeliness (1641, 4to), in which he recommends rails around the communion-table. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.; Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.