Ralph Sherwin was an English priest who lived from 1550 to 1581. Born in Rodsley, he received an education at Eton College and later studied at Oxford, where he earned both a Bachelor and a Master of Arts. After converting to Roman Catholicism, he was ordained at the English College in Douai and later studied in Rome. He returned to England as a missionary in 1580, but his ministry was cut short by his arrest in London, leading to his eventual execution at Tyburn.