<sod>At the Restoration Dr. Cudworth's Mastership of his college was challenged, but he retained it until his death.<ref>Letter dated 6.viii.1660, in James Crossley, ''Diary & Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington'' (Chetham Society XIII, 1847) Vol. I, p. 203. See Christ's College website, [https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/masters-christs-college-1505 List of Masters of Christ's College].</ref> In 1662 he was presented to the rectory of [[Ashwell, Hertfordshire|Ashwell]], Herts, by the Bishop of London, Dr [[Gilbert Sheldon]].<ref>Clergy of the Church of England database.</ref> In 1665 he almost quarrelled with his fellow-[[Platonism|Platonist]], [[Henry More]], because the latter had written an ethical work which Cudworth feared would interfere with his own long-contemplated treatise on the same subject. To avoid clashing, More brought out his book, the ''Enchiridion ethicum'', in [[Latin]]; Cudworth's never appeared. Cudworth was installed prebendary of Gloucester in 1678.<ref>Clergy of the Church of England database.</ref> He died on 26 June 1688, and was buried in the chapel of Christ's College.<ref>Epitaph in Mosheim's Preface (1733), at Vol. I p. xxix in 1773 edition.</ref> <eod>
<sod>At the Restoration Dr. Cudworth's Mastership of his college was challenged, but he retained it until his death.<ref>Letter dated 6.viii.1660, in James Crossley, ''Diary & Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington'' (Chetham Society XIII, 1847) Vol. I, p. 203. See Christ's College website, [https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/masters-christs-college-1505 List of Masters of Christ's College].</ref> In 1662 he was presented to the rectory of [[Ashwell, Hertfordshire|Ashwell]], Herts, by the Bishop of London, Dr [[Gilbert Sheldon]].<ref>Clergy of the Church of England database.</ref> In 1665 he almost quarrelled with his fellow-[[Platonism|Platonist]], [[Henry More]], because the latter had written an ethical work which Cudworth feared would interfere with his own long-contemplated treatise on the same subject. To avoid clashing, More brought out his book, the ''Enchiridion ethicum'', in [[Latin]]; Cudworth's never appeared. His own great work, ''The True Intellectual System of the Universe'',<ref>R. Cudworth, ''The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; Wherein, All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted, and its Impossibility Demonstrated'' [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HKbl4NOjBr8C&pg=PA984&dq=Read+Cudworth+True+Intellectual+system+first+edition&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV58Sky_3LAhUoJ5oKHdUpA9o4ChDoAQg_MAM#v=onepage&q=Read%20Cudworth%20True%20Intellectual%20system%20first%20edition&f=false (Richard Royston, London 1678).]</ref> was perhaps ready by 1671, but not published until 1678. Cudworth was installed prebendary of Gloucester in 1678.<ref>Clergy of the Church of England database.</ref> He died on 26 June 1688, and was buried in the chapel of Christ's College.<ref>Epitaph in Mosheim's Preface (1733), at Vol. I p. xxix in 1773 edition.</ref> <eod>