Richard Drake 1609-1681

Richard DRAKE 1609-81

Inscription of Richard Drake (Pembroke, Cambridge 3.17.25 – W. Laud, A speech delivered in the Starr Chamber, London, 1637)

Inscription of Richard Drake (Pembroke, Cambridge 4.8.19 M. Chemnita, Examinis Concilii Tridentini, Frankfurt, 1609)

Greek motto of Richard Drake (Pembroke, Cambridge 3.17.25 – W. Laud, A speech delivered in the Starr Chamber, London, 1637)

Booklabel (1) of Richard Drake (Pembroke, Cambridge 5.16.9 C. a Lapide, Ecclesiasticus, Lyons, 1634)

Biographical Note

Prebendary of Salisbury.

Books

Gave books to Pembroke College, Cambridge in the 1630s; bequeathed his folios and quartos jointly between Pembroke and Salisbury Cathedral.

Sources

• Armorial Bindings.
• Matthews, A. G. Walker revised. Oxford, 1948.
• Walter, John. "Drake, Richard (1609–1681), Church of England clergyman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.