Richard Crossing 1669-1737

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Richard CROSSING or CROSSINGE 1669-1734

Biographical Note

Son of John Crossing of Plymouth, mercer. BA Pembroke College, Cambridge 1691, fellow 1693, MA 1694, BD 1702, scrutator 1710.

Books

Crossing used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1711, noting himself as a fellow of Pembroke (Franks 7463); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.

Sources

  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
  • Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.