Richard Crosse (priest)

Richard Crosse (b Thurloxton 26 November 1669 d Hereford 5 June, 1732) was an English priest in the first half of the 18th century.[1]

Crosse was born in and educated at Trinity College, Oxford.[2] he was appointed a Fellow of New College, Oxford in 1691. He held livings at Broughton, Oxfordshire and Ledbury. He became a Canon of Hereford Cathedral in 1724, and Archdeacon of Shropshire in 1727, dying lin post.[3]

References

1. "Memorials of Cambridge" Cooper, C.H. p342: Cambridge; CUP; 2912 ISBN 978-1-108-04394-6
2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Covert-Cutts
3. Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 10, pp. 12–14