Difference between revisions of "James Creswick 1616-1692"

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James CRESWICK 1616-1692

Biographical Note

Born in Sheffield, son of James Creswick. BA Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1639, MA 1642, fellow of St John’s 1644, BD 1650. Rector of Hardwick, Cambridgeshire 1644-45, of Hougham, Lincolnshire 1653, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight 1654. Ejected in 1662, he moved to Beal, Yorkshire, where he bought and lived in the manor house, which was certified as a place of worship in 1689.

Books

Calamy recorded that he “had a very noble library, which he shipp’d off at the Isle of Wight in casks for Yorkshire. By mistake these casks were delivered at a wrong port, where he heard nothing of them, till all or most of the books were spoil’d or rotten”.

Sources

Matthews, A. G. Calamy revised. Oxford, 1934.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-Born in [[place of Birth::Sheffield]], son of [[family::James Creswick]].  BA [[education::Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] 1639, MA 1642, [[occupation::fellow]] of [[education::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]] 1644, BD 1650.  [[occupation::Rector]] of [[location::Hardwick, Cambridgeshire]] 1644-45, of [[location::Hougham, Lincolnshire]] 1653, of [[location::Freshwater, Isle of Wight]] 1654.  Ejected in 1662, he moved to [[location::Beal, Yorkshire]], where he bought and lived in the manor house, which was certified as a place of worship in 1689.
+Born in [[place of birth::Sheffield]], son of [[family::James Creswick]].  BA [[education::Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] 1639, MA 1642, [[occupation::fellow]] of [[education::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]] 1644, BD 1650.  [[occupation::rector|Rector]] of [[location::Hardwick, Cambridgeshire]] 1644-45, of [[location::Hougham, Lincolnshire]] 1653, of [[location::Freshwater, Isle of Wight]] 1654.  Ejected in 1662, he moved to [[location::Beal, Yorkshire]], where he bought and lived in the manor house, which was certified as a place of worship in 1689.
 ====Books====
-Calamy recorded that he “had a very noble library, which he [[dispersed::shipp’d off]] at the [[location::Isle of Wight]] in casks for [[location::Yorkshire]].  By mistake these casks were delivered at a wrong port, where he heard nothing of them, till all or most of the books were spoil’d or rotten”.  [did he build up another library in Yorkshire?  Will, York, 1692, need to see]
+Calamy recorded that he “had a very noble library, which he shipp’d off at the [[location::Isle of Wight]] in casks for [[location::Yorkshire]].  By mistake these casks were delivered at a wrong port, where he heard nothing of them, till all or most of the books were spoil’d or rotten”.
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