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)

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.