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Richard Crosse (priest)

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Richard Crosse (26 November 1669–5 June 1732) was an English priest.[1]

Crosse was born in Thurloxton 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 in post.[3]

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  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, vol. 10, pp. 12–14