GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000484
NameJames Creswick
Title
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter
Livedb. ca. 1616-11-24 - d. ca. 1692-01-20 (new)
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Associated PlacesFreshwater -- ParishHardwick -- ParishHougham -- ParishEmmanuel College -- Place of StudySt John's College -- Place of Study
Source of DataAnne James; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedCalamy Revised; SI (ID: 6162); ACAD (Venn) (ID: CRSK635J)
Other NoteCreswick was baptized on 24 November 1616. He matriculated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1635, earning his B.A. (1639) and M.A. (1642). Creswick was ordained in 1643. He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and received a B.D. from that college in 1650. Creswick was rector of Hardwick, Cambridgeshire (1644-1645), Hougham, Lincolnshire (1653), and Freshwater, Isle of Wight (1654-1662). He held the latter living until his ejection in 1662. In 1689, he purchased a manor, Beghall Ferrybridge Creswick, in Yorkshire. Creswick was buried on 20 January 1691/2.
GEMMS record createdMay 09, 2016
GEMMS record last editedMay 16, 2022