Alexander Craike

Alexander Craike, B.D. was a 16th-century Scottish priest.^[1]

Craike was a Scotsman. He was appointed Prebendary of Clonmethan in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1559;^[2] its Dean^[3] on 21 August 1560;^[4] and Bishop of Kildare the next day.^[5] He died in 1564.^[6]

Notes

1. "The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick Near Dublin, from it Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: Comprising a Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to Its Members, and Biographical Memoirs of Its Deans" Mason, W.M. p164:Dublin, W.Folds, 1820
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p146 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
3. Cathedral web-site
4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p96 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p231 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
6. "The Antiquities and History of Ireland" Ware, J p4:Dublin, A.CRook, 1705