Alexander Craike

{{Short description|16th-century Scottish priest}}

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Alexander Craike, B.D. was a 16th-century Scottish priest."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

Craike was a Scotsman. He was appointed Prebendary of Clonmethan in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1559;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p146 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 its Dean[https://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/the-deans-of-saint-patricks-cathedral/ Cathedral web-site] on 21 August 1560;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p96 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 and Bishop of Kildare the next day."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p231 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 He died in 1564."The Antiquities and History of Ireland" Ware, J p4:Dublin, A.CRook, 1705