The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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John Suckling (10 Feb 1609 [bap.] - 1641?)

Cavalier poet, royalist, and known as inventor of the card game cribbage. Her was knighted in the autumn of 1630. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/26757 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Suckling_(poet) References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 676 Pictura Dñi Johannis Suckleing Militis 103 Picture of John Suckling, Knight. MacGregor 1983, no. 271.