Cumberland, Richard
(1632–1718)
- Jon Parkin
Extract
Cumberland, Richard (1632–1718), bishop of Peterborough, was born on 15 July 1632 in the parish of St Anne, Aldersgate, London. He was the third of five children of Richard Cumberland (d. 1661?), a Fleet Street tailor, and his wife (Mary, Margaret, or Marjorie)...