William Crackanthorpe: Correspondence and Papers c.1790-1820

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William Crackanthorpe: Correspondence and Papers c.1790-1820

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Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

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Wordsworth Richard d. 1816

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Crackanthorpe Christopher 1745-1799

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Wordsworth, Christopher, 1774-1846

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Crackanthorpe William 1790-1888

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Cookson William 1764-1852

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Crackanthorpe, William

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William Crackanthorpe (1790-1888), of Newbiggin, Westmorland, was first cousin of William Wordsworth. His father Christopher Crackanthorpe (earlier Cookson) (1745-1799) was brother of Wordsworth's mother Ann, and guardian of the Wordsworth children. Wordsworth's elder brother Richard Wordsworth (d.1816) was Christopher Crackanthorpe's executor; his younger brother Christopher Wordsworth (1774-1846) studied at Cambridge and later became Master of Trinity College. Mrs Crackanthorpe's brother-in-la...