Richard Marshe was a 17th-century English priest.[1]

Marshe was born at Finchampstead and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.[2] He was ordained in 1609. he became vicar of Birstall in 1614. He was a chaplain to Charles the First, a JP and a prebendary of Southwell Minster. He was Archdeacon of York from 1641; and dean of York from 1643, although he was not actually installed until after The Restoration. He was also vicar of Halifax.

Marshe died on 13 October 1663.

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  1. ^ List of clergy, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
  2. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p145