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'''Nathaniel "The Bishop" Crisp''' (1762-1819) - an 18th-century character in the city of [[Nottingham]], [[England]].

He was the fourth child and fourth son born to gardener Hemus Crisp & Elisabeth Dodd of Nottingham. Known as Bishop Crisp, he was a butcher by trade, who carried out his business at the corner of Lister-gate and Broad-marsh in the [[City of Nottingham]]. He was the principal baptiser during the famous duckings at Nottingham in 1794, where the [[River Leen]] and the local canal served as the [[Jordan River|River Jordan]], in which the baptism by immersion took place.

The sprinkling process was performed chiefly at the Exchange pump, while the spectators sang:
:"We'll pump upon them till they sing, Upon their knees, God save the King".

"The Bishop" was convicted at the Spring [[Assize Court|Assizes]] of the following year for his riotous conduct during the ducking season, fined a nominal sum, and imprisoned for six months. He died in May, 1819.

He married Fanny Horseley in 1789, and they had four children Fanny (1792), Nathaniel (1795), Edward (1797) & Henry Nelson Crisp (1807).