Samuel Crossman (1623 – 4 February 1683) was a minister of the Church of England and a hymn writer.
Crossman earned a Bachelor of Divinity at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge,.
The conference failed, and the 1662 Act of Uniformity expelled Crossman along with some 2,000 other Puritan-leaning ministers from the Church of England.
He renounced his Puritan affiliations shortly afterwards, and was ordained in 1665, becoming a royal chaplain.
[2] Upon his death, the Cathedral chancellor wrote "Mr Crossman, our new Dean, died this morning: a man lamented by few either of the city or neighbourhood.