ACC Hall of Fame Sir John Suckling Norfolk County, England 1609
- 1642 John Suckling was born into a prominent and wealthy
English family. His father, Sir John, was a longtime member of
the English Parliament until his death in 1627. John Suckling
attended Trinity College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn, a London
Legal Society. Upon his father's death he inherited considerable
wealth which he spent freely on travel, women and gambling. It
is believed that John Suckling was knighted by King Charles I in
1630, about the time he left Gray's Inn. Sir John spent a year
at the court of King Charles I before leaving to become involved
in several military adventures. In 1631, Sir John joined Sir
Henry Vane who was serving under Gustavus Adolphus, King of
Sweden. In 1632 Sir John was back in England. Gambling,
womanizing and military service filled his days until 1640.
During this period he invented a new card game which he called
"Cribbidge". This game contained features from two other card
games of those times: "Noddy" an