George Sayer (priest) explained

George Sayer was an Anglican priest in the mid 17th century.[1]

Sayer was born in the parish of St Gregory in the City of London and educated at Oriel College, Oxford.[2] He held the living at Witham from 1722, and the Archdeacon of Durham[3] from 1730 until his death on 26 July 1761.[4]

Notes and References

  1. "Hudibras, Volume 1" Grey, Z. p24: Cambridge; J.Bentham; 1744
  2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1297-1322 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Sabery-saywell
  3. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/vane-hon-raby-1736-69 History of Parliament On-line
  4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol11/pp82-83 British History On-line

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