George Sayer (priest)

The Venerable George Sayer, DD 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

  1. "Hudibras, Volume 1" Grey, Z. p24: Cambridge; J.Bentham; 1744
  2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Sabery-saywell
  3. History of Parliament On-line
  4. British History On-line


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