Edwin Sandys (25 October 1642 - 8 October 1705) was an English Anglican priest in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. [1]
Sandys was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. [2] He was a Fellow at Magdalen from 1665 to 1672. He held the living at Yeovilton with Puddimore. Sandys was Archdeacon of Wells from 1684 until his death on 8 October 1705. [3]
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