John Saumares

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John Saumares D.D. (d. 1 September 1697) was a Canon of Windsor from 1671 to 1697^[1] and Dean of Guernsey from 1662 to 1697.

Career

He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford and graduated Doctor of Divinity in 1671.

He was appointed:

Rector of St Martin's Guernsey 1662
Dean of Guernsey 1662^[2]–1697
Rector of Hartley Westpall 1682–1684
Rector of Hasely 1688
Chaplain to King Charles II

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1671, and held the stall until 1697.

Notes

↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
↑ The History of Guernsey: With Occasional Notices of Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and Biographical Sketches. Jonathan Duncan. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. p.343

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[1] Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

[2] The History of Guernsey: With Occasional Notices of Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and Biographical Sketches. Jonathan Duncan. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. p.343

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