John Saumares
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 DD 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