Edward Layton,

D.D. A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity. In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ra ...

was an English

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priest in the 16th century. Layton was born in

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and educated at the University of Oxford. He held

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at All Cannings, Wiltshire, and Cheriton, Hampshire. Layton was

Archdeacon of Salisbury The Archdeacon of Sarum is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the five Rural Dean, area deaneries of the Sarum archdeaconry, which ...

from 2 August 1539 until his resignation on 20 July 1546.

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