John Saumares D.D. (d. 1 September 1697) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...

from 1671 - 1697 and

Dean of Guernsey The Dean of Guernsey is the leader of the Church of England in Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark. The dean fulfils the role of Archdeacon, rural Dean, and Bishop's commissary for the Deanery of Guernsey. In Guernsey, the Church of England is the Estab ...

from 1662 - 1697.

Career

He was educated at

Pembroke College, Oxford Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located at Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after ...

and graduated DD 1671 He was appointed: *Rector of St Martin’s Guernsey 1662 *

1662The History of Guernsey: With Occasional Notices of Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and Biographical Sketches. Jonathan Duncan. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. p.343 - 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 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1671, and held the stall until 1697.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saumares, John Year of birth missing 1697 deaths Canons of Windsor Deans of Guernsey