Edward Layton, D.D. was an English Anglican priest in the 16th century.[1]

Layton was born in Surrey and educated at the University of Oxford.[2] He held livings at All Cannings, Wiltshire, and Cheriton, Hampshire. Layton was Archdeacon of Salisbury from 2 August 1539 until his resignation on 20 July 1546.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bishops and Reform in the English Church, 1520–1559" Carleton, K. p18: Woodbridge; Boydell & Brewer, 2001 ISBN 0851158161
  2. ↑ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Lee-Llewellin
  3. ↑ Horn, Joyce M. (1986), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 6, pp. 16–17


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